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VIDEO: Inclusive Leadership: What “bring people along on the journey” actually means in practice

May 8, 2026 | Communication, Leadership

It’s one of those phrases you’ll hear constantly in leadership circles. Bring people along on the journey. Take your team with you. But spend five minutes trying to work out what that looks like on a Tuesday afternoon when your meeting has gone sideways and you’ve got three agenda items left – and it starts to feel a lot less helpful.
Inclusive leadership isn’t a vibe or a personality type. It’s a set of small, repeatable moments where you either make people feel like a valued part of the process, or you don’t.

Leadership Decision-Making: How to Lead with Clarity and Stop Waiting for Perfect

Apr 24, 2026 | Leadership

You know that meeting where everyone leaves with a list of action items and absolutely no idea what was actually decided? That’s not a communication problem. That’s a leadership decision-making problem – and it’s more common than anyone likes to admit.

Critical Leadership Blockers: Why Some Weaknesses Can’t Be Offset

Mar 28, 2026 | Leadership

Having some weaknesses does not automatically limit a leader’s effectiveness. In many cases, strong capabilities in other areas can offset and compensate for those gaps. However, while most weaknesses can be offset by strengths, there is a subset of behaviours that do not follow this pattern. Zenger and Folkman identified these as “fatal flaws” – behaviours that significantly reduce a leader’s overall effectiveness, regardless of their strengths elsewhere.

Taking the Wheel: Why Your Locus of Control Is the Key to Business Resilience

Mar 20, 2026 | Self-Leadership

If you have ever felt like your business is a small boat in a rough sea – completely at the mercy of the economy, government regulations, or just plain bad luck – you are certainly not alone.
In psychology, this feeling ties directly to a concept called locus of control. Your locus of control describes whether you believe you are the driver of your own life or simply a passenger along for the ride.

Attitudes at Work: The Hidden Driver of Performance in Your Team

Mar 14, 2026 | Team Effectiveness

Leaders spend a lot of time managing behaviour. But behaviour is the visible layer. The real drivers usually sit underneath. This is where attitudes at work start to matter.
Once you understand attitudes at work, a lot of workplace behaviour suddenly becomes easier to interpret.
And easier to influence.

GUEST POST: What Leaders Misunderstand About Safety in Small Business

Mar 2, 2026 | Workplace Culture, Leadership

Safety is not paperwork, it is leadership. In small businesses it shows up in daily decisions long before it shows up in hazard and incident reports. Leadership behaviour influences risk exposure far more than a single document ever could.

VIDEO: Coaching leadership style: why “ask, don’t tell” changes everything

Feb 21, 2026 | Leadership, Team Effectiveness

When someone fumbles a sales conversation, explains a product poorly, or misses a step… it feels faster to jump in and fix it.
And it usually is faster… in that moment.
But speed in the short term can create dependence in the long term.
A coaching leadership style interrupts that pattern.

What makes a good leader? The behaviours that actually drive performance (according to research)

Feb 13, 2026 | Leadership

If you’ve ever wondered what makes a good leader, you’re not alone. When researchers and practitioners look closely at what actually predicts strong teams, engagement, and performance over time, good leadership turns out to be far less about who you are, and far more about what you do – consistently.

Leadership training for business owners: How to future-proof your business.

Feb 6, 2026 | Leadership, Business

As a business grows, the owner’s role changes whether they intend it to or not. What used to be about doing the work gradually becomes about enabling others to do it well. That shift brings new demands – emotional, cognitive, and relational – that most owners were never trained for. Without support, many end up compensating by working harder, stepping back into tasks, or carrying the unspoken emotional load of the team.
Leadership training, when it’s done well, supports owners to lead in a way that strengthens the business rather than draining it.

How to Really Empower Your People

Jan 30, 2026 | Leadership

Why Leaders Struggle to Step Back – and How to Really Empower Your People.
To empower your people, you eventually have to stop hovering with your foot on the brake.
Think back to learning to drive. You’ve got your hands on the wheel, you’re concentrating hard, and you’re doing your best not to look terrified. But there’s a second set of pedals on the passenger side. The instructor says you’re in control… while keeping their foot close enough to stop the car at any moment.

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