Can a Great Workshop Change Behaviour at Work?
In most organisations, change begins with a meeting, not a workshop. However, a workshop is a vital meeting.
Think Better, Not Faster: The Science of Pausing for Innovation and Growth
Innovation happens when we deliver something new and useful to our customers, organisation or even society as a whole. But with innovation constantly declining, how can pausing help us innovate faster?
Create Team Motivation When You Have No Payroll Budget
When resources are tight, motivation can feel like an impossible luxury. You can’t tell someone to be more motivated. In fact, it is difficult to tell yourself to feel more motivated when you are not. Yet some of the most inspired teams Think Organisation have helped create weren’t driven by bonuses or financial incentives they […]
Put Your Thinking Hats On: Use De Bono’s Model To Unlock Better Ideas & Results
How we make decisions, come up with ideas, solve problems or approach challenges is all down to how we think. Imagine if you could change how you think based on the thinking hats you decide to put on your head.
Toxic Culture : Behaviour Is At The Heart of Scandal & Failure
The news is full of stories about toxic culture. Toxic cultures have contributed to financial collapses, personal scandals and reputational downfalls. From politics to business to public institutions, the number of examples seems to be growing exponentially.
Forming, Storming, Norming & Performing
With countless books, articles, podcasts, and videos on “how to be a great leader,” it can be hard to know where to begin.
Can Understanding Social Identity Unlock Productivity In Your Team?
Leaders of teams cannot afford to overlook the science of human behaviour which can provide evidence-based solutions to common people challenges.
When Experience Becomes Resistance – How To Un-Stick Stubborn Leaders
A CEO we were working with found themselves increasingly frustrated by a highly skilled, long-serving employee who was beginning to drag down the culture of the organisation. This individual knew their role inside out and had been with the company longer than the CEO. At first, the relationship seemed positive, but over time it soured. […]
The Hidden Cost of Stress
Workplace health and wellbeing has become a familiar agenda item. Organisations roll out Wellbeing programmes, appoint Mental Health First Aiders, and share tips on sleep, diet, and exercise with their employees. Some even invest in yoga at lunchtimes. Yet behind the glossy initiatives lies a more uncomfortable truth: stress isn’t just an individual issue. It […]
What Happens When Leaders Get It Wrong?
What is a great leader and what happens when they get it wrong? Could you name someone, or a group of people, who are leaders that you would follow, no matter what? We often think of leadership as the cornerstone of organisational success. The ability of a leader to influence, guide and motivate a […]
How To Overcome The Five Challenges Of Being A Manager
In the boardroom, conversations about the difference between a leader and a manager can often blur into semantics. The reality is that whether you wear the title of manager or leader, the role is challenging.
How To Ensure The Right Work Is Done To An Exceptional Standard
How do we ensure the right work is being done? Or are our teams busy without achieving the purpose required? Teams are regrouping after the summer period, with some colleagues returning from holidays, others yet to escape and those who have worked throughout.
Discover the Secrets of Business Psychology Models
A business can tap into a vast array of models depending on whether its focus is strategy, operations, people, innovation, change or culture. Some of these were highlighted in last week’s insights.
Is There One SUPER Leadership Model?
Is there a model to help leaders and businesses ensure employees enjoy their jobs?
How You Can Lead Successful AI Transformations
Directors are facing a new wave of complex challenges as artificial intelligence reshapes business, governance and the future of work.
Evaluating Emotional Intelligence In Your Boardroom
Boardroom evaluations are a vital part of good governance and are a legal requirement for many organisations (e.g. UK listed businesses). Yet how many evaluations measure the emotional intelligence around the boardtable?
Can A Simple 2×2 Management Model Really Help Leaders?
During the 1960s, a wave of interest in understanding motivation and leadership sparked the development of several 2 x 2 frameworks and models designed to explain how leaders behave and why it matters. Among the most influential was the Managerial Grid Model by Robert Blake and Jane Mouton (1964). Their model mapped leadership styles on […]
How To Help People Be Humans At Work To Drive Profits
Have you ever considered how the world is becoming more artificial? How people at work are becoming less human? More like automated machines.
How To Make Your Work Culture Fair
Life is unfair. Life is fair. What do you think? And more importantly, since we spend all our time at work do you think your organisation treats you fairly. Life is unfair. Life is fair. What do you think? And more importantly, since we spend all our time at work do you think your organisation treats you fairly.
How To Improve Employee Engagement on a Limited Budget
Employee engagement has fallen into and out of favour over the years. At times it is seen as an illusive concept which is difficult to quantify, measure or obtain….