How to build trust among your employees
The Edelman Trust Barometer for 2025 revealed a stark reality: Trust in CEOs is at an all-time low and some businesses face an uncertain future. At Insights, we recognise that business leade...
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Team development
In our automated future, recruit for humanity, not efficiency
As a business leader, there are times when you can feel close to invincible. Your strategy is in place. You know who your customers are, and you’ve learned how, when and where to reach them....
Leadership
Credit where credit’s due: is there a gap in the credit you give?
When you’re a leader of people, it can be tough to make sure that you know what everyone’s up to at any given moment. If we consider the sheer number of projects, schemes, strategies and pro...
Personal development
Community-building combats loneliness at work and in life
A long, long time ago (like, before we even heard of an iPhone X) human life was lived in communities. We hunted together, cooked together, ate together and cosied down at night together, fo...
Personal development
Being different is a radical act #youdoyou
As the pace of life in the 21st century seems to speed up and bring us close to overwhelm – with new technologies enabling changes in life and in the workplace all the time – it’s possible t...
Personal development
Mining the power of quiet
Quiet. It’s a small but powerful word. A word that means different things to different people. To an Introvert, quiet might mean peace, tranquility, and the chance to hear their own thoughts...
Change
Self-aware people are an organisation’s strongest competitive advantage
When we talk about change here at Insights – and we do, a lot – we often quote the statistic which says that around 70% of change initiatives fail. It’s actually a pretty startling number, b...
Personal development
Learning that lasts is a game-changer for everyone
Think back to your school days for just a minute: what language did you learn? French, German, Mandarin, Spanish? Did you play a musical instrument –the saxophone, the trumpet or even just t...
Team development
Developing your people: a vital investment that’s a personal journey for all
As a leader, you always need something from your team. Whether that’s engagement, higher productivity, a more creative approach to problem-solving, or just that they all damn well get along,...