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Why Kindness is No Longer a Nice to Have: Kindness as a Critical Driver of Leadership and Organisational Success

August 14, 2025

When was the last time you saw kindness drive performance? Too often, kindness is overlooked, dismissed or denigrated as “too soft” in leadership conversations. This article by one of our ...

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Career Contemplation and Clarification

February 27, 2025

If you are contemplating your professional purpose, reflecting on applying for a promotion, weighing up the pros and cons of taking a new role, considering an industry shift or a ...

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The Fresh Start Effect: How to Turn the New Year into Your Secret Weapon

January 29, 2025

Let’s face it, the start of a new year often comes with a mix of hope and scepticism. On one hand, January 1st feels like a shiny, blank page, brimming with ...

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Balancing Grit and Grace – and why we need both to thrive

December 18, 2024

Grit, as defined by Professor Angela Duckworth, refers to the sustained perseverance and passion for long-term goals. The concept was popularised through Duckworth’s 2013 TED Talk (The Power of Passion ...

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The Costs of Diluted Focus: Insights from Johann Hari

October 28, 2024

What a joy to meet best-selling author and journalist Johann Hari last week! Brilliant, hilarious, informative and provocative, he cited startling statistics and drew on constructs from his books including ...

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What emerging research is telling us about burnout

October 10, 2024

While the topic of wellbeing is core to our purpose and is always on the agenda for the Thrive Advisory team, the nuance of mental health is particularly top of ...

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Striving and Thriving Through Atomic Habits: Insights from James Clear

September 21, 2023

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the prospect of making significant life changes? Maybe you have set ambitious goals, only to find yourself struggling to make progress, becoming disheartened and ...

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Walking the Authenticity Tightrope: When Your Feelings Conflict with Your Leadership Role

March 22, 2023

When emotions and leadership expectations conflict, how do you decide when to express your true feelings and be “authentic” and when to put on a game face and show the ...

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Making Time for Reflecting and Retros

December 8, 2022

It’s the most wonderful time of the year (aside from the fact we are all completely exhausted)! And it’s no wonder we’re tired.  It’s been another ‘year’. Pandemic aside, we’ve ...

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