Leadership Shadow
In last week’s blog we looked at the importance of self-awareness in leadership and shared steps that can be taken to develop and increase your own...
Building a key ingredient for leadership success
Self-awareness is often described as the single most important quality for effective leadership. Daniel Goleman, who popularised the concept of emotional...
SkillBuild: Encouraging Mastery in the Workplace
A study by McKinsey in 2021 identified what it referred to as ‘The Great Attrition’ with a record number of employees looking to leave their jobs. When...
Take the LEAD™
At this time of year, thoughts often turn to plans for the future and many of us make promises (resolutions) to ourselves – to get fit, to eat better, to...
Do Something Different
Last week we hosted our inaugural Q+ Showcase Masterclass for almost 100 leaders from businesses across the South West and Midlands. At the end of the...
Taking Time Out to Lead
An employed manager sees leadership connected with a successful career, it’s an aspiration to be seen as an effective leader. They learn to lead,...
The Benefits of Work-Based Learning
‘Every day’s a school day’ the saying goes. And, where are most people every day? At work, and the workplace is a treasure trove of potential learning and...
Living the Values
We recently hosted a Leaders’ Breakfast where two SME owner-managers described how they had worked with their teams to create a shared set of core values....
When is 'Micro-Management' Needed?
On our leadership programs, delegates often discuss how to approach performance issues with their team when individuals are not doing what they should be...
Planning for Change
Our CEO, Dr Stewart Barnes, begins his Leading Change Masterclass with the quote
“Change throws up the need for leaders. Leaders create change.”
Leading...
Winner of the SoGlos Family Business Award 2022
Last night the Gloucestershire business community celebrated an exceptional home-grown success story when Cotteswold Dairy was named both the Family...