The ‘Better Together’ Blog
Thoughts on leadership, teamwork and change and why the best performance is always collective. Read on for insights and ideas to make that happen!
Beyond Resilience: Why Leaders Need to Stop Treating Workplace Stress as an Individual Problem
When organisations talk about workplace stress, the conversation often turns quickly to resilience. How can we help people cope better? How can employees manage pressure more effectively? What wellbeing initiatives, mindfulness programmes or resilience training should we provide?
What enables a group of individuals to become a truly united, high-performing team?
This blog explores the leadership behaviours, team dynamics and shared beliefs that help people align, take ownership and perform at their best—especially when pressure rises, circumstances change and authority alone is not enough.
Through real-world stories, practical insights and thought-provoking perspectives, Mark will examine what collective performance looks like in practice and what leaders and teams can do to create it.
Future articles will explore purposeful leadership, teamwork, trust, psychological safety, courageous communication, followership, resilience, collaboration, influence without authority and the challenge of turning strategy into shared execution.
The aim is to inspire new thinking, encourage better conversations and provide useful ideas that leaders and teams can take back into their organisations.
Because when people believe in the purpose, align around what matters and take ownership together, extraordinary performance becomes possible.