Performance reviews aren’t fair or objective. How on earth could they be?
Comparing different people in different contexts against measures with different interpretations. Reducing all that complexity to a word or a number.
But this is the game, so how can you play it with integrity and get the best out of these broken systems we love to hate?
We’re supposed to embrace conflict.
It means you’re hearing all views and upping the chances that you’ll get to a better result. But how do you get to that kind of ‘productive conflict’ and keep yourself in one piece? A few first steps here.
The lights went out. We had no signal, no connection. Some reflections from the power cut that hit Spain and Portugal this week. Something’s shifted…
Nobody’s perfect. And yet sometimes when it comes to leadership, we seem to forget that. The reality of leadership is much messier
One key to leading teams and organisations? Find time to connect with your people and really listen when you do.
I wore a mask work for a long time – I came from a different background and always felt at risk and out of place. How do we navigate this as leaders?
Leadership lessons learnt the hard way. Don’t:
🚫 Put up with the wrong leadership team
🚫 Make assumptions
🚫 Cramp your style
If the year didn’t start quite how you intended this one’s for you. How do we accept what is, take full responsibility and treat is as a gift?
You need to toughen up, stand up for yourself. (But not too much.)
How do we navigate this ‘double-bind’ of conflicting expectations?
Here are a few suggestions. What’s your advice?
We broke the glass ceiling, but we forgot to re-build the house. Here’s a review of the latest evidence on women’s leadership