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The Value of Belonging at Work
Belonging translated to numbers 'If workers feel like they belong, companies reap substantial bottom-line benefits. High belonging was linked to a whopping 56% increase in job performance, a 50% drop in turnover risk, and a 75% reduction in sick days. For a...
Developing Strategy and Teams with LEGO® Serious Play®
Our facilitated LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® service offering is nearly here! Mention LEGO® to anyone and it evokes childhood memories of free-play and imagination. Now consider the possibility of using the LEGO® Serious Play® method to solve business challenges, build...
The Art of Fearless Conversation – 1st Podcast of a New Series Coming Soon…
Improving Psychological Safety enables Fearless Conversations… a key foundation of high performing teams. Join us for our new podcast series which explores this territory… coming soon.
Is your team engaging in ‘Radical Candour’?
The terms ‘psychological safety’ and ‘radical candour’ don’t appear to sit comfortably with each other in one sentence. There is a sense that psychologically safe teams are nice and cozy place to work and a long way from a term like ‘radical candour’ (a term coined by...
Grit!
Yesterday was a special day. It seems like days run into each other these days, as many activities and life as normal has stopped during Covid lockdown. Yet, this weekend the Irish ladies hockey team had the opportunity to play the reigning Olympic Champions in a...
A time for renewal?
As we draw the 'Dancing with Complexity' series to a close, we would like to wish you a wonderful Christmas. It obviously won't be the usual one, but hopefully it will be an opportunity for rest for some of us, whilst acknowledging those working on the front line who...
How Companies Have Maintained Employee Engagement Scores in the New Virtual World
This is the 5th of 6 blog posts as part of the series 'Dancing with Complexity'. This blog was authored by Gerry, capturing the results of a survey on the experience of teams in the virtual world this year. Thank you to all those who contributed to this article. In...
What has experimentation got to do with leadership?
This is the 4th blog in the 'Dancing with Complexity' series. This one is about how we can experiment around the edges to make progress on the challenges we face. It can even be a little fun as we design experiments and bring curiosity as we explore the outcomes. As I...
What I learned from my puppy about leadership and self-awareness!
When conceiving this series of blogs, a number of themes came to mind, one of them being what we can learn from animals at this time. We happened to get a puppy in August, so this blog wrote itself, based on the first-hand joys and tribulations of having this new...
What’s possible on your doorstep?
This is the 2nd blog of this series 'Dancing with Complexity' where we explore the possible instead of the forbidden in these times. This blog was written by a friend of Gerry’s - Gerard O’Rourke and it focuses on wellness and the outdoors, especially in the context...
Gratitude – A big impact from a simple practice
This is the first of a series of blogs from our ‘ Dancing in Complexity’ series. The idea being that we endeavour to change our lens of our current situation in lockdown to look at what’s possible instead of what’s forbidden. Gratitude is one of a number of themes...
Dancing with Complexity – an invitation
As Ireland enters its second week of its second lockdown, and weariness sets in, we want to offer a perspective on how we can ‘dance with the complexity’, a phrase coined by Donella Meadows. In this instance, rather than focusing on what we can’t do, we would like to...
The Value of Belonging at Work
Belonging translated to numbers 'If workers feel like they belong, companies reap substantial bottom-line benefits. High belonging was linked to a whopping 56% increase in job performance, a 50% drop in turnover risk, and a 75% reduction in sick days. For a...
Developing Strategy and Teams with LEGO® Serious Play®
Our facilitated LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® service offering is nearly here! Mention LEGO® to anyone and it evokes childhood memories of free-play and imagination. Now consider the possibility of using the LEGO® Serious Play® method to solve business challenges, build...
The Art of Fearless Conversation – 1st Podcast of a New Series Coming Soon…
Improving Psychological Safety enables Fearless Conversations… a key foundation of high performing teams. Join us for our new podcast series which explores this territory… coming soon.
Is your team engaging in ‘Radical Candour’?
The terms ‘psychological safety’ and ‘radical candour’ don’t appear to sit comfortably with each other in one sentence. There is a sense that psychologically safe teams are nice and cozy place to work and a long way from a term like ‘radical candour’ (a term coined by...
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