Why HR could be doing so much more for you.

Keith Hatter
A few weeks ago I was chatting to a HRD preparing a talk about the role of HR. Their theme was that HR shouldn’t exist.  The idea that when it comes to people stuff, expertise should sit with functional leaders in the organisation isn't new. I get that in many…
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What if you just surrendered?

Keith Hatter
Being on a team can be hard. Being on a proper team is really hard, which is why most people have never had that experience. The real reason why it’s hard is seldom discussed and definitely isn’t solved by doing ridiculous team building activities. Otherwise all you’d have to do…
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We didn’t come this far to only come this far

Matt Barker
The Phoenix Effect: The triangle of fire required for organisations to revive and thrive after surviving Covid-19 Many organisations are still very much in the throes of doing the things they need to do to survive the Covid-19 crisis. At some point, and now may well be too soon for…
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Being human…whilst racing through treacle blindfolded

Matt Barker
Being human in the world of PlanetK2 is a value we live and work by. In recent times, we’ve been leading with this value. But what does it mean for us to be human? At PlanetK2 we’ve been focusing with care and compassion, so people can adapt to the conditions…
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High performance habits – your mindset and your response

Duncan Woods
How mindset and response may once again be the best predictor of survival. “It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change” I have long been intrigued by this quote widely attributed to Darwin, because it talks to…
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Change and uncertainty – your favourite conditions

Keith Hatter
Leaders. Now is the time. The people you have the privilege and responsibility of leading need you. This is a leadership moment like we haven’t seen in a long time. Rapid change, uncertainty where it’s all headed and when conditions will return to what we call normal. There’s lots of…
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Leading in times of uncertainty

Leading in times of uncertainty

Dr Chris Shambrook
The lack of resolution to Brexit, whatever your politics, has been causing huge interference for the UK as a whole. Coupled with the upcoming election, it's not just noisy out there, it's like a Christmas jumper with a light up Rudolph nose, in March...that still plays jingle bells incessantly. Even…
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Pause for leadership

Keith Hatter
As I’ve written many times over recent years, one of the privileges of doing this job is that I get to sit down and chat with leaders from different businesses, in different sectors and with different challenges and opportunities ahead of them. There’s nothing new there. As an inevitable part…
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