Leaders are doing too much. Burnt out and bereft, it can all be overwhelming. Following along with my new series on The Performance System you can learn how to lead with grace and ease, for sustainable performance.

Out of office settings are there to be used. Plan carefully, delegate well and take the holidays when your family does. Watch your team step up.

Engagement scores matter. But how much of the whole process is about your leadership? And what should you pay attention to?

Fearful leadership reduces financial performance, but the trouble is, it’s mostly unseen and unconscious. Here, I sit down with Startups Magazine in the UK and describe how fear can manifest in the workplace, the negative performance impacts and why one answer is to measure it in the P&L.

As leaders continue to grapple with optimising productivity, my study has revealed fear in leadership is costing the UK economy £2.2 billion in productivity losses. Here, I sit down with The CFO to break this down and we discuss three ways to take action and improve performance.

There are big discussions in Westminster on how to boost productivity, while the focus is often on technology or up-skilling, my global research demonstrates how unconscious fear in leadership is the missing piece of the productivity puzzle. Fear can manifest in many ways and have countless negative impacts for you and your team, stifling productivity and hurting morale. In my article in leading UK publication Personnel Today, I dissect why this productivity slump is occurring and ways to bring the antidote to fear - love - into the workplace to drive performance.

The world is in a state of constant flux, we are seeing society changing at a faster rate than any other time in human history. I sat down with Antony Funnell on Future Tense to discuss the changes in corporate leadership.

With record low occupancy rates in every major global city, companies are struggling to recruit employees back to the office, often citing how unproductive they are within that space as a key reason for wanting to work at home. I sat down with Ali Moore on ABC Radio Melbourne to discuss ways to deal with these time wasting “babbling buddies”, and how culture plays a key role in creating spaces for open and constructive feedback.

Don’t throw a tantrum at work when you miss out on a promotion. Sounds obvious, doesn’t it? And yet….

Recently with Ali Moore on ABC Drive Melbourne we discussed what to do when you miss out. We covered a lot, including:

• How to prepare for a promotion

• How to react if you don’t get the promotion

• How to ask for feedback

• How as a leader to give feedback

Workplace romances can have leaders running in fear, wanting to avoid awkward conversations or attempting to control the team’s activities outside work. Good luck with that approach: a recent global survey showed that 60% of respondents engage in workplace relationships. So, embrace the inevitable. A workplace romance can be an opportunity for a leader to really show who they are, a theme I explore here, published in the Sydney Morning Herald and associated media.

With a recent Forbes report outlining that 60% of adults have experienced workplace romance, the traditional condemnation from office leaders will no longer suffice. It is a fact that relationships are going to occur in the workplace, with Business Leader I discuss how leaders can use relationships to boost performance, culture and employee commitment.

With the publication of the recent ONS productivity figures in the UK, it may seem that stagnating productivity is here to stay. However, following my studying of almost 2,500 leaders globally it is clear that fearful leaders are causing a £2.2 billion drop in productivity and performance in the UK alone. In my article in TrainingZone I outline three ways to lead with love instead of fear, so that you can create a high performing team.

Fearful Leaders can often ruin a workplace and be a drag on productivity, I discuss with Adam Pacifico on his globally-ranked podcast The Leadership Enigma, my journey to finding love in leadership as we share our stories with fearful leaders.

Macron’s decision to appoint Attal as his new Prime Minster, may be a sign of desperation as he seeks to piggy-back off his supreme popularity. Read more in the Daily Express.