Are You Unintentionally Throttling Feedback?
Feedback is uncomfortable—most people avoid it. We see it often. When asked to provide peer feedback in presentation skills workshops, the focus steers to what went well out of fear for being deemed critical, missing the opportunity to help each other improve. In teams, people go quiet. Especially around their manager. Not because they don’t […]
When Managers Fail, Business Fails
There’s one set of statistics that consistently makes business leaders sit up and pay attention — because they reveal just how much leadership impacts the bottom line. According to Gallup, CEB Global, and Gartner respectively: These issues are not abstract — they each increase cost, reduce profit, weaken culture, and undermine sustainability, predictability, and long-term […]
Succession Planning: A Threat Or A Promise?
Succession Planning: A Threat or a Promise? When the King dies the King’s heir inevitably takes over and rules. Since the King seldom survived much over 50 in the old days, this was generally a sound plan. The Prince would still be young, strong and, one would hope, clear thinking. If the King had no […]