Are Your Leaders Guilty of Talent Proximity Bias?
As someone responsible for the talent and succession strategy within your organisation, you’ll be more than aware of the impact that the...
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Richard Nugent
- Jun 16
- 1 min
Purpose vs Strategy: Is Your ‘Why’ Getting in the Way of Your Business Success?
This week's article was written for Kogan Page as part of the launch of The Alignment Advantage. It focuses on the negative impact that...
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richard44453
- Jun 12
- 3 min
Does your team take joint and several responsibility?
If time is ever wasted in your team meetings working out who was at fault for an action not being completed or a next step not being...
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Richard Nugent
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Do you trust each other enough to have the right degree of conflict?
When building an aligned team that performs brilliantly, there is no avoiding the importance of trust and conflict. As you read this...
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Matt Williams
- Jun 1
- 2 min
How to guarantee your talent development makes maximum impact
As a talent and development manager, can you provide evidence that your annual budget spend (on developing your people) is actually...
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Matt Williams
- May 15
- 1 min
Four questions guaranteed to reignite your talent strategy
As a talent manager, the huge hurdles that you must overcome can often seem overwhelming. Whether it’s the perception that your talent...
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Richard Nugent
- May 9
- 1 min
Four reasons that I think you should buy The Alignment Advantage
If you have already ordered your copy, these videos probably aren’t for you (although you will get a preview of what you will read when...
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Richard Nugent
- May 9
- 1 min
Your leadership Legacy, what it is and what it could be
If you left your organisation, what would you want your leadership legacy to be? What would people say about you? For example, would you...
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Richard Nugent
- May 2
- 3 min
Is it possible for leadership development to do more harm than good?
One size does not fit all We know that one-size leadership development does not fit all. So why do some organisations still insist on...
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Richard Nugent
- Apr 24
- 2 min
The cold hard truth about writing The Alignment Advantage
George helping me during an early morning writing session This image captures the challenge of writing a brilliant book – at least, it...
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Richard Nugent
- Apr 17
- 2 min
Solving the mystery of the difference between coaching and mentoring
Mentoring Mentoring is a process by which the mentee works with the mentor to elicit a particular skill, attribute, piece of knowledge,...
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Matt Williams
- Apr 11
- 2 min
How to enable your managers to have brilliant career conversations with their people
The success of these conversations will give you the best way of ensuring your organisation’s strategic requirements are being met with...
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Matt Williams
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Are you really being an inclusive leader? Three questions to ask yourself to find out
Inclusive leadership is a leadership style that creates a work environment in which all team members feel valued, respected and...
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Matt Williams
- Mar 27
- 2 min
3 Questions That Will Boost Your Influence
Ask yourself the following 3 questions to consider how you’re currently influencing people. Are you clear on what you really want? To...
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Richard Nugent
- Mar 20
- 2 min
Want to start a meaningful conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion? Start with this quest
This week I was asked to lead an ad hoc session on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) for a talented leadership group hungry to learn...
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Richard Nugent
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Here’s why your people don’t understand your organisation’s strategy
Most problems with the communication of strategy stem less from a communication challenge and more from the misalignment of strategic...
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Richard Nugent
- Mar 3
- 1 min
The Great Resignation Never Happened
The data is in. The great resignation never happened. The gap between people’s expression that they were planning to leave an...
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Richard Nugent
- Jan 19
- 1 min
Three certain reasons your strategy is doomed to fail
The credit goes to them for taking the learning and applying it. They have challenged their teams, colleagues and bosses to think...
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Matt Williams
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Set your sights on eliminating Quiet Firing
Put simply, quiet firing is where a manager removes their support and allegiance to a particular individual. This results in that person...
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Matt Williams
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Is fragmented loyalty the fault of a fragmented culture?
The new normal still seems to be an ever-changing target. The jury is still out on whether hybrid working solutions have enhanced or...
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