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Struggling to align your culture with your values and strategy?

Read our insights to help you create a culture where people flourish and organisations prosper.

Create Team Motivation When You Have No Payroll Budget

Motivation is made up of power, affiliation and achievement

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 […]

Toxic Culture : Behaviour Is At The Heart of Scandal & Failure

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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.

When Experience Becomes Resistance – How To Un-Stick Stubborn Leaders

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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

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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?

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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 Ensure The Right Work Is Done To An Exceptional Standard

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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

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.

Can A Simple 2×2 Management Model Really Help Leaders?

2 x 2 Model People Productivity

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 Make Your Work Culture Fair

Fair, unfair, culture

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.