Trusted Leader Blog


Insights for leaders who know leadership isn’t about doing more. It’s about who you are being.

 

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Why Fulfilling People’s Tribal Needs Improves Business Results

Thousands of years ago, when humans roamed the African savannah, it was in our best interests to live in tribes. Being part of a tribe allowed us to sleep soundly knowing that others were looking out for man-eating saber-toothed tigers. If we became...

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Beware the Egocentric CEO’s Vision

A few months back, I wrote an article called Are you Limiting your Company Vision?

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How to Communicate a Changing Vision to Your Team

Jane leads a team of 30 software programmers for a large insurance company. After months of slavishly working on a new sales tool to promote to car...

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7 Trust Behaviours of Effective Leaders

One of the most common complaints from employees revolves around whether they believe their organisation can be trusted.

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5 Critical Actions to Help Employees Understand Your Organisation

On a regular basis, I conduct roundtables with CEOs and executives about how many of their employees understand the company vision. A common theme...

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5 Visual Indicators of a Suboptimal Culture

You know what it’s like. You walk into a company for a meeting and something feels off. The receptionist is rude, staff seem flustered and the place...

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11 Insightful Leadership Quotes on Culture

Mediocre companies will often tell you they have a great culture, but when you question them on what makes it wonderful, they provide you with bland...

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Is this the Most Unlikely Leader Ever?

Despite the potential threat of the horrific death of their friend, and possible manslaughter charges, four unlikely accomplices worked tirelessly...

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What sort of culture do you want to champion?

Corporate culture might be an over-used terms these days, but what it really boils down to is what behaviours staff undertake when no-one is watching.

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3 Critical Areas for Effective Safety Communication

A Towers Watson study titled Change and Communication ROI, claims that the most important goal of an effective communication program is to motivate...

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