If your leaders are stuck in survival mode, something needs to shift

This time of year always brings a shift - back to school, the countdown to the year end…but despite a summer break, most leaders come back to finding things at the very same pace. What if they didn’t have to do everything on their own? What if they had time and space to think before they tried to tackle different ways of working with the old tools and techniques of business as usual?

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When firefighting becomes the norm, it's performance that suffers

It’s not really about pace, and it’s definitely not a time management thing. What I’m hearing about are leaders trying to tackle today’s complex world with tools that just don’t fit anymore. When we have the right space to pause and reset, things can be very different. If that strikes a chord as we head into September and the final quarter of 2025, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

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Four things to consider when you're leading emergent change

Emergent change can be disconcerting for leaders as it’s very different to the ‘standard’ organisation change most of us are used to. Based on observing a few leaders who have been navigating the emergent change that a new US president has created, here are four areas that you might want to consider that, as a leader, might help you prepare better for this type of change.

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