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Leadership and Motivation
Leadership is essentially about motiving others to give their discretionary effort, that is the extra effort they can bring to a task, and to give it willingly in such a way that they get satisfaction from doing it and it doesn’t diminish their wellbeing. In the...
What Does Leadership Style Mean?
What is Leadership Style – and how can I assess it? Leadership rests on three competencies (global factors) that help to optimise the relationship between a leader and their followers to produce better performance and better wellbeing. A major 2025 study (with the UK...
What is Leadership?
Leadership and Mental Toughness. The role of resilience and positivity in leadership effectiveness Leadership is a quality that has always been important, often misunderstood, and now, in the 21st Century, it has a renewed importance. It’s at the top of the...
Coaching and AI – A threat, an opportunity, or both
In 2025, in our Talking Toughness podcasts, we spoke with coaching thought-leaders, Jonathan Passmore and David Clutterbuck, about Coaching and AI, and its impact on practitioners who work in people, team and organisation development. They saw that coaching and...
Your Star Employee is Now Underperforming
Get rid and replace or restore your underperforming employee? The mental toughness concept might just guide you to the best solution for everyone. It can be anyone who was once doing a good job and is now struggling. The cost of recruiting a replacement is fraught...
Optimising Team Working
Optimising Team Working - You need to understand it first. Mental Toughness really helps. Optimising Team Working is important. Arguably, it is the core challenge for leadership. As Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic puts it: “can you convince people to collaborate effectively...