Shared language enables teams to align, decide, and act with clarity. Without it, confusion deepens and performance falters. Executive coaching insights and the lived experience of Mayan migrants reveal how ethical speech—noble rather than base—can transform organisational life. Language doesn’t jus
Rewarding effort can motivate, but overdoing it breeds entitlement, inefficiency, and burnout. Tying rewards to outcomes, strengthening intrinsic motivation, and favouring collective achievement helps balance effort with excellence and sustain a healthy organisational culture.
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,
The expression "they don't know what they don't know" reflects the challenge of unawareness and overconfidence in leadership. Managers unaware of their limitations risk
Working among exceptional professionals with great humour is wonderful, and contrasts starkly with colleagues of mind-numbing incompetence. For line-managers, hiring is an ongoing challenge with poor performers often gaming the
