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Leadership Insight Archive

Creating a Winning Leadership Team

Speak to chief execs about what makes an effective leadership team and they’ll say that you need mutual respect, trust and for each member to present a united front externally, even if there may be discontent behind closed doors. Obviously, results make a huge difference too.

Learning to Fail-Fast

A fail-fast approach should enable an organisation to be more agile in how it innovates. However, business structures and the established culture can get in the way. Experts recommend assigning your top talent to such initiatives and preparing a sound foundation for scaling up early on.

Inspiring Your People

For any CEO or senior leader the ability to inspire others comes as part of the job description. In practice, not everyone can do it. The reality is, it’s hard to find leaders who have that mixture of confidence, belief and emotional intelligence which enables them to galvanise and motivate those around them.

6 Books for Your Summer Reading List

August is upon us and senior leaders are setting off with family and friends to unwind for a week or two. So, we asked our Members what books have made a difference to them in terms of how they think about leadership.

Transforming Customer Pain Points

Many businesses forget that their true purpose is to solve customer problems and instead continue to think in terms of selling existing products and services. To refocus, transformation experts suggest understanding pain points, mapping the customer journey and harnessing the power of text analytics.