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LeaderShape Alert.
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LeaderShape Alert Archive.
LeaderShape Alert.
All the latest thinking from the LeaderShape team is available in your inbox every two months. Each LeaderShape Alert includes topical items from the news agenda, updates on programmes offered by LeaderShape and other items we think will be of interest to business leaders.
LeaderShape respect your time and privacy. We will only send LeaderShape Alert to you periodically and will not share, give or sell your email address to anyone else.
All articles from previous editions of LeaderShape Alert can be found below, click on an alert number for more. Why not read a few over coffee?
LeaderShape Alert Archive.
Emotional Intelligence or Behavioural Control?
Successfully managing a difficult member of your team is a challenge. Assuming they generally behave reasonably, it could be stress overload rather than their character.
Neuroscience is beginning to understand how our brains evolved from basic survival mechanisms through to complex "Emotional Intelligence." Internationally known psychologist, Daniel Goleman, explains the scientific background to a common workplace concern.
Greg Young, Director at LeaderShape describes how they use this understanding.
Emotional Intelligence or Behavioural Control?
Successfully managing a difficult member of your team is a challenge. Assuming they generally behave reasonably, it could be stress overload rather than their character.
Neuroscience is beginning to understand how our brains evolved from basic survival mechanisms through to complex "Emotional Intelligence." Internationally known psychologist, Daniel Goleman, explains the scientific background to a common workplace concern.
Greg Young, Director at LeaderShape describes how they use this understanding.
Follow-up Planned after First Northern ICF Workshop Success.
One of the UK's most senior coaches, Newfield Networks' Aboodi Shabi, delivered the specialist session "The Art of Masterful Coaching - beyond a set of techniques," to offer new perspectives to its audience.
Follow-up Planned after First Northern ICF Workshop Success.
One of the UK's most senior coaches, Newfield Networks' Aboodi Shabi, delivered the specialist session "The Art of Masterful Coaching - beyond a set of techniques," to offer new perspectives to its audience.
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.
All leaders are keen on creating and working in an environment where everyone is motivated to perform beyond usual expectations without being asked, instructed or coerced. Generous rewards and bonuses don't seem to be the answer. So how do we do this in a knowledge economy?
The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us.
All leaders are keen on creating and working in an environment where everyone is motivated to perform beyond usual expectations without being asked, instructed or coerced. Generous rewards and bonuses don't seem to be the answer. So how do we do this in a knowledge economy?
The Fun Theory.
The Fun Theory is a Volkswagen initiative dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people's behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it's change for the better.
The Fun Theory.
The Fun Theory is a Volkswagen initiative dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people's behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it's change for the better.
Tom Wujec: Build a Tower, Build a Team.
How do you build teams that achieve? What improves performance and what kills it?
Tom Wujec is a Fellow in a company whose world leading technology serves the design, engineering and entertainment industries. The task he sets is simple, quick and encourages deep learning regarding collaboration, innovation and creativity.
Tom Wujec: Build a Tower, Build a Team.
How do you build teams that achieve? What improves performance and what kills it?
Tom Wujec is a Fellow in a company whose world leading technology serves the design, engineering and entertainment industries. The task he sets is simple, quick and encourages deep learning regarding collaboration, innovation and creativity.
Changing Education Paradigms.
If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with something original.
Business leaders know what they want from the next generation workforce. Yet mainstream education continues to suffer complaints of low student achievement and employees who aren't ready for the job.
Changing Education Paradigms.
If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with something original.
Business leaders know what they want from the next generation workforce. Yet mainstream education continues to suffer complaints of low student achievement and employees who aren't ready for the job.
Engage Staff to Survive in Disaffected Public Sector.
"Even with the current delay to the NHS bill, the massive scale of public sector turmoil proposed already brings additional risks of disengaging stressed survivors," says NHS Chair of the Ridgeway Partnership and Head of Health Practice at leadership development faculty LeaderShape, Julia Clarke (Lady Berkeley).
Engage Staff to Survive in Disaffected Public Sector.
"Even with the current delay to the NHS bill, the massive scale of public sector turmoil proposed already brings additional risks of disengaging stressed survivors," says NHS Chair of the Ridgeway Partnership and Head of Health Practice at leadership development faculty LeaderShape, Julia Clarke (Lady Berkeley).
Learning is ALL Around.
Learning opportunities are going on around us all the time and we don't necessarily recognise them until we really absorb what is going on. And Leadership has common themes, which hold true in the most unlikely of places.
Learning is ALL Around.
Learning opportunities are going on around us all the time and we don't necessarily recognise them until we really absorb what is going on. And Leadership has common themes, which hold true in the most unlikely of places.
International Women's Day: Female leaders still labelled 'ball-breakers' research reveals.
The analysis of our latest research featured in HR magazine shows employees want different things from their male and female bosses and still judge them by different standards.
