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We ended last year with a 2023 Leadership Checklist, where we reviewed the top five challenges that leaders and organizations were facing across the globe. In short, the challenges can be summarized with just one word – Uncertainty. Across the board, there were clear signs of leaders having a lack of confidence in themselves – their impact on their people, and their organization. Accompanied by the increasing lack of trust from employ....

At the start of the year, DDI published their forecast on the leadership landscape for 2023. The expansive report highlighted critical challenges that C-suite executives and HR professionals will be facing for the next three years. At the heart of the report, was a simple question: Is it enough? Across 1,556 organizations around the world, leaders are questioning whether their efforts to engage and motivate their people are enough. From C....

Given how dynamic the business landscape has gotten over the past few years, small to medium-sized business (SMBs) organizations are facing more unique challenges than ever before. Leadership, has always been a delicate topic in SMBs. Our team at MRS loves a phrase that we call – realisation point. This is where SMB’s are on the verge of breaking though into being a larger organization, but they realise their Senior Leadership Team (S....

Corporations across the globe are no stranger to leadership training programs. By this I refer to training workshops and educational courses that span anywhere from one to three days. Roughly $160 billion is spent in leadership training and education alone in the US, and in 2015 the global spend was over $356 billion. Based on anecdotal evidence, less than 10% of executives believe the programs brought significant improvements on overall leadersh....

The 360-degree review process is one of the most powerful tools for gathering comprehensive feedback on leadership capabilities. Obtaining subjective feedback from peers, supervisors and direct reports offers valuable insights for a leader’s personal and professional development. However, this process isn’t without its dangers and challenges. As organizations seek to leverage the potential of 360-degree reviews, they must beware of th....

One of the factors that directly determines an organization’s success, and longevity, is their leaders. The amount of time spent developing great leaders, and not just good managers, is highly correlated with employee productivity and engagement, the bottom line, and long-term success. As a result, countless leadership development programs have been developed throughout the years to “grow” leaders. There’s always an as....

Starting the Journey: Starting Point, Potential & Context Rainer Maria Rilke once said “The only journey is the journey within”, which is a very succinct statement regarding leadership development as our measure of leadership capability should very much be compared to where you start. It is the improvement in leadership capability that should be measured and celebrated, not whether you are the “best” leader. Your ....

A recent survey conducted by Aflac highlighted a shocking trend within organisations: More than half of employees are facing at least moderate levels of burnout. Yet only 45 per cent of employers are even aware that burnout is a problem for their organisations. This is a failure of leadership, and long term it’s going to cause these organisations significant cultural and talent problems. Thankfully, there are solutions, and they start w....

The purpose of a 360 degree survey is to collect feedback from multiple sources about an individual's leadership performance. This should include their peers, the people that report to them and the people they report to. In some circumstances, it is even worth surveying clients and customers (for example, when the individual and their team is working on the client’s site for an extended period of time). Remember: the goal of these su....

In an era of quiet quitting and unprecedented staff churn, leadership's role in building a winning company culture has never been so critical. With the 360 degree survey sitting at the centre, organisations are able to determine whether their company culture is meeting and exceeding employee expectations, as it now needs to. MRS has developed a white paper to look at the strategy behind better employee engagement. In it, we share actiona....