Revolutionising Employee Benefits with Jordan Peace (Episode 82) Introduction In a world that never seems to slow down, Josephine Palermo and Jordan Peace explore the transformative power of taking intentional breaks. Their conversation delves into the concept of fringe benefits, the emotional roller coaster of entrepreneurship, and the personal growth that comes from embracing one’s […]
Cultivating Cultural Competence: The Key to Building Stronger, More Inclusive Organisations
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 […]
Harnessing the Power of Midpoints in Team Transformation
Navigating Successful Transformations at the Midpoints: Building Effective Teams By Dr. Josephine Palermo | Originally published September 5, 2024, on 6teamconditions.comMidpoints in a team’s lifecycle aren’t just routine check-ins—they’re powerful opportunities to recalibrate and accelerate transformation.In her insightful article, Dr. Josephine Palermo reframes the midpoint as a strategic lever for improving team performance and deepening […]
Why we are not serious about developing team leaders?
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 I won in a virtual meeting
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 […]
Balancing Act: The New Equation in Hybrid Working (Part 1)
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 […]
Why Diverse Teams Need Psychological Safety to Excel
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 […]
What We Know About Team Development
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 […]
Do Start-Ups Need a HRMS?
We don’t need human resources! Structure is the death of good culture! I’m hearing this a lot lately. Particularly from organisations in start-up stages in the tech space. Whilst these organisations are in the early stages of their evolution, they already have a large number of staff (around 250 or over) and they do care […]
Transitioning to Hybrid Working
Transitioning to Hybrid Working is not about going back to normal. 2020 was the year the world went remote. Work from home became a daily norm. Two years later, we now see world economies easing into the new normal. However workplaces are anything but ‘back to normal’. Employers want to re-establish normality and employees want […]