International Women's Day: Female leaders still labelled 'ball-breakers' research reveals.
The analysis of our latest research featured in HR magazine shows employees want different things from their male and female bosses and still judge them by different standards.
Are we all hard-wired to be selfish and is 'survival of the fittest' our true default?
Neuroscience contradicts this mantra and shows that the empathy we feel for others can drive our understanding of leadership.
When the boss gets angry, the whole workforce reacts to the tension in the room. But leaders can motivate when they connect better with staff, using collaboration as a tool for success.
Are we all hard-wired to be selfish and is 'survival of the fittest' our true default?
Neuroscience contradicts this mantra and shows that the empathy we feel for others can drive our understanding of leadership.
When the boss gets angry, the whole workforce reacts to the tension in the room. But leaders can motivate when they connect better with staff, using collaboration as a tool for success.
Millions Spent on Coaching Without a Business Purpose.
While multi-millions of pounds are spent on coaching across the UK, nearly one in seven organisations (15%) admit they have absolutely no measurements in place to assess the impact of their programmes.
Millions Spent on Coaching Without a Business Purpose.
While multi-millions of pounds are spent on coaching across the UK, nearly one in seven organisations (15%) admit they have absolutely no measurements in place to assess the impact of their programmes.
UK leaves new Senior Managers wholly unsupported.
One man out the back door and one in the front; no mentoring for the role, not even a handover from the guy who ran the show for the last 13 years - you may be horrified to learn that this is how UK Plc runs its business – and it’s the same extraordinary story in most UK Plcs.
UK leaves new Senior Managers wholly unsupported.
One man out the back door and one in the front; no mentoring for the role, not even a handover from the guy who ran the show for the last 13 years - you may be horrified to learn that this is how UK Plc runs its business – and it’s the same extraordinary story in most UK Plcs.
Did you see LeaderShape in this week's HR Magazine?
Companies including TX Maxx and NHS finance and information company PSCAL give their viewpoints alongside this prestigious article.
Did you see LeaderShape in this week's HR Magazine?
Companies including TX Maxx and NHS finance and information company PSCAL give their viewpoints alongside this prestigious article.
LeaderShape Supports New Senior Appointee Success.
With 40% of senior appointments failing within two years, LeaderShape has begun a unique drive with recruitment firms to save companies tens of thousands of pounds and spare them the serious disruption of losing high-level staff.
The partnership with far-sighted Executive Search Consultancies can markedly improve the chances of new hires succeeding, providing a support package within the early months to improve cultural fit and help resolve sensitive issues.
Case Study: Senior Vice President.
LeaderShape Supports New Senior Appointee Success.
With 40% of senior appointments failing within two years, LeaderShape has begun a unique drive with recruitment firms to save companies tens of thousands of pounds and spare them the serious disruption of losing high-level staff.
The partnership with far-sighted Executive Search Consultancies can markedly improve the chances of new hires succeeding, providing a support package within the early months to improve cultural fit and help resolve sensitive issues.
Case Study: Senior Vice President.
LeaderShape Executives Appointed for £5m Leadership Programme.
LeaderShape is proud to announce that it has been appointed to develop the UK's first cohort of senior business coaches on a more than £5m cutting-edge programme to boost leadership performance in companies during the current downturn.
LeaderShape Executives Appointed for £5m Leadership Programme.
LeaderShape is proud to announce that it has been appointed to develop the UK's first cohort of senior business coaches on a more than £5m cutting-edge programme to boost leadership performance in companies during the current downturn.
Help your staff control their bosses!
Slimline management structures can cut costs. But if there’s more than one boss in the mix, everyone in the hierarchy assumes they’re the most important. Work pressures can mushroom. Is this what it feels like for your staff?
Help your staff control their bosses!
Slimline management structures can cut costs. But if there’s more than one boss in the mix, everyone in the hierarchy assumes they’re the most important. Work pressures can mushroom. Is this what it feels like for your staff?
Boost your Staying Power.
Ensure you are a Chief Motivational Officer, are engaging with employees and still developing leaders for the future.
Oxfordshire's New Horizons.
LeaderShape Keynote speakers Greg Young and John Knights will join the Oxfordhsire Economic Partnership's HORIZONS AND FUTURES LEADERSHIP FORUM series of seminars.
REAL Leaders - Secrets Unveiled.
LeaderShape's research with top executives over ten years has taught us the secrets to develop leaders' levels of excellence.
IBC Coaching Expert Panel Inaugral Event.
Chris Gulliver of LeaderShape will chair and speak at a one-day conference that will explore the relationship between coaching and consultancy delivery.
Boost your Staying Power.
Ensure you are a Chief Motivational Officer, are engaging with employees and still developing leaders for the future.
Oxfordshire's New Horizons.
LeaderShape Keynote speakers Greg Young and John Knights will join the Oxfordhsire Economic Partnership's HORIZONS AND FUTURES LEADERSHIP FORUM series of seminars.
