Whitepapers

The business case for a growth mindset is not what you think it is - if you're serious about success, you need to start believing in yourself.   Any leadership and personal mastery principle that booms in popularity are ripe for misinterpretation. Growth Mindset has been hailed as one of the defining leadership principles of top international companies and is believed to be one of the…

Most successful leaders are constantly looking for ways to improve their organization’s results and internal environment. It can be difficult, though, for them to identify which of their efforts actually pay off. So it’s extremely useful when a leader can detail the strategies they’ve implemented to move their business forward. Kevin Jones, CEO of Rackspace Technology, a…

The Agile management revolution is transforming the world of work. It took off in software development in 2001 and is now spreading rapidly, under various labels, to all parts and all kinds of organizations, including the five largest and fastest-growing firms on the planet. It is truly a Copernican revolution in management. As Professor Julian Birkinshaw declared in…

Cultivating a positive workplace culture is worth more than you might think.   In addition to being accountable for financial success, business leaders are responsible for the culture they create, the people they have and the motivation levels across their teams. More often than not, they go hand-in-hand. Financial results are a true consequence of the individual activities that happen…

‘We are simply talking about your cop-on: your ability to handle yourself, handle others and handle what’s happening around you’   “There’s nothing worse than when you’re not feeling great and someone says, ‘just think positively’,” says Alan Lyons, author, psychologist and managing partner of KinchLyons. “Because that’s…