Management Perspectives

Why should the focus of first-time CEOs be on people skills and relationship building to ensure they feel thoroughly prepared for the demands of their role?

By working towards the ‘happy and healthy’ leadership approach, leaders will be able to balance themselves, remain open to the future, and embrace whatever comes. They will lead with strength and kindness.

Figuring out what motivates us can sometimes be tricky. We all know that motivation is something we want more of, but actually finding it is an altogether different challenge. What’s worse is that the overall output of the organisation inevitably starts to dip when dealing with a whole team—or even a whole company—full of people feeling disengaged.

The fast pace at which we live and work today is driving both incremental and radical change in business and is becoming the new normal. Some organisations are keeping up, but many getting left behind.