Generosity Pays: Why Balancing Kindness And Credibility Builds Great Businesses
By Jacqueline Frost with Tamara Box In the latest episode of Finding Your EPIC, host Jacqueline Frost sits down with Tamara Box, Former Managing Partner of Reed Smith. They discuss the world as a karmic place, why we should focus on a long-term perspective over short-term gains, and the balance between generosity and self-promotion. For […]
Bridging the Gap: Recognising the Value of Appreciation in the Workplace
In the realm of job satisfaction and workplace contentment, there’s one element that reigns supreme – recognition and feeling valued. It’s a universal longing that transcends industries, positions, and cultures. Yet, despite its apparent importance, research shows that a significant number of employees leave their jobs because they don’t feel appreciated. What’s even more perplexing […]
The Future Of Leadership: When Collaboration Beats Competition
By Jacqueline Frost with Elizabeth Bradford In the first episode of Finding Your EPIC, host Jacqueline Frost sits down with Elizabeth Bradford, Managing Director, Wholesale Banking of HSBC Hong Kong. They discuss the immense power of collaboration and how we can leverage it, the benefit of using emotional resilience in competitive environments, and the successful […]
Conscious Leadership: Striking A Balance And Getting On Board With The New Ideal
The idea of what makes a great leader has changed enormously in the last 20 years, and there has been a huge shift in the style of leadership that gets the most effective results. At Elevate Talent, the work we do helping to promote leadership skills within organisations has allowed us a unique opportunity to […]
You Either Do Or You Don’t: Why People Who Take Action Have Greater Impact
We’re moving on in the EPIC formula to finding your EPIC Impact. There is one universal truth when it comes to having an impact: action is required. It doesn’t have to be dramatic action. We’re not talking about chaining ourselves to the railings! But continually letting opportunities pass us by and choosing apathy over action […]
The 3 Secrets Of Great Leadership And How To Leverage Them
In the second session of our new Finding Your EPIC series, Epic Performance, we explored the three traits that all great leaders have – and they’re much simpler than you may think. Great performance starts with understanding who we are, what our strengths are, and how we can leverage them to stand out. With this […]
The Power Of High Performance: Why Great Leaders Are Indispensable
When I first started my career in banking, there were 20 people hired on the graduate recruitment programme. By the end of the two years, there was only myself and one other colleague left. Only ten per cent made it. How did I survive? The rates of dismissal and resignation were unnervingly high, but it […]
How To “Find Your EPIC”: Exposing Your Unique Abilities
When the universe was created it began with a white-hot explosion of chaos. Gradually, as things cooled down, elements began to arrange themselves – planets started to take shape and fall neatly into orbits. Chaos turned to order. Our new series, Finding Your EPIC, aims to do something similar. The EPIC universe Since 2016, we’ve […]
Positive Leadership: How To Avoid Negative Communication
Imagine you are the pilot of a flight that has been delayed by six hours. You’re in the cockpit, preparing to speak to a plane full of tired and frustrated passengers over the Tannoy. What feeling do you want to create with these passengers? What will you say? This is a question we posed to […]
Unlocking Leadership: The Most Brilliant Leaders Have These Simple Traits
We complete our Unlocking… series with Unlocking Leadership, and with good reason. All of the skills we’ve been working on with our fabulous delegates – gravitas, resilience, and how to ask questions – work towards a common goal: our ability to be a great leader. And you can be a great leader NOW! The ability […]