Unlocking Leadership Effectiveness
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Great leadership is about influence, vision, and adaptability. Our resources share 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.

Why should I return to the office when I can work from here?” …
Schools are out, the holiday season has arrived, and the demands on our leader’s time, flexibility, and the option to work from home is a hot topic for discussion. This challenge remains front and centre for many of the leadership org...
Success: These results may surprise you.
According to a recent HBR article, 49% of people promoted internally are underperforming up to 18 months after those moves. McKinsey reports that 27% to 46% of executives transitioning to a new role are regarded as failures or disappointments two years later...
What happens when you put high-performing individual experts together as a team?
- Outstanding output?
- Progressive Performance?
- Dysfunctional Dynamics?
‘We need help! We are individually incredibly talented. They are outstanding performers, great minds, and have achieved a lot in their careers...
When an organisation advances its strategy, an essential aspect of success stems from the leadership team driving it forward.
Our client made a bold strategic move which impacted the core of its internal functions and ways of supporting its customers. This bold move focused on the future and achiev...
This was a statement recently made by one of my executive NewlandRock coaching clients—a senior executive leader with extensive experience who had lost confidence in her ability to persuade her stakeholders.
This moment became a tipping point in our coaching conversation. We could’ve gone down a pa...
We’ve all had them in our teams. Those outspoken, challenger leaders who want to push the boundaries, go rogue, thinking at a hundred miles an hour and wanting to drive a new initiative before anyone can digest it, leaving a disgruntled, alienated team behind.
Love or loath this, like Marmite, divi...
Leadership is a complex and multifaceted concept, and leadership effectiveness lies at its core.
But what exactly is leadership effectiveness, and why does it matter?
“We are all talented and even at a leadership level we don’t always know where our talents are best served. We fall into the delive...
Effective leadership combines soft skills to create harmony, guide others and inspire action with hard skills to define the direction of success.
Effective leadership isn’t defined by one-size-fits-all characteristics but rather by a combination of traits that are adaptable to different situations....
Leadership effectiveness is not just a nice-to-have quality; it’s critical for the success and growth of organisations, teams, and even nations. Effective leadership creates a ripple effect throughout an organisation.
It fosters a culture of trust, transparency, and open communication, empowerin...
You have the right people, and the strategy is solid, but the team aren’t delivering the impact you need Maybe you have a leadership effectiveness gap which reduced the impact of your strategy. A leadership effectiveness gap can manifest in many ways. Left unchecked the impact on your company’s bo...
What does it take to be a truly effective leader?
There are so many myths about what it takes to be a truly effective leader. When delving into the intricate realm of leadership, one unmistakable truth emerges: there exists no universal blueprint or one-size-fits-all approach.
Leadership, in it...
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?
💡 What does dressing for your diary mean?
💡 How does your individual style talk to your leadership identity and the impact you want to have?
💡 What does your professional identity say about who you are as a leader and as a person?
W...
Are You Making Your Value Clear?
💡 How are you representing yourself?
💡 Do you sit there in meetings thinking about the context without sharing your thoughts with the room?
💡 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?
One of the bigg...
Did you know that …
We all know that exercise changes t...
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...
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...