What exceptional organisations do differently
Join the Positive Leadership webinar and learn: • The approach and behaviour of positive leaders • How to harness your own strengths, those of your team and organisation • How to incorporate positive...
People
The Business Benefits of Strength-based Recruitment
Capp founder Alex Linley defines a strength as ‘‘something that you do well and enjoy doing. When using a strength, people feel authentic and energised as they deliver successful performance.’’ We asked Gurpal Minhas, Head...
Maverick by Ricardo Semler
Henry Stewart, the interviewee in our last edition, recommended this book, saying that it changed his life and his organisation as well. Maverick by Ricardo Semler is a story of a Brazilian businessman who...
The key factor almost every hiring manager overlooks
Maybe you’re looking for the right qualifications. Or the right experience. Or the perfect hard skills. Or great soft skills. Or an outstanding work ethic, or proven leadership ability, or seamless cultural fit. Or,...
Happy & Productive workplaces – interview with Henry Stewart
Henry Stewart is the founder and Chief Executive of London-based training business Happy Ltd. Happy was rated one of the top 20 workplaces in the UK for 5 successive years and now helps other...
The Positive Organization by Robert Quinn
This issue’s recommended read is a freshly published book by Robert Quinn. The Positive Organization is an excellent summary about how you apply some of the ideas of positive psychology in workplaces in a...
5 of the best… resources for team development
Everybody has been involved in a team building activity at some point in life. If you are a manager you are most likely the one responsible for these events. Why is team development an...
How to coach – Introduction to coaching Part 2
In our last issue we looked at some of the benefits of coaching your team members. Here we consider how you would start coaching. You can coach anytime, anywhere. Your coaching conversations need not...
Words to Lead By – Henry Stewart
Henry Stewart is founder and Chief Executive of London-based training business Happy Ltd. Happy was rated one of the top 20 workplaces in the UK for 5 successive years and now helps other organisations...
Strength-based leadership
Michelle McQuaid is a best-selling author, workplace wellbeing teacher and playful change activator, she helps organisations using positive psychology and neuroscience to help understand what is happening to people’s brains in complexity and uncertainty....
Strength was a watchword at Inspiring Women 2015
A formidable line-up of inspiring women spoke at the London day of Management Today’s flagship conference series on 19th November 2015. In perfect wordplay, the event featured both tremendously inspiring women and provided an...
Embodied Leadership
Pete Hamill is a consultant, coach and facilitator, predominantly working in the areas of leadership and organisational development. In this video he talks to Eszter Molnar Mills and describes his approach to leadership development,...
Edison’s method – Collaboration is the key
The light bulb; just a simple object in your everyday life. We need it at home, in the office, on the street, almost everywhere. Thomas Edison frequently receives credit for inventing the light bulb...
How to build a strong team
10 leadership actions to help your team flourish 1. Develop a team that is made up of people with different experiences and strengths. Successful teams are diverse, with a wide range of complementary strengths;...
The magic of freedom?
British training company Happy Ltd has been rated best for customer service and work/life balance among many other awards. Henry Stewart, Chief Executive, has written a book about the story of Happy and its...
Navigate your way to a brighter future!
Climbing the career ladder, and being able to see that next step clearly, in order to map out your longer team career progression has historically been a key motivator for many people regardless of...
