From micro-management to empowerment in five steps

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You may intend to empower your employees, but is this a daily reality or does micromanagement slip through the net? Andrew Loveless, Director of Pecan Partnership shares five ways to enable freedom and autonomy at work, everyday.

Navigating the path to culture change: A comprehensive guide

Navigating the path to culture change

Embarking on a culture change journey requires courage, resilience, time and commitment. By embracing the ongoing expedition of growth and evolution, it’s possible to unlock potential and achieve lasting success. Here’s your guide to managing a successful culture change journey.

CoachGPT: Is the future of coaching AI enabled?

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How can we leverage generative AI to increase the accessibility of coaching in a way that enhances the performance of individuals, teams and organisations? Here, we explore the challenges, opportunities and ethical considerations for businesses looking to adopt AI coachbots.

Division of labour: Is AI one cut too far?

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Division of labour, in the workplace and beyond, has enhanced productivity and accelerated growth. But, nobody wants to feel like a cog in someone else’s machine. Will AI create more silos and further amplify the negative impacts of division of labour?

How to actually develop a learning culture

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The concept has been around for decades but how many organisations are truly learning organisations? By putting learning at the heart of workplace culture we can empower innovation. Here’s how.

Post Office: Was Paula Vennells the unluckiest CEO in the UK?

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Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has done a good job of showing leaders how to dish out a terrible apology, pass blame and NOT take accountability for organisational wrongdoings. In response, we ask three experts to tell us how CEOs should respond to organisational failings.

Supporting employees struggling with PMDD

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With little to no treatment currently available to help combat premenstrual dysphoric disorder, employers may want to consider what measures they can implement to help employees who suffer from this condition.

Is your workplace culture one of blame?

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Unfortunately, it seems that a workplace culture of blame is not uncommon among organisations but it doesn’t have to be that way. By taking steps towards a culture of accountability we can stop playing the blame game and welcome a productive shift in thinking and behaviour.

The transformative power of trust

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Trust begins at the leadership level with executives and senior managers delivering a trusted, safe and secure environment for all staff. Let’s look at the importance of trust and how it can be nurtured.

Winners announced for Culture Pioneer Awards 2023

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The time has finally arrived for us to reveal the winners of our 2023 Culture Pioneer Awards. Find out who went home with the trophies for their exceptional achievements in organisational culture change…

Sexism in the City: How the ‘Boys’ Club’ perpetuates pay gaps

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On International Women’s Day, the Treasury Committee published its Sexism in the City report, and called for an end to the ‘era of impunity’. As we know, this era has gone on long enough. Working on a project in financial services around 10 years ago in South Africa, I learned that, apparently, between the 1960s […]

International Women’s Day 2024: Inspire Inclusion

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Today is International Women’s Day 2024 and this year’s theme is Inspire Inclusion. So, instead of coming up with a feisty piece calling out gender-based injustice and offering guidance on how to create change, this year we have gone in a different direction. This year we want to inspire women and allies, by sharing stories […]

How to take responsibility for your failures

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Owning up to your faux pas is daunting, but necessary if you want to cultivate a transparent, safe-to-fail company culture. Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership, explores how to acknowledge your blunders with dignity.

Leading ethically but how? A robust guide

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Where we could spend hours talking about leading ethically (conceptual), how do we actually do it (experiential) and how do we know we’re leading ethically? Karen Liebenguth shares a robust guide for leaders who want to lead with wisdom and compassion.