Personal Effectiveness

What is Relationship Currency?

Keynote speaker and transformational coach, Ravi Rajani, talks about his new book, "Relationship currency: five communication habits for limitless influence and business success".

What leaders can learn from how Julius Caesar won followers and managed rivals

One of the secrets to Julius Caesar's success was the way that he developed and marketed a personal brand based on values and delivering on these values.

An interview with Bree Groff

We talk to Bree Groff, author of "Today Was Fun: A Book About Work (Seriously)", about injecting injecting more joy into the hours we spend at work.

Why leaders should trust their intuition

Leaders who balance their gut feelings with analytical thinking make faster, more authentic decisions, especially when navigating complexity in fast-paced environments.

Building your leadership pipeline: the crucial role of confidence

Healthy confidence is a critical criterion in picking leaders and forecasting future success. Thankfully, it is also a skill that can be developed.

The great reset

Sometimes the only way to remove the fog clouding the future is a complete reset - in whatever form that might take.

Generative AI can significantly boost the aptitude of knowledge workers

Consultants using GenAI for data science work perform up to 49% better in certain tasks beyond their existing capabilities, according to new research by the BCG Henderson Institute.

The importance of explicit expectations

The mantra for human effectiveness is “communication, communication, communication”. But without setting explicit expectations, communication on its own isn't enough.

Pause and allow

Being 'busy' is normally seen as a positive thing. But being busy has a dark side - stress, poor sleep, never having enough time to stop and think. So how can we learn to be effective without becoming overloaded?

What to do when you’re just not feeling it?

Working remotely can be great, but it can also be isolating, especially on those days when you’re lacking motivation or just can’t seem to get to grips with what needs to be done.

Leadership talent for decision-making

A conversation with Aaron Mitchell Finegold, Chief Marketing Officer of global executive search firm, Kingsley Gate.

Exploring the Enneagram with Karl Hebenstreit

In this episode, we explore the Enneagram with Karl Hebenstreit, author of "The How & Why: Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram".

Working with Influence

A conversation with Dr Amanda Nimon-Peters about her new book, Working With Influence: Nine principles of persuasion to accelerate your career.

Creating serendipity in the workplace

Everyone experiences good or bad luck at some point in their lives. But what if luck isn't as blind as we thought? What if it is something we can cultivate in the workplace and beyond?

Remember those resolutions you made?

The chances are that the resolutions you made on Jan 1 are already distant memories. But if you want to avoid making the same resolutions again next year, here’s a simple, four-step process to get you back on track.

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Steve Cockram: the Voice-Driven Leader

Steve Cockram, co-founder of Giant Worldwide, talks about his latest book, 'The Voice-Driven Leader' and explains how to create environments in which every voice gets heard.

What is Relationship Currency?

Keynote speaker and transformational coach, Ravi Rajani, talks about his new book, "Relationship currency: five communication habits for limitless influence and business success".

Hone - how purposeful leaders defy drift

We dive into the new book from Deloitte's Geoff Tuff and Steven Goldbach, 'Hone - how purposeful leaders defy drift'.

Lesley Cooper on stress and pressure at work

In this episode we discuss wellbeing at work with Lesley Cooper, including the issues of fear-based cultures and psychological safety.

The art of creating positive intentions in the workplace

Have you ever stopped to take stock of what you are focusing on? In all aspects of our work and life, our focus either holds us back or provides a springboard to success. So use it to create positive intentions for yourself rather than dwelling on the things you don’t want.

The cure for the loneliness of command

‘It’s lonely at the top’ is an old cliché, but for many top executives, it’s a harsh reality. Too often, though, this loneliness goes unaddressed as executives try instead to keep up a hero facade.

The cure for the loneliness of command

‘It’s lonely at the top’ is an old cliché, but for many top executives, it’s a harsh reality. Too often, though, this loneliness goes unaddressed as executives try instead to keep up a hero facade.

The key to cultivating agility in decision making

Decision-making excellence requires self-awareness and the ability to choose how to think in different situations. That's why being able to understand different perspectives is such a crucial skill for today’s business leaders.

I think, therefore I feel

How many of us have said, “I’ve been so busy today I haven’t even had time to think?” If you haven’t had time to think, you haven’t had time to lead. Leading without thinking is leading into disaster.

Leaders, go away!

Too many bosses fail to understand that every individual thinks and works at different rates or that we all need to distinguish between important and not so important work to operate effectively.

Are you managing your boss?

Your relationship with your boss requires careful management. You need to building a cooperative working relationship and understand their needs and working style if you're going to make it work.

Twelve ways to cure procrastination

The number one reason we often fail to achieve what we know in our hearts we could is procrastination. Here are a a variety of approaches to help you confront what can be a complicated beast.

Resolutions and the blame game

This year, as every year, almost everyone who make New Year's resolutions will have given up or failed by Valentine's Day. And that's because we get stuck in a victim mentality that stops us following through on our intentions.

Intelligence?

What exactly is intelligence? Is it something measured by an IQ test? Or should we also consider more subtle traits like humor, the ability to figure things out or storytelling?

Confessions of an ENFP lion-otter hybrid

I have officially taken every personality profile known to man. Other than telling me that I'm an ENFP, Independent-Working Blue-Green Lion-Otter hybrid, the one thing they have in common is unanimous agreement that I DO have a personality.

Why empathy makes for stronger organisations

The ability of executives to see themselves from the outside and others from the inside, plays an important role in effective team formation.

Why empathy makes for stronger organisations

The ability of executives to see themselves from the outside and others from the inside, plays an important role in effective team formation.

Quantum physics and quarky behavior

If you want to understand some of the less acceptable aspects of human nature the answer may lie in quantum physics. And the same ‘quarkiness’ that explains bad behavior can also be used to energize and motivate those around us.

The truth about change

The reason change so often fails is that we resist letting go of old ideas and beliefs. But you cannot change and remain the same. Change means the letting go of the old and encouraging something new to develop. And that's as true for organizations as it is for individuals.

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Work Happier: How to be Happy and Successful at Work

Work Happier: How to be Happy and Successful at Work

Mark Price

An expertly crafted guide that doesn't just theorise about workplace satisfaction but provides a clear roadmap to achieve it.

Relationship Currency

Relationship Currency

Ravi Rajani

In an era where AI can draft emails and manage our schedules, 'Relationship Currency' is a timely reminder of the importance of investing in genuine human connection.

Lead Like Julius Caesar

Lead Like Julius Caesar

Paul Vanderbroeck

What can Julius Caesar's imperfect story - his spectacular failures as well as his success - tell us about contemporary leadership challenges?