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How one leader's strategic stillness has shifted his relationship with the 47th US President from potentially combative to collaborative.

‘Why storytelling is the most underrated leadership skill today.’ - In today’s data driven landscape many leaders are failing to take advantage of storytelling, the most primal human technology we have.

‘What Jaws can teach us about employee engagement 50-years on' - 50-years after its release Spielberg’s blockbuster offers some surprising lessons in employee engagement that will make you feel safe to go back in the corporate water.

‘What CEOs can learn from the bring power of Mark Carney’ - As CEOs navigate an increasingly VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) business environment, the Prime Minister of Canada Carney's provides some valuable lessons that more noisy and disruptive leaders would do well to examine.

Rates of poor mental health continue to rise globally and, in all countries, are described by the World Health Organisation as ‘prevalent’. During Mental Health Awareness Week, is it time to move beyond crisis response and focus instead on building proactive habits for everyday mental fitness and resilience? In today’s ‘always-on’ world, even small daily shifts can have a powerful impact on our emotional wellbeing.

Only one in four U.S. employees strongly agree that their organization cares about their overall well-being, with stark implications. Gallup reports that high employee well-being leads to improved performance, fewer sick days, and lower rates of burnout and turnover. “When your employees’ well-being suffers, so does your organization’s bottom line,” the group noted.

Global employee wellbeing levels often make for a sobering read, having been on a predominantly downward trend for the past several years. This can be seen most prominently across many European countries, and in the US – where only one in four employees believe that their employer genuinely cares about their wellbeing.

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