Leaders & executives (1,040 items)

No matter how skilled and experienced a leader is, they can't perform at their best if they don't understand their own biology, a leadership and performance specialist says.

HR can help to level the playing field between quiet achievers who are easily overlooked, and over-confident leaders who are prone to exaggeration, a culture and leadership specialist says.

If leaders can't separate their self-worth from their work, employers' efforts to mitigate burnout risks are likely to struggle, a performance expert warns.

A review, conducted after Senate hearings laid bare KPMG's workplace culture issues, has concluded that "people leadership is not sufficiently valued in practice by the firm".

Even the best organisational systems and processes can become powerless in the face of behavioural norms that are "obeyed but not discussed", a culture and leadership specialist says.

The assumption that hard work alone will lead to recognition and opportunities might once have held true, but today it's up to individuals to make the value they offer visible, according to a leadership consultant.

It's been a "remarkable" 12 months in the psychosocial safety space, but two cases in particular contain vital lessons for employers and HR, according to a lawyer.

HR teams have the right programs in place to reduce burnout risks, but employees aren't taking them up, out of fear they'll be seen as unproductive or lacking resilience, an experienced talent leader warns.

Flexibility in leadership roles remains rare, according to a new report that calls on employers to "measure the career consequences" of working flexibly in their organisations.

A culture of endless striving without periods of consolidation is one of the two root causes of today's exhausted and ineffective workforce, a leadership specialist says.