Over more than a decade of assessing organisations around the world, we have come to appreciate just how difficult it is to sustain strong organisational performance. Every workplace contains competing demands. Leaders must balance short-term results with long-term capability, consistency with flexibility, and individual accountability with collective responsibility. These tensions are normal and, when managed […]

Last night we watched two footballing giants exit the World Cup on penalties. Germany were beaten by Paraguay after a penalty shoot out that saw 5 players fail to convert. Later it was the turn of the Netherlands to wrap up their 2026 World Cup journey against the African favourites Morocco again with 5 players […]

Keir Starmer’s premiership offers an important leadership lesson: the right leader for one moment is not always the right leader for the next. That is not a personal criticism. In many ways, Starmer was exactly the leader the Labour Party needed after 2019. He brought discipline after chaos. He rebuilt credibility. He made Labour electable […]

Why the future of high performance depends on leaders who care deeply about their people Year after year, employee engagement remains stubbornly low—despite endless investments in perks, benefits, and engagement programmes. The problem isn’t effort; it’s focus. Employees don’t want to be bought. They want to belong. True engagement comes not from perks, but from […]

Healthy Leadership – The Essence Of Organisational Success In the late 1990’s early 2000’s you couldn’t attend a seminar or conference without someone introducing the concept of VUCA. Once mentioned pens started rapidly writing notes to get the details of the acronym first popularised by the US Army to describe the post-Cold War geo-political landscape. […]

Recently, I’ve come to dislike the term resilience. Leaders want to make their organisations more resilient, and they want their people to be more resilient but what does that actually mean?  To me it is like telling an organisation that they need to improve communication. That is not helpful because it is not specific and […]

In today’s fast-paced corporate world, employee mental health is no longer just an HR concern, it is a fundamental driver of business success. Companies that prioritise workplace mental health initiatives see measurable improvements in productivity, innovation, employee retention, and overall organisational performance. As mental health awareness grows, businesses must recognise the direct correlation between employee […]

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring the powerful link between employee health and organisational success. The research is clear, businesses that actively invest in workplace well-being see higher employee engagement, lower absenteeism, and stronger overall performance. However, creating a truly effective well-being strategy isn’t just about offering wellness perks; it requires a thoughtful, […]

I raise a simple question to all leading organisations that rely on their people for their performance… How much do you think your critical metrics surrounding talent attraction, employee retention, innovation, collaboration, and productivity could rise if you were to increase the health of your workforce by just 1%? Most leaders, when answering this question, […]

We are now in a post-pandemic workplace where employees have a greater sense of empowerment than ever before with regard to how they are treated by their employers. In spite of this shift, however, toxic individuals, and even more so, toxic workplaces, are still very much prevalent and an issue that has not gone away […]

We are now in a working world where employees expect more from their employers than ever before. The ‘health initiatives’, such as desk massages and saunas, that employers once believed would satisfy staff are now being ignored as a benefit, and viewed as surface-level placating to appear like your care, when in reality this does […]

Smart businesses are taking a more strategic approach, moving away from tactical interventions, and making a step change in how they manage their workforce and workplace in the post-pandemic world. Rather than see the wellbeing of employees as something to be celebrated just once a year, these businesses are realising that the development of workplace […]