Empathy is vital in organisational leadership, transforming workplaces by prioritising trust, understanding, and mutual respect. Compassionate leaders address employees' emotional and social needs, fostering belonging and enhancing performance. Empathy
Metrics, when misapplied, risk distorting behaviours, eroding trust, and undermining organisational goals. Instead, by emphasising alignment with values, ethical leadership, and systems thinking, managers have a clear path to leveraging
Crisis situations in organisations are inevitable, testing a leader's ability to maintain clarity of vision, balance tradition with innovation, and act with moral courage. Yet leaders must rise
Gold of the Desert Kings is an engaging leadership simulation promoting strategy and teamwork under pressure, but its focus on competition overlooks emotional intelligence and ethics. Coupling it with formal leadership theory could yield deeper, longer-lasting learning.
Inclusive leadership goes beyond traditional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies by fostering environments where diverse employees feel valued and empowered. Rooted in classical wisdom it emphasises empathy, ethical behaviour,
Building high(er)-performing teams involves creating an environment of trust, psychological safety, role clarity, communication, and mutual accountability. Classical thinkers and modern researchers emphasise the importance of open collaboration,
Adaptive leadership requires leaders distinguish between technical problems, which have clear solutions, and adaptive challenges, which demand novel approaches and continuous learning. Adaptive leadership involves situational awareness, stakeholder engagement, and
Karl Popper's theory of falsification provides a powerful framework for modern leadership. By embracing the principles of falsification, leaders can foster innovation, agility, and resilience in their organisations. This also allows the evolution of our understanding by discarding theories that do n
Organisations often prioritise conformity over true innovation. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang challenges this approach by rejecting traditional 1-on-1s, favouring public feedback to promote transparency and collective learning. Modern work environments,
In organisational planning, hope often overshadows critical thinking and good ideas, with the allure of the next project always seeming like the 'fix' we should have implemented in
This week I look at how AI is improving the quality of writing in business reports, but also the way in which it poses a challenge for evaluating a report&
