How to build team culture, decentralise your leadership team for performance, don’t let confirmation bias get in the way of smart decisions and more.

How To Build A Team Culture – Culture is a huge factor in the success or failure of a team. There are cultures so focused on performance and talent that they leave everyone drained. And then there are cultures where individual members, no matter how talented, put the needs of the team over their needs and, as a result, everyone wins.
Signs you have a great company culture – If you’re working in a company with a strong culture, you’ll know it. Employees will be engaged and feel valued by their leaders and the organization as a whole. If these things are true for your organization, then you have one of the best companies in the world! But if not, or if you’re unsure about how your company stacks up, you might want to take action before it’s too late.
The 4 Ps of Successfully Scaling a Business – As entrepreneurs transition from the unpredictable, hectic life of startups to scaling their businesses, familiar challenges morph into new frustrations. Thankfully, you can cultivate these four traits to make the transition easier.
Hiring for Culture Fit – The biggest challenge for many organizations is how to hire people that would match well with their culture. Here are eight actionable steps you and your company can take to make the hiring process smoother and navigable.
Don’t let confirmation bias get in the way of making smart decisions! – Confirmation bias is a normal human phenomenon, but, that doesn’t make it any less dangerous, though. The fact that you can be misled by your own brain is bad enough in itself, but the consequences for startups are even worse.
The 10 Qualities all Successful Leaders Have in Common – Not all clever entrepreneurs have the qualities of a successful leader. This will be apparent the moment they hire staff. That’s when a lack of self-awareness, team-building skills or any other key leadership qualities that attract and retain the best people could cost them their business.
3 Reasons to Decentralize Your Leadership Team – A decentralized hiring model flattens hierarchies and creates a deeper sense of interdependence, rather than authority, between leaders and teams. It’s the future of work.
How to Get Your Team on Board with a Major Change – Most change management has shifted from a simplistic, top-down, “create a vision, change the structure, roll out the new program, and get buy-in” approach to more emergent, empowered, and purpose-led approaches.
MIT Sloan research on leading the future of work – Digital transformation, automation, a persistent productivity-wage gap, supply chain disruptions. Those are just a few of the headwinds buffeting business leaders as they try to set a course for the work of the future.
5 Tips to Effectively Motivate Your Employees in the Workplace – It’s clear that this problem needs to be solved. Employees don’t work hard if they don’t feel motivated. Several simple yet effective factors are necessary to motivate employees within a company culture. The following are five simple methods of motivating your employees.
You might like these articles from the previous edition:
- Culture is the habitat in which strategy lives or dies
- Is Working from Home Destroying Us?
- The act of listening is an art form
- How To Think Strategically As A Leader
- What Do You Want From Your Leader?
- Building Rapport is Dead
- Embracing the Concept of Agility as a Leader
- Engaged employees are more productive and drive profitability
- Make Personal Development a Priority