Productivity Killers: How to win back your time – Part 3: Decision-making
In the last article, we learned all about communication. Before we can get to the next two parts of this series, decision-making and implementation, remember that the quality of our conversations is key. Decision-making requires effective meetings with a clear purpose and effective communication among the people involved. Making effective decisions is surprisingly, and unfortunately, […]
Can a Great Brand Come from a Mediocre Culture?
The short answer is no. Great cultures are those that have a great story that employees want to be part of while great brands are those that have a great story that customers want to be part of. Many times, we may think that creating a brand is based on a great marketing strategy. Buying billboards, producing TV commercials, […]
Productivity Killers: How to win back your time – Part 2: Effective Conversations
In the first instance of this series, we broke down more effective meetings. This time, we will talk all about just that — talking! Many people muse about the difficulty of having effective challenging conversations. This can be as simple as telling the truth with honesty and respect, and sharing ideas without fear of reprisal […]
Productivity Killers: How to win back your time – Part 1: Meetings
How many of us wish we had more productive, effective hours in a day? From my conversations with leaders around the globe, I gather probably all. That said, there are some very simple things each of us as leaders do every day, that if done more effectively, could free up immense amounts of time and […]
Why Curious Leaders Create Successful Cultures
Stefaan van Hooydonk, Founder of The Global Curiosity Institute, sat down with Axialent‘s Anabel Dumlao and internationally experienced CHRO Niklas Lindholm to explore how curiosity in leadership creates successful cultures. In this talk, they explored a variety of topics relating to curiosity in the workplace including leadership, high performance, and culture. The Case for Curiosity It is no longer a […]
Exploring How Curious Leaders Create Successful Cultures
About the Author: Stefaan van Hooydonk is the founder of the Global Curiosity Institute & Business Council Member of Axialent. This article is a shorter version of a dedicated chapter on curiosity and leadership in his book: The Workplace Curiosity Manifesto. It is hard to be a good leader — whether the source of leadership […]
Building Conscious Kids
I have a dream, and its name is Conscious Kids! And I want us to dream together. With my colleagues at Axialent, I work with great business and people leaders around the world. Fundamentally, we help build conscious cultures and coach leaders to successfully run conscious businesses. I love what I do. I really do it out of passion, […]
How to overcome the challenges of cultural transformation: A conversation with Ginger Hardage
Teryluz Andreu, Axialent Partner & Culture Expert, and Ginger Hardage, Founder of Unstoppable Cultures Fellowship & Former SVP of Culture and Communication of Southwest Airlines, engaged in an interactive forum discussing how leaders can create and sustain cultures of enduring greatness within their organization. Ginger retired from Southwest Airlines after an illustrious 25 years and […]
How cultures of empowerment accelerate growth
In today´s VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) and BANI (brittle, anxious, nonlinear, incomprehensible) world, our capacity to face challenges and respond effectively is key for sustained performance. Among the key capabilities required to navigate in this context is empowerment. I understand empowerment as: “The process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want […]
Is your culture transformation journey stuck?
Many organizations have identified the need to drive culture change to adapt to evolving business needs and strategies and new ways of working and retaining talent. The need is clear, and the desire is there. So, what gets in the way of actual change happening?