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Is Loneliness the Penalty for Leadership? – Making Meaningful Connections for Effective Leadership

“Loneliness is the penalty of leadership.” Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition has gone down in history, not just for...

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Transformative Leadership: The role of ‘change’ in unleashing potential and ensuring success

“If I had to pick one word to summarise my Leadership in Management experience, it would be change.” - Scott...

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Emotional Learning: A Key to Developing Better Leaders

Better leaders lead to better outcomes. It’s as simple and also as complicated as that. Under the correct leadership, organisations...

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The Power of Shared Experiences: Son & Mirjaliisa’s Journey

Every now and then, we hear a story that stops us in our tracks. A story that reminds us of...

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Defining the Appropriate Leadership Style

The art of leadership includes the skill of constantly adapting the style of leadership to the situation and circumstances. David...

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Making the case for lazy leadership

We are revisiting and dusting off some of our old articles - are they still relevant today? Let us know!...

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Celebrate the storm

There is no short-cut to team performance.

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Applied learning is lifelong learning.

Leadership Development is expensive, it takes time and it is not necessarily a smooth and pleasant experience. A key question...

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Training of Leaders by Norman Dixon

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Why enrol on Cultivate?

Why enrol on Cultivate? This review from a past delegate shares the benefits that they have received from participating in...

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Leadership in Management – Why change something that works?

This article was found recently in the archives of Leadership Trust. It was written in 1990. It still describes completely...

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Young Leaders – The value of investing in your people

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5 Steps to boost your Leadership Effectiveness

5 Steps to Boost your Leadership Effectiveness and Influence your goals.

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Leadership Trust – Video Content

Challenging Assumptions?
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Challenging Assumptions with Leadership Trust.

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Effective Leadership can Facilitate Change

What are the barriers to effective change and what can be done to help the transition?

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Leadership Lessons from Sean Flaherty 

Leadership Lessons from Sean Flaherty

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NHS Discount on Leadership in Management

Leadership Trust offers a significant NHS discount to thank the hard work and difficult environment NHS workers hace endured throughout...

Events

Leadership in Management – Lunch and Learn

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Women in Leadership with Paulina Tenner

Women in Leadership, Episode 4 – Embracing the Unconventional with Paulina Tenner

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Celebrating International Womens Day 2021 With Women in Leadership
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021 with Women in Leadership

Monday March 8th 2021 marked International Women’s Day and also Leadership Trust’s Inaugural Women in Leadership panel event. This monthly...

Six Leadership Development Triggers
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Six Leadership Development triggers

There is no one way to be a good leader. In the same vein that there is no one book,...

Using 360 Degree Feedback Assessments
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Using 360 degree feedback assessments

When feedback is given on the basis of 360° assessment it is a powerful development tool, serving as a mirror...

Lessons From Operating a Business During COVID
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Lessons from operating a business during COVID

Organisations across the globe have found 2020 challenging. What 2021 has in store for us is anyone’s guess. Nobody knew...

Unconscious Bias Training the Courses Arent Broken People Are
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Unconscious bias training. The courses aren’t broken, PEOPLE are.

The UK Government has announced its plans to scrap unconscious bias training and is recommending other Public Sector services do...

Josh Gowling on Leadership BLM and Keys to Success
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Josh Gowling on Leadership, BLM and keys to success

There is no one size fits all approach with leadership. That being said there are many teachable qualities and skills...

Where Are the Black Leaders in the UK
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Where are the Black Leaders in the UK?

Would it surprise you to know that Black employees hold only 1.5% of senior roles within private sector organisations in...

Why Unconscious Bias Training Can Prove Ineffective
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Why unconscious bias training can prove ineffective

Evaluations for unconscious bias training have shown that for the most part, these programmes are ineffective, and in some cases...

A New Hire On Onboarding During Covid-19
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A new hire on onboarding during COVID-19

I’m now a few weeks into working for Leadership Trust and I thought I’d share some feelings on what it’s...

Segregation
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Segregation

Why women-only leadership development courses make my blood boil. A few days ago, I received a flyer for a course...

Celebrate the storm
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Celebrate the storm

There is no short-cut to team performance. There is something so beautifully predictive about groups of human beings. Bruce Tuckman...

Gender Inequality — Are we complicit?
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Gender Inequality  –  Are we complicit?

Why don’t we step up when we see the need for change? Today is the centenary of the UK Representation...

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Making the case for lazy leadership

Have the confidence to do nothing. Imagine an action film where Kate Beckinsale or Bruce Willis have to sit down for...

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Grab opportunities, even if you don’t know what’s going to happen

Proof, if needed, that the unknown is good for you. Louise Brooke-Smith’s belief in following her instincts and grasping opportunities,...

Power
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Power

Power is just an illusion. My father once said to me: “People are confused about power. The more you progress...

Leadership Learning Is For Life
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Leadership learning is for life

Mike Dean was educated at Manchester Business School and Penn State University and is a former Sales and Business Development...

Can You Be Agile And Responsive And Still Play The Long Game
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Can you be agile and responsive and still play the long game?

Fashion industry luminary Kim Winser was Marks and Spencer’s first female board director before moving onto a distinguished retail career...

Self Leadership: step off the ledge and embrace fear
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Self Leadership: step off the ledge and embrace fear

Joanna Reed, Executive Director of Talent Management at Bahrain’s Economic Development Board (EDB) is an HR and Learning and Development...


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