In today’s competitive and ever-changing professional landscape, businesses are increasingly realising that retaining top talent is about more than just salaries, benefits, or office perks. It is about leadership. Great employees rarely leave companies because they dislike the work itself. More often, they leave because of the way they are led, managed, and supported — or not.
Do you also, like me, sometimes feel like your to-do list is out to get you? Does it all just seem too much on some days? Do you wake up already feeling behind and then start running through a thousand tasks, meetings, action items and more only to end the day with half of those items still on your list?
In Chinese writing the word “Crisis” is expressed in the form of two Chinese characters. The first represents the word for “Chaos”. The second signifies the word for “Opportunity”.
My 4-year old granddaughter often asks when told she has to wait for or get something later, “When is later? Is later, now?” and so it is with the future as it concerns COVID-19.
Working from home has become a trend. A staggering 74% of respondents in an annual survey conducted by FlexJobs and Global Workplace Analytics believe that flexible working has become the “new normal”.
The wise tell us that Courage is a core component of Leadership. It may very well separate effective leaders from ineffective leaders.
Photographs from The Power of Five Open Programme held in July 2019