Fruitful Blog
Utilising DiSC for Effective Feedback Delivery
Navigating workplace feedback can be a bit like tiptoeing through a minefield—we all have opinions, but the fear of how it will be received often holds us back. Will it be welcomed, shrugged off, or met with hostility? Building a team that excels in providing and...
The Emotional Paycheck: Going Beyond Traditional Compensation
Researchers have said that the average person will spend one third of their life at work. When put into perspective, that is an enormous amount of time spent investing in an organisation and its mission. It is vitally important that workplaces are creating...
Soft Skills, Big Impact: Elevating Workplace Satisfaction
Job seekers have more options than ever in this competitive job market and as we have learned, their priorities have evolved since before the pandemic. Professional development and lifelong learning have emerged as important benefits that organisations can offer to...
Creating a Culture of Teamwork While Working from Home
In today's technological world, people can tune in to work from virtually anywhere at any time. This provides great flexibility on the employee side but poses a unique challenge for the employer. As workforces continue to expand across the physical and virtual space,...
Develop Agile, Capable Leaders with Everything DiSC
When you think about leadership, what attributes make the best leaders? Think of a leader you admire. How do they behave? And how do they not behave? The current thinking around leadership demands that great leaders are not only able to craft a vision and guide their...
Wiley Workplace Intelligence Annual Report: Top 10 Takeaways from 2023
Much like the years preceding it, 2023 brought rapid change and innovation to the workplace. A year marked by technological advancement and continued attempts to recalibrate after the disruption of the pandemic, 2023 represented a year of transition. Wiley Workplace...
Developing Leadership Teams: The Essential Ingredients For Success – From “All Red to All Green”
In Patrick Lencioni’s best-selling book – The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, he relates a story or fable about the transformation of a leadership team at Decision Tech. I’ve had the privilege of being part of an amazing journey that a client of mine have been through...
People Skills Top List of 2024 Workplace Priorities
2023 proved to be another year of rapid evolution in the world of work. Economic and global instability, the omnipresence of organisational change, and advancements in AI kept everyone on their toes as leaders and organisations considered how to navigate, and lead, in...
Navigating Change with Dr. Mark Scullard
Change is a challenging, and inevitable, part of work and life. Whether it is a structural change within your organisation, shakeups to your team, or an evolution in roles and responsibilities, navigating change can feel like an emotional and logistical minefield to...
Three Communication Insights to Turn The Great Gloom into The Great Bloom
From The Great Resignation to Quiet Quitting, we thought we had seen it all when it comes to workplace trends. Rapid evolution in the world of work has brought with it a rollercoaster of change for employees and organisations and, well, people are feeling it. The...
Psychological Safety at Work: The Key to Success and How to Get It
Many organisations understand the power of having cultures that foster trust, communication, and collaboration but do not yet have the tools they need to make that vision a reality. When individuals feel comfortable taking risks, expressing ideas and concerns, asking...
Four Generations at Work: The Unexpected Truth
There has been a lot of attention paid to the increasing number of the four generations at work, especially the ones currently in the workforce. From the tech savvy and ambitious Gen Z-ers to the more analogue and experienced baby boomers, with Gen X and millennials...