Back in the 1950s Peter Drucker the author said “Culture will eat strategy for breakfast” and in doing so articulated the critical role culture plays in business success. As Simon Sinek says, “people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” i.e. …

Until the power of vulnerability was thrust into the mainstream by Brené Brown, it used to be viewed as a trait of the weak, so it simply wasn’t talked about. Being a hard-nosed, strong-minded, ball-busting leader was promoted by, and projected into, everyday business culture and the slightest sign of…

[as opposed to leadership no-no’s] — Behavior is contagious. We are wired to copy each other. It’s just one of the ways in which we learn, develop, and grow. In our early years we copy our primary carers and older siblings. At school age we model our teachers and our peer group, and as we professionally…

If you’ve been following along, you know that at Soul Trained we believe in the immense power of hard humankindness. Hard humankindness is an upgrade to what some folks call ‘tough love’ and it has a deliberate intention of moving the leader more towards their optimal outcomes. …

Resilience, or bounce-back-ability as we like to call it at Soul Trained, is a necessary component of the sur-thrival kit of any leader, not only because all-that-we-knew-to-be-normal-at-work has been turned upside down and on it’s head but also because it works hand in hand with the value of tenacity, which…

At Soul Trained we believe in the concept of ‘supporting lines’ over ‘reporting lines’. We also believe that the #1 job of a manager is to create the conditions for their people to be successful; that it is the manager’s role to make their team look good, not the other…

Having already shared our thoughts on how leaders can bring Soul Trained’s values of relevance, nerve, tenacity, and kindness to life, here we talk about our 5th — and arguably most magical — value, alchemy. Alchemy is the medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter through…

We hope you’re enjoying our top tips for creating intentionally brave spaces. So far we have talked about relevance, nerve, and tenacity [done the ‘Soul Trained Way’], and next we’re going to talk about kindness and alchemy. At Soul Trained, the length and depth of our warmth knows no bounds…

We talked recently about leaders who use the value of nerve to welcome problems and tackle the inevitable bumps in the road head-on. Today we would like to share our top tips on tenacity which underpins the value of nerve. Tenacity: without the gentle persistence and fierce determination that comes…