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The best leaders have people around them who challenge them with good intent, but leaders are now also more able to play "devil's advocate" themselves, according to an experienced coach.

Self-mastery is a non-negotiable leadership skill in today's workplaces, and it starts with understanding one's own ego, says an executive development specialist.

Change "always drives fear and territorial behaviours" and it "always feels personal", but it will fail if leaders are too afraid to break anything during the process, says workplace researcher Brené Brown.

When leaders express dissatisfaction with workplace culture, their own behaviour is the best place to start looking for a solution, according to a performance and leadership expert.

Leaders who are clear on their core values and priorities can achieve "radical clarity" in decision-making, and a narrower focus improves their decisiveness, according to a high-performance specialist.

One of HR's most important tasks is to help leaders understand how they're perceived by others, but the risk of causing "great offence" means it's falling by the wayside, a leadership authority says.

Working in a context of increased anxiety is causing leaders to regularly say things that result in "little bruisings" for those below them, and leave employees feeling disregarded and dismissed, a leadership specialist says.

Many employers are confused about whether they're doing "enough" to meet their psychosocial safety obligations, but according to a workplace culture specialist it's better to focus on what could be done next.

Most leaders have no trouble listing their top five financial priorities or KPIs, but their psychosocial safety responsibilities call for a new question, a culture specialist says.

Workplaces would be better if both leaders and employees paid more attention to how others are feeling, however certain types of empathy come with psychosocial risks, a leadership specialist and a neuroscientist warn.