Following on from our first two 2021 Leadership Forum themes, Growth (March) and Progress (May), our theme for July was Truth. As one participant put it, this was, ‘an eye-opening conversation that took us from philosophy to business, marketing and communication, to religion. We touched upon so many facets of …
As lockdown eases, we wanted to contemplate what progress looks like for leaders right now. In particular, how we balance progress at the individual and corporate level with the wider good. In other words, how can our individual or corporate progress help others, rather than come at their expense? Joining …
Mind Environment Founder and Programme Director, Tom Cotton talks to Voice Online about working with the deep forces that influence organisation life. View a pdf of the article here.
With the approach of spring, there’s cautious optimism about moving beyond the pandemic and reconfiguring the global economy towards a more sustainable model of growth. We think this optimism should be leavened with some in-depth thinking about what resources leaders need in order to both survive and thrive in this …
Growing Pains – Leadership in a Post-Pandemic World Continue reading
As the global experiment in home working continues, we hosted an international conversation with leaders about their experiences of trust: its importance in professional life, what fosters it, and what erodes it. As the title of this piece suggests, building trust in organisations might require an understanding of how masks …
Building Trust in Organisations: a Practical Guide to Working with Masks Continue reading
Mind Environment’s November Leadership Forum centred on the theme of ‘trust’, which got me thinking about my work at Unilever some years ago. As Global Organisation Development Director I was invited to develop an approach to reflect the company’s Vitality mission, for employees. With more than 150k people in more …
People Vitality at Unilever – a Case Study in Trust Continue reading
For our third online leadership forum we hosted a global conversation between leaders who wanted to explore their journeys in light of ongoing challenges emerging in 2020. Many thanks to our participants, who were senior leaders from a range of backgrounds, including: creative consultancy, leadership development, comms, PR, wellbeing and …
For our second online leadership forum we hosted a global conversation between leaders who wanted to explore their journeys in light of ongoing challenges emerging in 2020. Many thanks to our participants, who were senior leaders from a range of backgrounds, including: creative consultancy, leadership development, comms, PR, and HR. …
For our first online leadership forum we hosted a global conversation between leaders who wanted to explore their journeys in light of the myriad challenges emerging in 2020. After a brief large group introduction, we divided into two breakout room conversations, from which the following six core themes emerged. Each …
In light of our upcoming autumn programme in Bardou, we were interested to learn more about leaders’ views on purpose. In order to do this, Question & Retain, our partners on this research project, contacted 2,869 UK-based senior leaders with 5 questions regarding their leadership purpose*. This was a compelling …
