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C-Suite Leadership, Coaching, Communication, Covid-19 Leadership, Difficult Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Development

Why leaders should use these four little words more often

‘How do you know if you’ve got the right strategy?’ asked the MBA student ‘When you find out whether or not it worked.’ replied the Strategy expert.The group laughed. ‘I’m not joking’ replied the expert. ‘Strategy is about the future, and the future tends to throw curveballs.’ I was one of the MBA students whose laughter was cut short and that brief exchange has always stuck with me. I’ve shared it with CEOs and Directors when discussing strategy over the years and ...

C-Suite Leadership, Communication, Covid-19 Leadership, Difficult Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Development

How to Lead Remote Teams – top tips from today’s leadership discussion

One of the key themes that leaders have highlighted they want to explore in more detail is how to lead remote teams. Today I hosted a leadership discussion on this theme, with senior leaders from several global organisations joining to share and discuss, along with our special guest, Craig Darroch, Head of Senior Leadership Development at Shell. The overwhelming sense from the conversation is that working remotely is creating opportunities to build strong, productive teams, and that leaders have more ...

C-Suite Leadership, Communication, Covid-19 Leadership, Difficult Conversations, Fear, Leadership, Leadership Development

How to Have Difficult Conversations in the Midst of Covid-19

Last week I outlined the three key topics that leaders have highlighted as their primary people-related challenges right now: How to lead remotelyHow to have difficult conversations in the midst of Covid-19How to maintain personal resilience and well-being Our online session on ‘How to Lead Remotely’ was over-subscribed within just a few hours so an early heads-up that our session on ‘How to have Difficult Conversations’ will take place on Wednesday 24th June at 12 noon. Tomorrow, we’ll be sending ...

C-Suite Leadership, Coaching, Communication, Covid-19 Leadership, Difficult Conversations, Fear, Leadership, Leadership Development

Beyond Anxiety and Sadness lies Anger – Leaders Must Prepare

Out for my daily exercise recently, I was running along a footpath with a wide grass verge. I wasn’t alone in my quest for fresh air and that all-important opportunity to get outside in the midst of lockdown. Most people I passed moved to one side, while I stepped on to the (thankfully, traffic-free) road, to maintain ample social distancing. We acknowledged one another’s gesture with a smile or a wave. One couple, however, simply continued along the path without ...

C-Suite Leadership, Coaching, Communication, Covid-19 Leadership, Difficult Conversations, Leadership, Leadership Development, Performance Management

The Importance of Long-Term 1:1 Connection

It’s been a bit of an up and down week here at CommsMasters as we, as a team and individually, have been making sense of new ways of working, the unexpected pressures that now surround us both personally and in business, and the uncertainty that has been brought to so many aspects of life. From my conversations with leaders across organisations big and small, I know we are not alone in this. I’ve been really encouraged to hear from a ...

C-Suite Leadership, Coaching, Communication, Covid-19 Leadership, Difficult Conversations, Fear, Leadership, Leadership Development

Resilience in These Uncertain Times: A Series of Complimentary Webinars

During these extraordinary times when news becomes obsolete at lightning speed, we are indeed in uncharted waters. As leaders, more than ever, it is important to provide clear and confident leadership so that our teams move forward with resilience and confidence too. But how can you best help? Next week I’ll be hosting a series of complimentary live webinars on how to maintain resilience and confidence during periods of uncertainty. In each 20-minute webinar, I’ll be sharing specific tools that ...