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Women Working in Financial Industries

Women Working in Financial Industries

Forget flexibility. What working women really want is power. An interesting statement by The Guardian’s Harriet Minter but in 2025, it remains just as relevant. The question is, are female leaders today more aware of their strengths and the mindsets that still hold them back? Gaining a leadership position in the financial industry is stillContinue reading "Women Working in Financial Industries"

Leadership

Psychological Safety: The Leadership Imperative Many Organisations Still Miss

Psychological Safety: The Leadership Imperative Many Organisations Still Miss

Recent reporting about cultural tensions and fear‑based dynamics inside a major UK retail group has once again highlighted a familiar organisational truth: when leaders unintentionally create environments where people feel unsafe to speak up, the business pays the price. Psychological safety, the belief that one can express ideas, raise concerns, and admit mistakes without fearContinue reading "Psychological Safety: The Leadership Imperative Many Organisations Still Miss"

Leadership

Talent Engagement: The “How-To” Guide They Didn’t Give You

Talent Engagement: The “How-To” Guide They Didn’t Give You

Go Beyond Measurement and Inspire True Talent Engagement While most leaders know that an engaged workforce is key to productivity, many struggle with the “how.” Our groundbreaking paper, Talent Engagement: How to Unlock People’s Potential, provides the actionable blueprint you’ve been missing. Moving beyond theory, this practical toolkit draws on 20 years of our experience workingContinue reading "Talent Engagement: The “How-To” Guide They Didn’t Give You"

Communication

Blue Monday: Why It’s a Myth and What It Reveals About Workplace Wellbeing

Blue Monday: Why It’s a Myth and What It Reveals About Workplace Wellbeing

Every January, the phrase “Blue Monday” resurfaces. It is the name given to what some people call “the most depressing day of the year,” usually the third Monday in January. A perfect storm of cold weather, post-holiday lull, stretched finances, and slipping New Year resolutions is often blamed, based on a famous “formula” created inContinue reading "Blue Monday: Why It’s a Myth and What It Reveals About Workplace Wellbeing"

Leadership

Theatre of Leadership

Theatre of Leadership

Why the Performing Arts Are a Powerful Methodology for Senior Executives Theatre and the performing arts are not a diversion from “serious business”—they are a serious methodology for cultivating presence, agility, collaboration, and narrative power. For senior leaders navigating complexity, theatre offers both a mirror and a rehearsal room: a place to see themselves clearly,Continue reading "Theatre of Leadership"

Leadership

The Power of Kindness

The Power of Kindness

On Kindness The cashier at the grocery store is moving slowly. You can see the exhaustion in the way she handles each item, the mechanical precision of someone who stopped thinking about what their hands are doing hours ago. There’s a line forming behind you. The people in that line are getting restless, their impatienceContinue reading "The Power of Kindness"

Communication

Imposter syndrome in high performers

Imposter syndrome in high performers

I have seen individuals stand on stage and mesmerise a conference for a whole day, or dazzle the most senior board of directors. And yet, despite appearances I know they walk away feeling that they ‘fooled’ everyone, that they ‘got away with it’, that they are taking it. Self-worth is different from sell-confidence. At MaynardContinue reading "Imposter syndrome in high performers"

Thought Leadership

Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement

The message to leaders, managers and other stakeholders could not be clearer. If you want to improve organisational performance, then raise your people’s level of engagement. Several reports present compelling evidence that employee engagement is the key to better productivity. Despite this sound advice, many organisations are experiencing a drop in their engagement scores. ThisContinue reading "Employee Engagement"

Leadership

Networking For Introverts
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Networking For Introverts

If the thought of attending a networking event gives you the shivers, help is at hand. As a self-confessed introvert, Juliette Welch shares some tips that changed her attitude and approach when faced with a room full of strangers.

Communication

Conducting Chaos: Leadership In Disruptive Times
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Conducting Chaos: Leadership In Disruptive Times

We live in a world of disruption; predicting the future will be harder than ever, planning for it will be near on impossible. So how can leaders adapt?

Leadership

Managing hybrid teams
Team in action

Managing hybrid teams

The pandemic has demanded an acceleration in the change of management practices, particularly now teams are increasingly not in the same place.

Communication

Does it matter if your business culture is toxic?
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Does it matter if your business culture is toxic?

As Mr Bezos heads into space he leaves behind a company whose commercial success is not seriously in doubt. When Amazon’s founder stares at the earth rotating below, you can understand why he might have little patience with criticism about his company’s culture. Yet for all its triumphs, Amazon has workers complaining about everything fromContinue reading "Does it matter if your business culture is toxic?"

Leadership

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