When influence matters so much more than authority

When uncertainty is everywhere, it can feel easy to share messages and assume that everyone has taken the same interpretation of what you’ve said. But when you get a team together, it can often become very clear that everyone has a different view of the same thing - and that means they can’t move forward. Influence and giving people the space to make sense of things together, can make a big difference in understanding how and where different perspectives are having an impact.

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It's not generations that cause problems in change – assumptions do

When we need to introduce tricky change and it doesn’t land how we’d like, we can sometimes blame generational differences. But there’s so much more to consider than age when we want to deliver successful change that supports and doesn’t alienate people.

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Davos, leadership capacity and a different world order

The year has started with some pretty seismic events at this year’s World Economic Forum, which has clearly signalled a change in our world order. Considering what this means for leaders - and especially their capacity to navigate an increasingly unpredictable landscape - brings ideas that might feel ‘over there’ a little closer to home.

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