Not Altogether Foolish Leading, managing, designing and generally being part of organisations is, as we all know, a serious business. Organisations have duties of care, deliver peoples’ livelihoods, drive revenues, maintain health and safety, serve stakeholders, and much else besides. All serious stuff. But is there room in all this for a bit of foolishness?…
Mental Health and well-being in UK organisations: managers are feeling the strain, and it’s getting tougher – Roffey Park Institute | We develop people who develop organisations Founded in 1946, Roffey Park Institute’s origins lie in improving the health and wellbeing of people at work. Since then health and wellbeing at work has grown in…
The old stereotype of dictarial bosses no longer holds. Today’s leaders are more aware and face a more complex set of challenges. Good leaders tend to fall into one of 10 categories, but truly effective leaders are able to adopt different styles to suit different teams and projects. Which type of leader are you? View…
As I sit at the departure gate of another airport, waiting to fly back home to Dublin. I take in a beautiful landscape, a view that I am unfamiliar with and taken by, I begin to reflect on the session I facilitated earlier with a group of open and energetic participants. I wonder, as I…
Try this. Stand up, relax your shoulders and take in a deep breath. Hold it for a second and then let the air out slowly through loosely closed lips. While doing that, hum a single continuous tone. If you’re doing it right your lips should vibrate as the air passes between them. This is a…
8 tips for doing shared leadership the right way If you’ve worked in more than one organisation, you’ll know how much impact different leaders can have. Efficiency, productivity, morale and retention are all affected by how leaders operate, often more significantly than other factors such as salaries. Personality has an impact, but it’s leadership style…
There are two different concepts here: the most effective leadership style in your workplace, and the most effective leadership style for you. Who you are will have a bearing on the kind of leader you become, and how effective you are in that role. Experience, context, training, coaching, facilitation and reflection will help you to…
If you’re a new manager reading this – congratulations! Your company has spotted your potential and believes you’re going to do a great job. But unless you’re supremely confident, you’re probably wondering when HR is going to send you on a manager training course. And if you’re in HR, you’re probably weighing up the financial…
Back in 1946 Roffey Park was set up to help those traumatised by the war years to return to and thrive in the workplace. The people helped then were suffering from a range of mental health illness including depression, anxiety and PTSD. It was a revolutionary concept as participants were encouraged to share their experiences…
Roffey Park is an international executive education institute that provides high impact leadership development, management development, OD and HR, through open and customised development programmes, training programmes, qualifications and research. We’re expanding our international operations by creating a base in Ireland to serve our clients across Europe. Here we interview our Head of Faculty, Dr Arlene…
“Start every question with the word I. It gets you out of the problem of creating something that’s a truth for you. You might say ‘it’s really hot in here’ but that’s closing down the conversation. If instead you say ‘I think it’s hot in here,’ you’re not.” Our Associate, Ken Ingram, introducing a practical…
When it comes to invitations, probably half of the UK would currently accept one for an event titled “Forget Brexit: get your leaders ready for global Britain.” While the idea of forgetting Brexit for a bit is enticing, sharing leadership styles and leadership development which might help UK companies to not only survive but thrive…
