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Leadership, questioned

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Is leadership an effective use of my time? This question was posed at a networking event we attended and today’s post provides some answers..

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Happiness unwrapped

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Experts have published a report on global happiness and they believe there are 3 key elements contributing to our happiness levels. Find out more here…

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How can we impact employee engagement levels?

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Gallup tells us that only 23% of the global workforce is engaged. In response to this shocking statistic, we ask, ‘What can be done to improve employee engagement?’

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Decisive Action 

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A survey by Bain found a 95% correlation between decision-making effectiveness and financial performance. How can we be more decisive?

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How to ensure Values are not just empty words… 

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Do corporate values really inform how an organisation behaves or are they merely meaningless words that nobody truly understands?

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Think – Behave – Results

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How often do we consider that how we think and how we behave are inter-connected, and that they both affect our results?

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It’s All About RESULTS

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By building a foundation of trust, encouraging healthy conflict, fostering commitment, and establishing accountability, teams are well-positioned to achieve their objectives. Today, we discuss Lencioni’s fifth ‘behaviour’…

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Mastering ACCOUNTABILITY

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Accountability is a word that is often referenced in workplaces, but what does it actually mean and how does it contribute to the successful functioning of a team?

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Commitment and Its Role in Teams

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While teamwork is often cited as a critical success factor in most organisations, the phrase is often left a little ambigious. One consistent indicator of any high-performing team is a robust level of individual and group commitment. Why is this?

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CONFLICT: The Value of Healthy Conflict in Organisations

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Conflict. Does this word conjure negative images for you? We imagine it probably does! But healthy conflict in the workplace is far from negative – it drives innovation, diversity of thought and collaboration…

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Helping to define a values-based performance culture

“The value of offering our team the opportunity to feed into our culture and values and inform the decisions we will take in this critical area of the business has been invaluable. It underpins our approach as a Leadership team and has given us the tools we need to take further positive steps forward.”

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ICC helps Lynwood improve staff communication & boost moral

“The team at ICC has been incredibly approachable and has spent some ‘one-on-one time’ with our staff. This personal approach has had a tremendously positive effect on the team, improving and enhancing their daily life not only at work but personally as well.”

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