Empathetic leadership leads to stronger collaboration, less stress, and greater morale. However, many leaders struggle to make caring part of their organisational culture. A recent study shows that burnout is a workplace problem, not a worker problem. It happens when there is a mismatch between the organisation and its employees in any of the following areas: workers’ amount of control, fair treatment, a sense of community, workload levels, the doling out of rewards, and orga

Can business transformation happen in an empty office? Companies of all sizes with a remote workforce have proven that we don’t need people in the office to make rapid changes – what they need is an agile mindset and structure that will allow them to thrive even beyond a global pandemic. According to a Harvard Business School research, companies that had launched agile transformations pre Covid-19 performed better and moved faster during Covid-19 than those that had not, as t

Telling a compelling story is how leaders build credibility for themselves and their ideas - whether they want to win over a colleague, a team, or an entire conference audience. Stories are a universal language that everyone can understand, they stimulate imagination and create a sense of community among listeners and tellers alike. According to neuroscience, stories engage more regions of the brain than data, and therefore have more power to create an emotional response and

Hiring diverse talent alone doesn’t guarantee high performance. It requires inclusive leadership that ensures that all team members feel valued, confident and inspired. What leaders say and do, makes up to a 70 percent of difference to how included their team members feel. And when people feel included, they speak up and go the extra mile, creating a high performing organisational culture. A recent McKinsey study reaffirms the strong business case for diversity and inclusion

The events of the past year rapidly accelerated the shift to digital, but to be truly successful in the long term, digital transformation also needs to happen at the very top – with the individuals who set strategy and allocate resources; and people who follow their lead. Research indicates that 77 percent of CEOs report that the pandemic sped up their companies’ digital transformation plans, and Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella noted in the early days of the pandemic: “We’ve se