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This article continues to explore good meeting culture and how leaders and team participants can foster it. It covers what should be best avoided and drives unproductive meetings as well as what [...]

This article builds on the post about the importance of saying sorry in business and covers how to do so effectively and authentically in business contexts. It includes the three main elements of [...]

This article looks at the importance of being able to apologise, or say sorry, for mistakes in modern authentic leadership. It quotes scientific work underlining that being able to say sorry as a [...]

This article looks at diversity in modern leadership, specifically is it out-of-date in modern leadership or not. It demonstrates how diversity is key in modern leadership, and references how [...]

Wondering why it might be worth showing your authentic self as a leader? Does it even pay? Or are you better off donning that ‘mental suit’ I was recommended wearing as a leader in [...]

It is end of November, on what is called Black Friday, to be exact, and, for some, the beginning of the season of giving. While my inboxes are bulging with advertising for deals, I am trying to [...]

Well, certainly not the type of strength typically associated with toxic masculinity, requiring leaders to show strength at all costs and in all situations. This often involves taking all [...]

As a business coach I work regularly with leaders who perceive themselves caught in a trap. This trap consists of having to choose between leading authentically, lead by their leadership values, [...]

Last time we talked about authentic, values-based leadership. And now? What does this mean in concrete terms for me as a manager? Today and in future articles, we will look at different scenarios [...]

When I talk with my trainees about authentic, value-based leadership, invariably there comes the time when this gets questioned in one of the following ways: What about this example of leader XY [...]