Organisations continue to look for leadership talent in the same places, using the same criteria for selection, when leadership potential often exists where we're not looking. Identifying future leaders requires breaking conventional talent identification approaches.

Imagine a successful leader from 2010 transported to today’s workplace and trying to manage teams with a style that hasn’t kept pace. Organisations need to unlearn what they know about leadership development and break with the old rules if they want to ensure future success.

What does it take to develop people-first leaders? And how can organisations utilise this mindset to build successful teams?

A people first approach is a framework of leadership and in this months blog I’m going to share some actionable steps so you can start cultivating it within your organisation.

The cost of not providing development and support for your managers and leaders goes way beyond that which is at first apparent…

What are the barriers to effective feedback and how can organisations provide training to help managers deliver and receive feedback with confidence and skill?

When you hear the words “Performance Management” are you thinking how can I drive results? How can I develop the talent in my team? Or like many other Managers do you automatically think of Performance Management mainly as a process for addressing poor performance, missed targets and capability reviews?

The importance of onboarding (and integrating) new managers effectively cannot be overstated - just getting them onboard safely and leaving them to it is not enough.

Promoting from within sounds great in theory but how do you get it right? How do you make sure you get the right person in the role, provide development and career progression opportunities and avoid alienating other team members?

One of the most far-reaching and impactful choices in any organisation is when a hiring manager has a role to fill and needs to decide whether they want to look within or recruit externally. In this two part blog series we’ll be looking at the pro’s and con’s of promoting from within and how to do it well.