Insights and best practice tips about what leadership is, where to start to become a better leader, and how to develop leadership skills
Feedback about your performance is important for growth in any role. As a leader, it is crucial. Studies show that the best leaders ask for more feedback, and that leaders who give more honest feedback have more engaged employees. Yet useful feedback is hard to get: the dreaded annual performance appraisal process often provides feedback …
There are hundreds of personality and strengths based assessment tools available on the market today – you only need to do a quick google search, and it returns over 98 million results! So it’s not surprising that the use of workplace assessment tools is growing more than 10% a year, as more than one-fifth of companies are using these tools .
Don’t wait too long to invest in training for your potential leaders. Read our blog to discover why it’s crucial to start earlier than later to build leaders of tomorrow.
Using your strengths as a leader is one of the best ways to bring out the best in others: and bring out the best in yourself. Yet in can be difficult to know where to start and what steps to take to apply your leadership strengths. This article sets out six key steps to becoming …
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As leaders assess the damage – and in some cases – the opportunities of 2020, there’s a clear strategic priority for 2021: driving talent and leadership capability. Read the full blog to learn more.
My Leadership Strengths partnered with a large national children’s charity to make a strategic investment in leadership capability closely aligned to their business plan. The Challenge A major UK children’s charity had a strategic need to build leadership capability across the organisation. With several hundred operational and office based managers in a highly distributed workforce, …
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A good competency framework should drive dialogue
Sustaining performance, supporting growth and enabling adaptability during the Covid-19 health crisis. The Challenge In early 2020, the leadership teams of four NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) merged to form a single Executive team, a necessary step prior to the formation of a single organisation in April 2021. The Accountable Officer was keen to ensure …
Leaders must approach 2021 leadership with renewed energy and strategies and sustainable ways to manage their teams as the pandemic continues. Strengths based leadership is one such approach that can foster team collaboration, resilience and engagement, which can drive productivity and success.
Read our blog to discover three common leadership myths and why they hinder growth in leadership capabilities in the new remote world of work.