REAL Leaders - Secrets Unveiled.
LeaderShape's research with top executives over ten years has taught us the secrets to develop leaders' levels of excellence.
IBC Coaching Expert Panel Inaugral Event.
Chris Gulliver of LeaderShape will chair and speak at a one-day conference that will explore the relationship between coaching and consultancy delivery.
Ostrich versus Penguin; who is the winning leader?
In a world that changes faster than usual, which Top Tip is the most apt for your business today? Our informative and amusing clip will stay in your mind as a topical review of some of the issues you need to address as a leader and manager.
Ostrich versus Penguin; who is the winning leader?
In a world that changes faster than usual, which Top Tip is the most apt for your business today? Our informative and amusing clip will stay in your mind as a topical review of some of the issues you need to address as a leader and manager.
Make or break? Leadership in a downturn can be your golden moment.
To take advantage of the insights that benefited some companies in a downturn, you must first understand the strategic impact of recession.
What keeps you awake at night?
The immediate impact of cost reduction in companies may include redundancies and it is vital to deal well with the negativity that redundancy scenarios create.
Make or break? Leadership in a downturn can be your golden moment.
To take advantage of the insights that benefited some companies in a downturn, you must first understand the strategic impact of recession.
What keeps you awake at night?
The immediate impact of cost reduction in companies may include redundancies and it is vital to deal well with the negativity that redundancy scenarios create.
Tomorrow’s global companies welcome LeaderShape. LeaderShape is proud to be invited to join leading “think and do” tank Tomorrow’s Company.
What young managers really want. Aligning the values of the Generation Y workforce in harmony with society.
Transpersonal research launched. This intensive development programme, in association with Oxford Brookes University Business School, will help the individual look beyond the ‘self’.
Mergers and sensitive changes. Few things can affect productivity and employees like a merger.
Free coaching in return for feedback. In return for website feedback you could win a coaching session to tackle your most pressing issues.
Tomorrow’s global companies welcome LeaderShape. LeaderShape is proud to be invited to join leading “think and do” tank Tomorrow’s Company.
What young managers really want. Aligning the values of the Generation Y workforce in harmony with society.
Transpersonal research launched. This intensive development programme, in association with Oxford Brookes University Business School, will help the individual look beyond the ‘self’.
Mergers and sensitive changes. Few things can affect productivity and employees like a merger.
Free coaching in return for feedback. In return for website feedback you could win a coaching session to tackle your most pressing issues.
Learning from political leaders. Greg Young challenges our future politicians
So who do you trust? Brown the ex-Chancellor versus Cameron the ex-Etonian: Obama the innovator versus McCain the safe pair of hands. What are the fundamentals of leadership? Would you prefer trusted experience or an inspired leader, to drive towards the future?
Summer gets too hot. Too stressed for Summer? asks Danielle Grant.
In many work cultures, showing stress at senior level can be career limiting and even job threatening. Yet many of us are familiar with the feeling that taking a holiday will itself be just too stressful. Will the sheer volume of business let us get away? And if we do escape, will the anxieties of office life stop us resting easy on our sun loungers?
Participate in leadership research with Oxford Brookes University. Chris Gulliver is delighted to announce: Leaders study for the future.
LeaderShape and the renowned Oxford Brookes University Business School are inviting senior level applications for a ground-breaking leadership research project. Limited places are available for the opportunity to participate in an innovative programme, comparing leadership development approaches. The intensive course aims to prove that holistic development of leaders brings more substantial outcomes than a well-established programme already known for its success.
Learning from political leaders. Greg Young challenges our future politicians
So who do you trust? Brown the ex-Chancellor versus Cameron the ex-Etonian: Obama the innovator versus McCain the safe pair of hands. What are the fundamentals of leadership? Would you prefer trusted experience or an inspired leader, to drive towards the future?
Summer gets too hot. Too stressed for Summer? asks Danielle Grant.
In many work cultures, showing stress at senior level can be career limiting and even job threatening. Yet many of us are familiar with the feeling that taking a holiday will itself be just too stressful. Will the sheer volume of business let us get away? And if we do escape, will the anxieties of office life stop us resting easy on our sun loungers?
Participate in leadership research with Oxford Brookes University. Chris Gulliver is delighted to announce: Leaders study for the future.
LeaderShape and the renowned Oxford Brookes University Business School are inviting senior level applications for a ground-breaking leadership research project. Limited places are available for the opportunity to participate in an innovative programme, comparing leadership development approaches. The intensive course aims to prove that holistic development of leaders brings more substantial outcomes than a well-established programme already known for its success.
Playing the Game in Tougher Times.
Acceptance, Creativity and Change.
What Leaders can Learn from Plumbers.
Playing the Game in Tougher Times.
Acceptance, Creativity and Change.
What Leaders can Learn from Plumbers.