Collaboration & Teamwork Archives

Creating a Strengths-Based Culture – From Individuals to Organisations

Helen Amiss2025-09-24T19:49:49+00:00Collaboration & Teamwork, Leadership, Personality, Relationships, Team Development|

Focusing on strengths is powerful for individuals, transformative for teams, and a multiplier for leaders. But the real opportunity comes when strengths move beyond the personal and become part of an organisation’s culture.

Leading with Strengths – Coaching People to Their Potential

grant.gemmell2025-10-08T17:24:24+00:00Collaboration & Teamwork, Leadership, Personality, Relationships, Team Development|

Leadership is often seen as a role full of responsibility and expectation: setting direction, making decisions, delivering results. But the leaders who truly stand out aren’t the ones trying to do everything themselves. They’re the ones who know their own strengths, lead authentically, and help others unlock their potential. That’s where a strengths-based approach to leadership and coaching makes all the difference.

Harnessing Strengths to Build High-Performing Teams

grant.gemmell2025-10-08T17:25:24+00:00Collaboration & Teamwork, Personality, Relationships, Team Development|

When you think back to the best team you’ve ever been part of, what stands out? Chances are it wasn’t that everyone thought the same way or worked in the same style. More likely, it was you had a way of understanding each other, connecting beyond the work and that in a way each person’s strengths came together — balancing, complementing, and stretching one another to achieve something bigger than any individual could do alone. That is the power of team strengths.

Working Across Generations: Why Personality, Not Age, is the Real Game-Changer for Teams

Helen Amiss2025-08-04T20:36:28+00:00Collaboration & Teamwork, Personality, Relationships, Team Development|

Everyone seems to be talking about intergenerational teams right now. With Boomers delaying retirement, Gen Z entering the workforce, and everything in between, there’s no shortage of opinions on how to make it all work. But what if we’re looking at it the wrong way?

Slow down to go faster

Content_Team2021-03-24T16:18:45+00:00Collaboration & Teamwork|

The ability to effectively cope with change, navigate uncertainty and act without the full picture is certainly a skill that effective teams have had to develop - well before the arrival of COVID-19. During this current period of uncertainty, we have all been compelled to draw on these skills and act out of immediate necessity – to make rapid decisions, re-think, re-prioritise and adapt for the future. This is galvanising and testing even the strongest and healthiest of teams.