Our thinking
Accelerating TOM impact through leadership alignment
A major healthcare provider had completed a large reorg, but ROI was slow, engagement had dipped and leaders lacked a clear way of driving the new operating model.
Bringing a reorg to life with a people-first approach
A 200-person IT department had a new org design, but its implementation was stalling. Roles lacked clarity, processes felt abstract and confidence in the new structure was low. After multiple previous reorganisations, teams needed more than diagrams, they needed a reorg that actually worked.
When you’re TOO EXHAUSTED to think straight
Nine years ago, my partner Katja and I hit a brick wall: two kids under three years, demanding full-time jobs, no headspace and no time to make good decisions.
We were exhausted parents lurching from task to task, reacting rather than leading our lives…
Look back down the mountain
In business, it’s imperative to keep going, to keep pushing. As leaders, we set the next goal, tackle the next challenge and push the team upward. Q4 blurs into Q1.
But in all this, we can forget to pause and to look down… To look back down the mountain, together. To see how far we’ve already come.
Are you running or building? 🏃 🏗️
As we enter the last 4 months of the year, we are feeling the tension between two equally critical responsibilities
Aligning competing departments behind a unifying vision
After a tough year in the commercial property management market, FoxRock Properties needed its 40-person team to enter the new year aligned, motivated and operating as one cohesive unit rather than siloed departments with disconnected goals.
Nurturing connections to build resilience & strengthen culture
Business leaders are launching all sorts of initiatives to tackle falling engagement and declining productivity. Here we suggest three principles that can help leaders leverage relationship-building as a driver of culture and business performance.
Humanising the workplace & building psychological safety
Phil joins People Managing People Podcast host Becca Banyard to talk about transforming company culture, building psychological safety, and how leaders can help employees build connection amidst a loneliness epidemic.
An intentional approach to transforming company culture
In this episode of Work Life Stories Phil and Felix share how they transformed an office with low morale and high attrition into a thriving, inclusive, award-winning team.
Top 5 leadership painpoints 🧨
Since the start of the year we've spoken with more than 30 C-Suite leaders about the challenges they're facing with their most senior teams. Here’s a list of the painpoints we have heard most often:
Building Meaningful Connections in the Workplace
Phil joins Jolyn and Quinten on The Connectors Podcast for a conversation around why he believes relationships are the source of results and how to encourage leaders to take more responsibility for company culture.
Strengthening wellbeing to reduce attrition
Line managers felt squeezed - by clients and their direct reports. Many were balancing being first-time managers with busy corporate day jobs growing client relationships, as well as grappling with the impact of having been acquired.
4 Powerful Principles to Improve Mental Health in the Workplace
It all begins with an idea.
Empowering Line Managers to Lead With Confidence
Line managers felt squeezed - by clients and their direct reports. Many were balancing being first-time managers with busy corporate day jobs growing client relationships, as well as grappling with the impact of having been acquired.