In last week's blog, I set out why Leadership Capability and Effectiveness continue to be a headache for People Teams. This week I'm looking at what organisations should prioritise for long-term gains. A long-term plan for brilliant leadership capability and effectiveness.

We might be beyond the pandemic (well, I hope so), but that doesn’t mean the challenges are behind us. We continue to see a power and productivity debate over hybrid working, ongoing challenges with talent acquisition and the continuing cost-of-living crisis, and who knows when it might end.

Over the next few months, I'll be sharing my take on some of the headaches that the HR world can’t fully shake. This week and next, I’m looking at Leadership Capability and Effectiveness.

On the last Friday of every month, I share with my Purple Sky Thinking for Leaders subscribers a brand-new self-guided Leadership Learning guide.

For April, the topic is "How you influence the performance of your team". In this free leadership development resource, leaders will be guided through coaching questions that give them an opportunity to reflect on how they are influencing the performance of their team.

This week, I share one of my favourite podcasts, Diary of a CEO, by Steven Bartlett. I share why this has quickly become a favourite, and if you don’t know the podcast, I share an episode to get you started.

This week, I’m going to share another of my favourites, Eat Sleep Work Repeat, from Bruce Daisley.

The one I’m focusing on to get you started with this podcast is Episode 137: Workplace Culture – being nice isn’t enough.

As I take a break to enjoy some travelling this week and for the next two editions, I am sharing my favourite podcasts.

This week we start with The Squiggly Careers Podcast.

In this week’s blog, we look at the importance of assessing the ROI of the leaders you hire and the value of not leaving it too late. We consider the impact on the team of losing a great leader and I share my own experience of this.

Looking at why talent acquisition should be treated as an investment. Capturing, protecting and growing that investment.

I share my top 5 tips for creating a brilliant onboarding experience.

I share my insights as to why getting promoted isn’t always easy. Getting promoted is not the end game; it’s the start. Think about how to be successful in that promotion.

I share the 3 reasons I think onboarding fails.

Welcome to Purple Sky Thinking - introducing my blog, where I’ll explore the themes of Leadership Onboarding, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Learning, and the People Leadership and Development Profession.