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Surviving Transformation: The Hidden Pressures of Leading Change
Leading organisational transformation can be rewarding, but the personal pressures don’t usually appear in the programme plan. Explore six challenges transformation leaders face, from uncertainty and competing priorities to difficult decisions, organisational politics and the risk of taking on too much.
Why Are Teams Trickier? What Changes When Capable Leaders Work Together
Why can highly capable leaders still struggle when they work together? This article explores what changes when individuals become a team, including power, trust, group dynamics, anxiety, decision-making and the wider system around them.
Executive Team Coaching: What It Is, How It Works and When Senior Teams Need It
A practical guide for CEOs and HR leaders considering executive team coaching, including how it works, when it helps, what happens in practice and when another intervention may be better.
Leadership Team Reset: 7 Signs Your Senior Team Has Outgrown Its Old Way of Working
A leadership team reset helps senior teams re-contract when old ways of deciding, challenging, collaborating and holding accountability no longer fit the business. Explore seven signs your senior team may need a reset, and what needs to change around purpose, roles, authority, trust and decision-making.
The Role of Storytelling in Organisational Change: Why Meaning Matters as Much as the Message
Storytelling is not just a communication technique. In organisational change, stories shape how people interpret uncertainty, trust leadership, understand their role and decide whether to commit. This article explores the evidence base, neuroscience, Manfred Kets de Vries’ psychodynamic perspective and practical ways leaders can use storytelling without slipping into spin.
What Is Cross-Cultural Coaching? How It Helps Leaders Build Trust, Influence and Credibility Across Cultures
Cross-cultural coaching is not about memorising etiquette or reducing people to national stereotypes. It helps leaders understand how trust, authority, communication and influence are interpreted differently across cultural contexts, then adapt with greater judgement, confidence and range.
