Articles and Podcasts

08 Sep

The Meeting Audit: Why the Return from Summer Is a Leadership Opportunity

The return from summer is a chance to rethink the meetings, habits and calendar commitments that quietly drain focus. A simple meeting audit can help leaders protect cognitive capacity, improve decision-making and build a more intentional performance culture.

29 Aug

Why Your Managers Need More Than Good Intentions: The Case for ILM Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring

Good intentions alone do not make great managers. The ILM Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring gives leaders the practical skills, confidence and professional framework to develop people, navigate difficult conversations and build stronger teams.

12 Aug

5 Leadership Priorities Every Manager Should Focus On

Today’s managers are navigating uncertainty, rapid change, burnout, hybrid working, skills shortages and rising expectations. These five practical leadership priorities can help build stronger teams, improve communication and create a healthier, higher-performing culture.

19 Jul

Why Does Everyone Have an Opinion on Football – and What That Tells Us About Leadership

Football makes leadership visible. Phil Kelly explores three lessons from the World Cup—culture, team cohesion and emotional intelligence—and how business leaders can use them to build more resilient, high-performing teams.

24 Jun

When Business Gets Personal: Working with your family or friends

Working with people you know and trust can be one of the most rewarding parts of building a business. But when relationships and responsibilities overlap, things can quickly become more complicated. In this article, we look at how leaders can navigate that balance - protecting both the business and the relationship.

08 Jun

Support and Challenge: Why coaching matters more than ever for leaders

Business leadership often lacks the structured challenge found in other high-performance environments. In this article, we look at how coaching helps address this. By creating space to think, reflect and be challenged, coaching supports more effective decision-making and stronger leadership...

16 Apr

Stress Awareness Month: Rethinking workplace stress

April is Stress Awareness Month. Stress is often framed as a personal issue, but it’s largely shaped by the environments we work in, including how work is designed and led. In this article, we explore why employee stress is a business risk, and what organisations can do to move from reactive support to a more proactive, sustainable and healthy approach...

13 Apr

Say It Right: The art of feedback at work

Performance feedback sits at the heart of how people improve at work, yet it’s one of the areas many managers struggle to get right. It can feel uncomfortable, easy to delay, or difficult to land well. This article explores how to make feedback more useful, practical and part of everyday performance...

16 Mar

Learning and Development - is training the right solution?

Learning and Development: Closing the gap between investment and impact

Organisations are investing heavily in learning and development, yet the impact is often inconsistent. We look at why learning doesn’t always translate into meaningful change, and what you can do to make that investment count...

Articles

The Meeting Audit: Why the Return from Summer Is a Leadership Opportunity

Why Your Managers Need More Than Good Intentions: The Case for ILM Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring

5 Leadership Priorities Every Manager Should Focus On

Why Does Everyone Have an Opinion on Football – and What That Tells Us About Leadership

When Business Gets Personal: Working with your family or friends

Support and Challenge: Why coaching matters more than ever for leaders

Stress Awareness Month: Rethinking workplace stress

Say It Right: The art of feedback at work

Learning and Development: Closing the gap between investment and impact

Podcasts

P3 PODCAST SEASON 1 – EPISODE 1 – ROBERT EARNSHAW – HOW IT ALL BEGAN

THE P3 PODCAST IS LAUNCHING SOON!