Most of what makes a great manager is not rocket science - but it is discipline. The Leadership Operating Rhythm is built on five pillars of everyday leadership behaviours that make an impact in the workplace.
The leaders who flourished this year weren’t necessarily the most experienced. They were the ones who stayed curious and human. The ones who made space for learning, even when they had a hundred other things on their to do list.
Authenticity isn’t a personality trait. It’s a leadership competency. One that directly impacts engagement, psychological safety, culture, and retention.
What might shift if every check-in with your team wasn't just about progress, but about people? If you took the time away from the hustle to listen intently to the answers?
As someone making decisions about your organisation's future, the real challenge isn't always the technology itself, it's helping your people shift from "What will this take away?" to "What will this make possible?"
Your star performers can become brilliant managers - but only if we equip them with the leadership and soft skills that inspire people, drive performance, and make success sustainable.
From a coaching perspective, values-based leadership is about creating cultural congruence: the consistency between what we say, what we signal, and what we reward.
If you're stuck in a cycle of procrastination, conflict, or avoidance, the key may lie not in your actions, but in the thoughts, and deeper still, the beliefs, that come before them.
We like to believe we’re objective, that our choices are grounded in logic, data and experience. But even the most seasoned leaders carry mental models and assumptions formed long ago. Many of them no longer serve us.
If feedback and communication in your teams is something you’re working on, struggling with or just want more tools and resources for then this blog is for you.