Tag: Organisational Culture
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Misreading Negativity: How Vigilance Shapes Team Dynamics
When someone seems glum or hard to approach, it’s often vigilance rather than negativity. This post reframes depressive realism as a protective stance and offers three practical ways for leaders to engage these colleagues without avoidance or pressure for positivity. The video draws on Rachel Msetfe’s research into depressive realism and how risk‑sensitive individuals can…
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Denise Is My Middle Name, Not Dennis -And Why Mislabeling Team Is a Leadership Menace
A childhood mix‑up about my own name becomes a leadership insight into how senior teams often mislabel themselves — and why the difference between a working group and a true senior leadership team matters for performance and organisational credibility.
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Digital Intimacy Overload in Leadership: What DOS Originally Warned Us About Human Dis-connection
A reflection on the evolution of digital overload among Boomer and Gen X leaders, recalling DOS‑era discipline to surface emerging risks to cohesion and relational connection in today’s senior leadership teams..
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Is Your Leadership Style Too Nice? A Better Question for Leaders
The debate about whether leaders are “too nice” misses the point. What matters is whether leadership builds trust, clarity, accountability, and genuine human connection.
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A 2026 Note: The 2014 Clues That Shaped My Work with Senior Teams
A reflective 2026 note on the early signs — including a paintballing parody advert — that first revealed the limits of combative team‑building and shaped my human‑centred approach to senior team development.
