Cultivating a “Number One” Mindset: A Winning Leadership Approach to Drive Success
In a number of recent coaching conversations with clients, I have helped them to explore the notion of a “Number One” mindset and how it could hold the key to unlocking different thinking, new behaviours and exceptional results. The backdrop to this is that almost every client I coach or advise is struggling right now […]
Unleashing the Power of MASTER Leadership: A Blueprint for Success
In the constantly-shifting landscape of business challenges and organisational transformation, we know that effective leadership plays a pivotal role in driving growth and success. Today, more than ever, organisations need leaders who possess not only a relevant and comprehensive skill set, but also a deep understanding of human behaviour and organisational change. To navigate the […]
Embracing Discomfort: The Path to Confidence, Learning and Change
Human nature often leads us to seek comfort and familiarity. We tend to stick to routines and avoid venturing into the unknown. However, the ‘change juice’ of growth and personal development lies just beyond the boundaries of our comfort zones. Stepping outside this cosy realm takes courage, but it is an essential step towards becoming […]
World Kindness Day: Time to have your CAKE and eat it?
Today is World Kindness Day. And this year, more than most, it seems a good moment to reflect and consider how we treat ourselves and others. Whatever our context, wherever we live, whatever our profession, we face numerous challenges every day which test our patience and resilience. The odds often seem stacked against us, we […]
The Empathy Manifesto – Part 3: How to become an empathetic leader
This is the final part of the Empathy Manifesto, a three-part series by business coaches Joss Mathieson and Oliver Hansard. We believe that effective leadership, organisational agility and high-performance in uncertain times all rely on excellent behavioural skills, and above all empathy. In part 1, we explored the need for leaders to use a new suite of […]
The Empathy Manifesto – Part 2: Using empathy as a compass to successfully navigate change
This is the second part of the Empathy Manifesto, a three-part series by business coaches Joss Mathieson and Oliver Hansard. We believe that effective leadership, organisational agility and high-performance in uncertain times all rely on excellent behavioural skills, and above all empathy. In part 1, we explored the need for leaders to use a new suite of behavioural skills […]
The Empathy Manifesto – Part 1: The essential leadership skill to navigate uncertainty
The Empathy Manifesto is a three-part series by business coaches Joss Mathieson and Oliver Hansard. They believe that effective leadership, organisational agility and high-performance in uncertain times all rely on excellent behavioural skills, and above all empathy. In this first part, we explore the need for leaders to use a new suite of behavioural skills to navigate our […]
A VUCA world needs more VUCA leaders
VUCA has become a popular acronym in recent times to describe the world we are living in. It stands for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. It certainly describes the challenges that most organisations face as industries are disrupted daily, which has been further accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. Disruption from technology, which was already changing […]
Do you want help with the challenges you are facing?
“Joss helped me to find my courage and conviction.” This is one piece of feedback received from a very senior leader in my former company about how I had helped him to be at his best. It has stuck with me since as it highlighted a number of things: Leadership is challenging and can be […]
What is the ‘Change Oasis’?
The ‘Change Oasis’ is both the name of our company and also our framework for helping leaders, teams and organisations to change. The name was inspired by our experience working in large, complex organisations where the biggest deficit most leaders have is a lack of time and space to think. Change is not only constant, […]
