Stop Arguing About Leadership Style: What 11,640 People Tell Us About Adaptability
A meta-analysis of 31 studies found leadership matters for adaptability, however the style label made no measurable difference. What mattered were motivational and relational behaviours, and the context they were used in. Develop behaviours, not badges.
Surviving, Coping or Thriving? Seven Places to Look Before Your Next Change Programme
Resilience is observable. This blog shows what surviving, coping and thriving look like across the seven dimensions of The Resilience Wheel, explains how the everyday model and the eight-state field guide fit together, and sets out what helps people move up the continuum.
The Loneliest Job in the Building: What Gallup Reveals About How Leaders Really Feel
Leaders report higher life satisfaction than the people they lead, and more stress, anger, sadness and loneliness within the day. Gallup's 2026 data shows engaged leaders reverse the pattern entirely. Here is why leader resilience is a business issue, not a perk.
Hope Is Not a Plan - Unless You Lead It Like One
People do not lose hope because the goal is too ambitious. They lose it because nobody has shown them a route, or what part they get to play. Drawing on Snyder's hope theory and the Cooplands story, this blog sets out how leaders can lead hope honestly through change.
VUCA, VUCA Prime or BANI? Why Resilience Has to Come Before the Acronym
Is BANI replacing VUCA? It is the question L&D professionals keep asking, and it is the second question, not the first. VUCA, VUCA Prime and BANI describe the weather; none of them builds the boat. Drawing on Gallup's 2026 data, new meta-analyses on leadership and coaching, and fresh UK research, Russell Harvey makes the case for building and role-modelling resilience first, so the frameworks have something to stand on.
How to Lead Confidently Through Change When You Don’t Have All the Answers
What separates leaders who navigate change well from those who don't? It's rarely skill. Russell Harvey explores the answer in CLO Lens magazine. Read the full article.
What is Adaptability?
How open and curious are you about doing things differently, when opportunities are either presented to you or even forced upon you by circumstances beyond your control?
How easily to you make the decision to go with the flow? Or do you resist it too much?
What is a Resilient Leader?
Are you thriving or surviving? How Optimistic do you feel about overcoming your challenges? How well do you Communicate with your team?
These behaviours and many others are part of being a Resilient Leader.
What is a ‘Coaching Culture’?
How do you ensure that your People are a significant element of your competitive advantage? A Coaching Culture, will enable this.