Unlocking Leadership Effectiveness
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Great leadership is about influence, vision, and adaptability. This blog explores strategies for goal setting, decision-making, and team motivation. Whether you're a seasoned leader or aspiring one, find insights to grow, inspire, and lead with confidence. Let’s unlock leadership success together

It’s not what you know that’s important as a leader;
it’s how you think about what you know,
how you share it,
bring it to life,
and make that knowledge available to other people,
This combination defines your level of leadership effectiveness and creates organisational success.  But what exact...
Enhancing leadership and team performance remains our priority at NewlandRock.
To do this, we’ve outlined six initiatives you can expect from us in 2024.
Market conditions remain fluid. The need for leaders and top teams to evolve and enhance at pace remains critical for achieving strategic succes...
The more senior we are in our work the greater the stakes. The greater the pressure. The greater the impact. The greater the responsibility to yourself and others. It’s in this space where leaders can get hijacked by the stressful situations they face and this can show up as a lack of emotional cont...
Can the Level of your Leadership Success Be Impacted By Your Style?
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đź’ˇ How does your individual style talk to your leadership identity and the impact you want to have? Â
đź’ˇ What does your professional identity say about who you are as a leader and as a person?
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Are You Making Your Value Clear?
đź’ˇ How are you representing yourself?
đź’ˇ Do you sit there in meetings thinking about the context without sharing your thoughts with the room?
đź’ˇ Are you being clear on what it is you want to be known for and aligning it with what it is that you want to say?
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Understanding how your own saboteurs are impacting your choices, thoughts and leadership agility is essential when developing your career as a leader. In this episode, I interview self-sabotage expert Damian Culhane to understand more about how leaders can develop their mental fitness muscles to ide...
In today’s fast-paced work environment, leaders often find themselves pulled in multiple directions, struggling to balance responsibilities, stakeholder expectations, and personal well-being. Without clear boundaries, burnout is inevitable, and effectiveness declines. That’s why setting strong bound...
During a coaching session with a leadership team, one of the executives stayed back to chat. He welcomed the confidential space to talk and wanted to explore what I had observed in his leadership and approach as a team player. Before going further, I asked why the question – he went on to tell me ho...
Leaders are struggling
The same three key challenges keep cropping up.
Earlier this year, NewlandRock launched an anonymous online health check to assess the essential needs of leadership teams and gain a better understanding of the factors influencing effective leadership and high-performing team...
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Leadership is not just about excellent execution; it’s about influence and impact. At NewlandRock, we work with leaders to apply the Four Levers of Leadership Impact, helping them move beyond managing tactical immediacy to driving real business transformation.Â
How do you ensure your leadership del...
Unlock Key Insights from Our Leadership Assessment Podcast Series
In season four of The Leadership Effectiveness Podcast, we highlighted a range of game-changing insights on leadership assessment—helping leaders understand what truly drives success in their roles. Now, we’ve distilled the top highl...
I could see the conflicted expression during a coaching conversation with an executive leader. This leader was full of energy for what was possible – A big dream, a futuristic perspective on how the organisation could transform to perform at new heights. With this energy and enthusiasm, the leader s...
The five biggest hurdles facing leaders in transition: Ascending to a more senior leadership role is not just a significant career milestone, but a testament to your value and potential within the organisation. However, it’s important to acknowledge that this transition is not without its challenges...
If leaders hope to improve decision-making and make the right choices for their business, then creating a team where a culture of openness is encouraged becomes essential. Teams serve as the bedrock of innovation, problem-solving, and progress. Yet, within the confines of a unified team, a lurking d...
Hiring executive talent at a senior leadership level is challenging and costly. Too often organisations let gut feel, unconscious bias and drawn-out processes lead, without considering how executive assessment can help to blend and balance with vital ingredients and evidence-based insights.
In this e...
As leaders, it's important to continually assess our skills and strengths in order to grow and develop as individuals. In this new season, we'll be diving deep into the topic of leadership assessment, exploring different methods, strategies, and tools that can help you become a better leader and unc...
In this episode of the Leadership Effectiveness Podcast, I interview Business & Organisational Transformation Expert Taranjeet Singh on the strategic impact leadership assessment and profiling can have on an organisation’s success.Â
- In our discussion, we dive deep into the privilege and responsib ...
As leaders, it's important to continually assess our skills and strengths in order to grow and develop as individuals. In this new season, we'll be diving deep into the topic of leadership assessment, exploring different methods, strategies, and tools that can help you become a better leader and unc...