Insights & Resources

Practical tips, fresh thinking and leadership tools to help you grow your impact — whether you’re building your practice or planning your next move.

The key characteristics of a strategic mindset.

I wrote about the importance of strategic thinking for all emerging leaders and the impacts you might see if your organisation lacks strategic thinkers.  But what actually is a strategic mindset? It’s a way of thinking and approaching problems focused on...

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Do different strategies require different cultures?

The levers used to create a great culture are the same regardless of the strategy but the culture will look and feel very different depending on what strategic focus you are applying these levers to.   For example, compare a strategy that requires a focus on...

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Increase levels of team trust with these 2 activities

In my recent post, on the specific type of trust leadership teams need, I shared why a key component of trust is having trust in the other person’s intention, and why this is so critical for leadership teams.  Here we dig a bit deeper to look at 2 ways...

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How to be a more strategic leader

So, you’ve got feedback that you need to be more strategic leader…now what? It's a common piece of performance management feedback that leaders or would-be leaders get.  It's also one that is difficult for those receiving it to really know what it means....

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