The Thriving Leadership Team: Navigating Uncertainty with a Strong Sense of Belonging
In today's unpredictable business landscape, traditional leadership models are falling short. What we need is a leadership team that embraces uncertainty and thrives on it. It's not about having all the answers; it's about cultivating a mindset and characteristics that turn ambiguity into opportunities . Imagine your leadership team as a force that thrives in uncertainty. It's built on a...
Beyond Tasks & Targets: Cultivating People-First Cultures for Growth in Asia
In today's fast-paced corporate world, it's easy to get caught up in the relentless pursuit of tasks, targets, and processes. We often see leadership styles that prioritise output above all else, treating human interaction as merely transactional. At Hive17, we believe it's time to shift our perspective. Inspired by our experience and a number of books and articles, we advocate for a profound...
Uncertainty is Your New Opportunity
Recently the terms ambiguity and uncertainty are popping up a lot. The geopolitical situation is giving us one surprise after another; trade wars and armed conflicts don't seem to stop. We have been talking about a VUCA world for over a decade. The world is not only complex, it's ever changing in an unpredictable way. And the speed of change and the uncertainties are only raising faster.
Is Your Leadership Team's Untapped Potential Hiding in Plain Sight?
Are your relationships the secret weapon you're overlooking? In the demanding landscape for executive leadership teams, strategy, operations, and key performance indicators often dominate the agenda. However, what about the very foundation upon which success is built: the network of relationships within your team? When we neglect these connections, it is like constructing a skyscraper on a...
Sizing Up Success: T-Shirt Sizes are a Simple Approach to Measure Your Team Productivity
How do you feel about the word "productivity"? It can feel like a corporate buzzword, often discussed but rarely tangibly measured. Many teams operate without a clear understanding of their output, leading to a sense of being busy without necessarily being effective. At Hive17 we are enabling leadership teams to become highly effective . And, understanding your productivity is one way to measure...
Building a Stronger Hive: The Power of Diversity, Inclusion, and Collaboration
At Hive17, we believe that our strength lies not just in our collective skills, but in the diverse perspectives and experiences each member brings. By embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment, we can significantly enhance our collaboration, innovation, productivity, and overall motivation. Diversity, in its essence, encompasses the wide array of backgrounds, cultures,...
The Art of Power: A Zen Approach to Leadership
Where does power solely come from authority? In the pursuit of business success, leaders often find themselves grappling with the concept of power. How can power be wielded effectively, not just for personal gain but for the betterment of the entire organization and community? The book "The Art of Power" by Thich Nhat Hanh offers a Zen approach to leadership, suggesting that true power lies not...
Human Connection - The Based to Highly Effective Teams
Change is not only needed when major external factors are transforming. Some teams are doing good and are well established. Yet, there is an itch: can we do better? Is our team enabled to give their best? Could it be that we are becoming complacent? Last week we facilitated a workshop with a regional leadership team that was a great bunch of people. And they went exactly through these kinds of...
Beyond the Bottom Line: Understanding Family Firm Success Through Socio-Emotional Wealth
Family businesses are a unique breed. While profit is undeniably important, their motivations often extend far beyond simply maximizing financial returns. What sets them apart? A key differentiator lies in the concept of socio-emotional wealth. This framework offers a powerful lens for understanding the heterogeneity among family firms and how they differ from their non-family counterparts. It...
Reignite Your Leadership Team with Cohesion & Clarity
Feeling like your leadership team is pulling in different directions? Unsure if everyone truly knows each other, let alone shares a common vision? A Leadership Team Retreat can be the spark you need to reignite collaboration and drive. This week, we witnessed this firsthand while supporting the regional leadership team of an industrial solutions provider. Facing a newly formed organization, a...
The Leadership Triangle for CxO Team: Trust, Communication, and Decision-Making
In my previous post, we explored the critical importance of healthy and effective CxO teams for overall organizational success. We identified common challenges such as lack of trust, misaligned goals, and ineffective communication. Now, let's delve deeper into three interconnected elements that form the bedrock of highly effective leadership teams: trust, communication, and decision-making.
How does Great Leadership Feels Like? Let's Imagine This
What are the key topics for High Performance Leadership? This week I was attending a masterclass organised by IMD presenting their signature program: High Performance Leadership. And you will be surprised what their key topics are... Collaboration, relationships, emotions, purpose, self-discovery, psychological safety, etc. At Hive17, we believe that transformational business success is based on...
Healthy & Effective CxO Teams? It is crucial for the entire company!
"It is lonely on the top..." We hear this often about senior leadership teams; they are rather a group of successful individuals and are competing with each other. Though, effectiveness for the top teams is essential for two reasons: The leadership team is not able to give their best They set an example of low effectiveness across the wider organisation Let's have a deeper look at this.
How Smart & Healthy is Your Organisation?
As a leader, do you sometimes feel stuck and despite the best efforts, you don't see progress? You might focus too much on being smart. Successful organisation focus on being smart and healthy . I like to illustrate this as a train representing the delivery to the customers (smartness). And the tracks (healthiness) are supporting the train to run smoothly. According to Patrick Lencioni it is easy...
Let's Stop Being Toxic - And Thrive with Compassion
What is the easiest way to deflate engagement and motivation? Behave in a toxic way! This is a topic that has gotten increasingly more attention recently. The business world is experiencing more tension and more leaders understand that a positive work atmosphere is leading to better results. Recently, I have read Michael Jenkin's new book Toxic Humans . Very insightful and I want to share my...
Foundation to Deliver Excellent Customer Value - The Human Operating System
The purpose of any organisation is to successfully deliver value to their customers . The range of customers might be wide and the definition of value and success might greatly vary. Though, in essence that is it. And rightfully, companies are focusing their efforts on selling, producing and delivering their products and solutions. Recently, there have been new questions and barriers appearing in...
Aiming for Sustainability is not Good Enough - We Need Courage
When talking about sustainability, there are a few important terms that come to my mind: honesty, courage, frugality , etc. Today, I want to talk about courage. The former Unilever CEO Paul Polman shared a number of insights in this interview and I want to highlight two quotes which are well linked together: "How can a company profit from solving the world’s problems, not from creating them?" “If...
Overcoming Employee Inertia? With Accountability & Ownership
Hands up who struggles with people that just do the minimum work? Yes, you are not alone. And it is frustrating to see the potential in people not being used to bring success for the company, for the team and for the individual. Your organisation might have great team bonding and a lot of fun. How well does this translate that everyone is giving their best? In my experience, being a nice and kind...
Team Retreats - A Solid Base for the Second Quadrant
We just finished a team retreat and during the closing, the client shared "this was amazing, we never got the people to share so much. The sessions were fun, insightful and engaging . Thank you so much!". How did we get there? One of the thing we can observe with many companies, friends, clients, and teams we are working with: we are overwhelmed, we are stuck in a rat race . Looking at the...
Happy International Women's Day!
Today, we celebrate the achievements and contributions of women in Singapore and around the world. We continue to strive for gender equality in this region and professional change management skills can support women's confidence at their workplace. The CPC Change Management methodology can equip women with the tools they need to lead to successful change initiatives and demonstrate their value as...