Cultivating Cultural Competence: A Strategic Imperative for Stronger Organisations In my years working in organisational psychology, I’ve seen first hand how cultural competence becomes a defining capability for thriving teams and organisations. When leaders and teams deepen their understanding and skills around culture, they unlock more innovation, psychological safety, inclusivity, and sustainable performance. Below, I summarise and expand on key insights from […]
Your Team Can Be the Calm in the Storm Every leader I talk to right now says the same thing: “I’m overwhelmed.” And no wonder. AI disruption. Relentless cost pressures. Market volatility. Hybrid work dysfunction. Global uncertainty. Leading in 2025 is like standing in a cyclone. The mistake leaders make is thinking they can “wait […]
Exploring the Quantum Field: Dr. Toper Taylor on Human Performance Intention In an electrifying episode of Culture, Teams & You, Josephine sits down with Emmy Award-winning children’s entertainment executive, author, and researcher Dr. Toper Taylor. Together, they delve into his groundbreaking PhD research and his riveting new book, The Human Performance Intention Experiment: A Quantum […]
In today’s fast-paced business environment, leaders need to be able to think both strategically and operationally. They must keep up with the latest trends and developments, whilst also managing the day-to-day demands of the business. This is what is known as ambidextrous leadership. Ambidextrous leaders are able to balance two seemingly opposing forces: exploration and […]
Many of my clients have been noticing the same thing, “Everyone on my team seems tired…all the time. It seems like they’re in a fog, and I don’t know what to do.” The last two years of volatility, increased employee turnover, supply chain disruptions, and changing workforce expectations about flexibility are culminating in a human […]
In many of the organisations I work with, I find that teams are a protective factor against the adverse effects of stress and burnout. We know that team leaders and managers play a critical role in the team’s performance and their engagement. Yet many organizations are missing an opportunity to seriously develop team leader capability […]
Today while facilitating a large meeting, I actually got people to focus and be present in the room. This has been a real challenge for me and others in our new virtual meeting world. Sometimes it’s even a challenge to ask people to keep their camera on! Make a Different Decision Today I did this […]
The Covid-19 pandemic led to many benefits for workers, one of which is the work-from-home arrangement. As much as it has proven to be cost and time efficient, working remotely has also led to feelings of isolation and burnout for some people as well as issues of visibility for employers. Regardless, the study conducted by […]
We know that different perspectives and ideas lead to innovation and better performance. However, in practice, diversity can sometimes hurt team performance resulting in frustration or misunderstanding. Why is this so? Diversity on its own is not enough, we also need enablers to optimise a team’s performance so they can leverage diverse perspectives, skills and […]
I had the idea for this blog because of an article I saw recently on the Atlassian website. It tried to answer the question, “how do you build a kick-ass agile team”. Which is a great question. We would all benefit from knowing how to lead a team to greatness and how to know whether […]
