The importance of sleep isn’t new but if rebooting your brain and boosting your performance is important to you – it starts with you and it starts with sleep.

Sleep reboots your leadership brain to ensure when you are on, YOU are at your best inside and out. YOU should be obsessed with sleep. Get t...

Identifying senior leaders has changed. The traditional corporate pedigree that used to open the door to the c-suite is no longer a major determinant for securing top jobs.

The capabilities required of our new breed of leader means often the ‘softer’ and less easily recognised skills are now toppin...

Sometimes when life turns things upside down for you in your career it can actually be a golden opportunity, if you choose to lead the way.

“The same wind blows on us all; the winds of disaster, opportunity and change. Therefore, it is not the blowing of the wind, but the setting of the sails that ...

January can be a challenging month for many CEOs and leaders and for those at the top of the c-suite, the pressure to galvanise a team into action can be challenging. Here are 5 ways you can re-energise and refocus your leaders for the year ahead.

Communicate with clarity in the chaos 

The start o...

If you haven’t found your leadership mojo yet and come racing out of the gates energised for what you want to achieve then don’t worry, it’s not your fault. Many of the leaders I’m working with have commented on how they feel they haven’t had the downtime to relax and reassess where they are and whe...

What is one of the biggest derailers for a senior leader in their career?

As a senior leader, the impact of decision-making serves as a huge ripple effect on multiple parts of a business. One of the most critical areas I work with leaders is in helping them to develop their ability to manage comple...

The past few years have taught us all that change can happen at any moment so why do so few organisations invest time in succession planning for their senior leadership team?  Leaders leave, sometimes with little or no notice.

The Great Resignation has impacted every sector with more senior leaders...

The newest season of the NewlandRock Leadership Effectiveness Podcast focused on developing and achieving strategic success through Leadership Assessment.

Why did I focus an entire season on the importance of assessment?

Leadership level assessment is a powerful process that can help organisations...

In today’s faster-paced and ever-changing leadership environment, leaders face unique challenges when it comes to navigating uncertainty. Uncertainty has been around for some time, and it is the norm, but what has changed is the speed at which change occurs and the expectation to perform.

Leaders a...

Why should I return to the office when I can work from here?” …

Schools are out, the holiday season has arrived, and the demands on our leader’s time, flexibility, and the option to work from home is a hot topic for discussion.  This challenge remains front and centre for many of the leadership org...

Success: These results may surprise you.

According to a recent HBR article, 49% of people promoted internally are underperforming up to 18 months after those moves. McKinsey reports that 27% to 46% of executives transitioning to a new role are regarded as failures or disappointments two years later...

What happens when you put high-performing individual experts together as a team?

• Outstanding output?
• Progressive Performance?
• Dysfunctional Dynamics?

‘We need help! We are individually incredibly talented. They are outstanding performers, great minds, and have achieved a lot in their careers...

When an organisation advances its strategy, an essential aspect of success stems from the leadership team driving it forward.

Our client made a bold strategic move which impacted the core of its internal functions and ways of supporting its customers. This bold move focused on the future and achiev...

This was a statement recently made by one of my executive NewlandRock coaching clients—a senior executive leader with extensive experience who had lost confidence in her ability to persuade her stakeholders.

This moment became a tipping point in our coaching conversation. We could’ve gone down a pa...

We’ve all had them in our teams. Those outspoken, challenger leaders who want to push the boundaries, go rogue, thinking at a hundred miles an hour and wanting to drive a new initiative before anyone can digest it, leaving a disgruntled, alienated team behind.

Love or loath this, like Marmite, divi...

Leadership is a complex and multifaceted concept, and leadership effectiveness lies at its core.

But what exactly is leadership effectiveness, and why does it matter?

“We are all talented and even at a leadership level we don’t always know where our talents are best served. We fall into the delive...

Effective leadership combines soft skills to create harmony, guide others and inspire action with hard skills to define the direction of success.

Effective leadership isn’t defined by one-size-fits-all characteristics but rather by a combination of traits that are adaptable to different situations....

Leadership effectiveness is not just a nice-to-have quality; it’s critical for the success and growth of organisations, teams, and even nations. Effective leadership creates a ripple effect throughout an organisation.   

It fosters a culture of trust, transparency, and open communication, empowerin...

You have the right people, and the strategy is solid, but the team aren’t delivering the impact you need Maybe you have a leadership effectiveness gap which reduced the impact of your strategy.   A leadership effectiveness gap can manifest in many ways. Left unchecked the impact on your company’s bo...

What does it take to be a truly effective leader? 

There are so many myths about what it takes to be a truly effective leader. When delving into the intricate realm of leadership, one unmistakable truth emerges: there exists no universal blueprint or one-size-fits-all approach.  

Leadership, in it...