Communication and connection

Effective University Governance is Crucial to Civic Leadership

by Professor Susan Lea and Paul Gentle

The Governing Bodies of institutions are pivotal to their success. Universities transform individual lives and positively impact society through their education, research, and wider civic… Read More »

Kindness at work: part two

by Paul Gentle, Graham Holden and Louise Clifton

The human spirit craves opportunities to be kind. But at work, when there are deadlines to keep and decision to be made, it can get… Read More »

Re-writing the rules on emotionally intelligent teams

by Louise Clifton

Where we work as teams has shifted, but has how we work together changed too? After a year of working from a distance, the time… Read More »

From A to Z: writing that connects

by Louise Clifton

What we say and do are regularly explored as ways we can improve our leadership. But what about what we write? How often do we… Read More »

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Reimagined: Productive meeting, an oxymoron?

by Louise Clifton

Meetings are an essential part of working life. They often form the framework to our week and are the cornerstones to our days. So how… Read More »

Reimagined: The art of feedback

by Louise Clifton

Honest feedback is hard. Hard to listen to, and hard to give. So does feedback work best in the structured moments we’ve made for it?… Read More »

On the benefits of being connected

by Paul Gentle

What are the hallmarks of being a connected leader? Drawing on his experience of working with some of the top leaders from across the world,… Read More »

“As long as your arm” Breaking free of a short-term mindset

by Paul Gentle

Short-term mindsets drain people of creativity and motivation. They make longer-term strategic visions fade into the background. Drawing on recent work, Paul Gentle examines the… Read More »

Really looking

by Louise Clifton

‘A static body of knowledge on the shelf’ is how we might perceive the Humanities. But if we were to really look and examine the… Read More »

Do you speak Acabusinish?

by Louise Clifton

How to avoid the trappings of de-facto university language. Tom Scott, writer and university lecturer, examines the rise of Acabusinish, the unlovely hybrid of academic… Read More »

The ABC of Space

by Louise Clifton

In conversation with Professor James Dunlop, Stuart Delves discovers how a metaphor can be used to decipher infinite ideas and mathematical complexities (and secure a… Read More »

How kind are your words?

by Jamie Jauncey

Kindness is as essential to our writing as the letters we type, and this is as true for higher education as it is for any… Read More »

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