Unveiling How Strategy, Goals, and Cultural Frameworks Fit Together to Enhance Organisational Experience – Derek Mair
Building a high-performing organisation requires more than just setting ambitious goals. The alignment between strategy, goals, and culture plays a critical role in shaping...
In many organisations, especially those prioritising safety, quality, or strict regulations, the culture can lean heavily on managed compliance. Compliance is crucial, no doubt—rules and procedures safeguard both people and operations. But what happens when the organisational culture is...
Companies today are twisting themselves in knots trying to figure out how to engage their employees more.
The fundamental flaw in this endeavour is that it’s not about trying to engage them, its about energising them so they ‘choose’ to be more engaged.
In today's competitive...
At the very foundation of the human psyche is this simple fact:
The need to be congruent with who you identify yourself as in different situations.
In order to have something like an amazing business, you need to develop the beliefs, values and identity of an amazing leader / business owner....
PUSH Leadership vs. PULL Leadership; The stats over the past 15 years speak for themselves…
Interdependency is key to drive innovation through collective contribution, where team members are ‘pulled’ along together influenced by a strong sense of shared purpose.
One...
‘Employee Engagement' has been a buzzword for some time now across corporate and SME companies.
An employee might be categorised as being “engaged” if they do their job well, have decent working relationships, and participate positively with the company culture. However, the...
In financial markets Options and Futures are examples of zero-sum games where, if one party loses, the other party wins, and the net change in wealth is zero.
In social circles, poker and gambling are popular examples of zero-sum games since the sum of the amounts won by some players equals the...
According to a well-documented Harvard Business Review business leaders have an intuitive grasp of the fact that obstacles to long-term success often arise from a lack of consistent interaction and collaboration among team members in strategic -planning.
Paradoxically, despite this...
What is Leadership
At NOVO Leadership International we are constantly asked to define what leadership is and there are certainly many text book answers to that question, though fundamentally through experience it is simply about the ability to influence others to follow on the path that you...
The Neuroscience of Purpose – NOVO Leadership
“Man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life. That is why man is even ready to suffer, on the condition, to be sure, that his suffering has meaning.” – Viktor...
One Lamp Post at a Time – By Derek Mair
The Neuroscience of How to Motivate Yourself to be Motivated
Motivation: a motive or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way or a desire or willingness to do something…. Motive-Action
It is one's motive...
Leaders Take Note: The Future Of Organisational Design...
The evolution of organisational design is intrinsically aligned throughout history to shift changes in human consciousness. We are on the cusp of a conscious expansion and companies must position themselves ‘now’ to...