Perpetua Neo24 March 2022 LinkedIn How to give better feedback and be a better mentor Except that many of us have been taught to use “The Feedback Sandwich”– say something positive, deliver the not-so-good-news, then something positive. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett10 November 2021 LinkedIn Leading teams in a hybrid environment – the issues you probably DON’T know about Lately we’ve been running 2 hour workshops on leading teams in a hybrid environment. And there are many reasons these workshops are so popular. Read full article
Alex Davids2 September 2021 LinkedIn How much connecting do you have to do to be a great leader? Leadership is a never-ending topic for conversation. In our view, anyone who thinks of themselves as a leader, is. We all have to lead ourselves after all. Read full article
Vanessa Bennett4 February 2021 LinkedIn How to deal with underperformers – without the awkward conversations The fastest way to drive away a high performing employee is to tolerate an underperforming one. Read full article
Alex Davids11 June 2020 LinkedIn Learning to jump at the same time 3… 2…1… go. Have you ever done a countdown with your team? Read full article
Vanessa Bennett30 January 2020 LinkedIn Enough with the KPIs, here’s what we really need to focus on It’s a familiar story, we often coach clients where the people that they work with are doing just enough to meet their Key Performance Indicators (not shooting the lights out but just enough). Read full article
Alex Davids21 November 2019 LinkedIn Culture vs. culture At NEP lately, we’ve been up to our armpits in culture work. So, we’ve been doing a lot of thinking about why culture is always a hot topic in business. Of course, we believe it should be. Read full article
Alex Davids20 June 2019 LinkedIn Stepping up You’ve worked hard to achieve a leadership role in your business or team. You are well respected and feel that your leadership style is really connecting to those who surround you. You have energy and passion for what you are doing. So, what is holding you back? Read full article
Alex Davids6 June 2019 LinkedIn Rising above In business, there are small decisions and big ones. The key is identifying which is which. A common challenge we see is when leaders cannot separate themselves from the smaller decisions to have enough headspace for the big ones. Read full article
Alex Davids23 April 2019 LinkedIn Being great vs. Being a great leader Technically amazing. Not so good with people? We used to get told a lot that it was the professional services industry that ran into trouble with leadership because they had technically amazing people who lacked any leadership skills once they became managers of people. Read full article