Long-distance leadership: letting go and leaning in
Wayne Turmel | 25 Mar 2025
Leading a remote or hybrid team requires a different mindset than you may have had if everyone was all together in the same physical space.
Has traditional team building had its day?
Zoe Carter-Owen
UK companies spend around £200 million annually on company away days and team-building activities. But does this investment really enhance productivity or collaboration?
CPOs: leadership in a challenging landscape
Emma Burrows
In an era of constant disruption, Chief People Officers must embrace AI, leadership agility and business strategy to drive workforce resilience and success.
Building your leadership pipeline: the crucial role of confidence
Kevin Eikenberry
Healthy confidence is a critical criterion in picking leaders and forecasting future success. Thankfully, it is also a skill that can be developed.
Six female femtech leaders transforming women's health
Alix Hobbs
To mark International Women's Day, here's a look at the innovation, passion and drive of six female Femtech leaders whose work is transforming women’s health.
Welcome back to the office. it hasn't got any better
Wayne Turmel
Companies trying to get staff back into the office need to address some fundamental questions about culture, productivity and collaboration if those RTO mandates are going succeed.
Why coaching in business can fail to produce results
Clare Norman
Coaching often fails to deliver because organisations want the benefits of coaching without making the up-front investment in screening individuals for coaching readiness.
Inclusive strategies for hospitality managers
Stefano Battaglia
With international travel now accessible to an ever-growing proportion of the global population, in the hospitality sector, diversity can be a building block to a premium customer experience.
Garbage in, garbage out
David Livermore
Even the best AI tools display cultural bias. So without knowing how to write culturally intelligent AI prompts, it's easy to end up with content that is not quite right for your intended audience.
Five remote team new year's resolutions
Wayne Turmel
The new year is a great time to ask some fundamental questions about how your remote team works together and what needs to change.
Supporting mental health on remote and hybrid teams
Wayne Turmel
As a team leader, you need to be aware of the mental health of your team. So here are ten things to consider about creating and maintaining a healthy workplace environment.
Three key leadership skills for 2025
Tony Fournier
As technology evolves at breakneck speed, what are the leadership qualities that will be most critical in 2025?
Remote teams and common goals
Wayne Turmel
When your team isn’t physically co-located, how do you help everyone understand and stay focused on their common goals?
Remote teams and common goals
Wayne Turmel
When your team isn’t physically co-located, how do you help everyone understand and stay focused on their common goals?
The great reset
Andrey Yashunky
Sometimes the only way to remove the fog clouding the future is a complete reset - in whatever form that might take.
Why remote work can be hard on trust
Wayne Turmel
Trust is critical to successful remote and hybrid work. But even with the best of intentions, doubt and suspicion can creep in.
Getting honest feedback as a long-distance leader
Wayne Turmel
Getting honest feedback is critical for anyone in a leadership role. But imagine how much more difficult this is when you and your team are in different physical places.
The benefits of a bucket list
Ian Child
Life’s too short not to have dreams. It doesn't matter if they are big, small, expensive or cheap, the important thing is to try to make them happen.
Parenthood and ESG
Jean-Sébastien Pelland
Becoming a parent is a life-changing event. And the realisation that our children will have to grow up in whatever world we leave behind can also have a big impact on how business leaders perceive growth and sustainability.
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Morale: a moving target
Duane Dike
What we think we know about morale is probably wrong, especially the black and white notion that morale is either ‘good’ or ‘bad’. Like most human feelings, morale is a moving target, which is why being sensitive to its nuances is such a key skill for leaders.
Thinking about the good things
Duane Dike
Some days, things at work just don’t pan out. But rather than letting this undermine your motivation, it’s worth taking a little time to think about the things that do make your job worthwhile.
Capitalising on adversity
Charles Helliwell
In times of adversity it is always better to see ourselves for what we are and face up to all the vulnerability that comes with it. Each tomorrow is another journey into the unknown. Far better to go into it with an open and inventive mindset than one which views success as just surviving another day.
A Cure for Micro-Management
Dan Bobinski
Over-controlling is usually done by managers who don’t quite know how to manage. The result is ineffective use of personnel and tremendously lower productivity and profits.
Three ways to look at perfection
Wayne Turmel
We often like to think of ourselves as perfectionists. But does everyone on your team have the same idea of what 'perfect' is? Turns out there are (at least) three ways of defining it.
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Hybrid work: do you want a mule or a platypus?
Wayne Turmel
Would you describe the hybrid workplace as a mule or as a platypus? Stick with me, because the question is not as crazy as it might sound.
Remote working and mental health
Wayne Turmel
One of the more interesting and talked-about topics around remote and hybrid working is how it impacts people’s mental health.
Combating burnout: five practical steps for leaders
Ang Brennan
In today’s relentless workplace, tackling burnout among leaders is a pressing reality. Here are some practical strategies to help build a supportive and resilient work environment.
Managing performance on hybrid teams
Wayne Turmel
As hybrid working becomes more and more widespread, one of the biggest difficulties that has emerged is how to manage individual performance when some people are in the office more than others.
The importance of explicit expectations
Karl Hebenstreit
The mantra for human effectiveness is “communication, communication, communication”. But without setting explicit expectations, communication on its own isn't enough.
Surviving re-orgs and buyouts at a distance
Wayne Turmel
For people working remotely, an internal re-organization or an external buyout can be especially disconcerting and confusing.
How to lead with questions in cognitively diverse ways
Megan Seibel
Questions can be powerful leadership enablers. So it is worth taking time to understand the art of asking the right questions and creating a questioning culture when leading others.
Pause and allow
Neil Jurd
Being 'busy' is normally seen as a positive thing. But being busy has a dark side - stress, poor sleep, never having enough time to stop and think. So how can we learn to be effective without becoming overloaded?
Are America and Europe returning to the office in the same way?
Wayne Turmel
It has been four years since Covid caused a seismic change in how and where people work. But are North America and Europe handling this trend in the same way? The evidence says not.
What to do when you’re just not feeling it?
Wayne Turmel
Working remotely can be great, but it can also be isolating, especially on those days when you’re lacking motivation or just can’t seem to get to grips with what needs to be done.
The importance of age-inclusivity in hospitality
Penny Brown
Amid the ongoing labour shortage in the UK's hospitality industry, one positive sign is that the sector is attracting a growing number of over-50s workers, who now make up over a third of its workforce.
What to do if hybrid isn’t working
Wayne Turmel
How are team’s hybrid working arrangements working out? Are they better or worse than you expected?
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