Leadership

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Comparison table of six talent and succession planning frameworks: 9-Box Grid, 4-Box/Skill-Will Matrix, Competency-Based Framework, Talent Pools, Continuous Multi-Source Input, and Data & AI-Informed Insights, showing what each is best suited for, its strengths and its watch-outs.

What’s Next for Talent and Succession Planning? Life After the 9-Box Grid

August 15, 2026

The 9-box grid is showing its age. Compare six succession planning frameworks, what each suits, and how to choose the one your organisation can actually…

Stacey Kelly, Director at Seed People Consulting, presenting a client recommendations debrief.

Leading in the Sandwich Generation

August 2, 2026

Almost half of leaders aged 40-59 are caring for ageing parents and children at once. Here’s what good leadership looks like for the sandwich generation.

Julia Fiore of Seed People Consulting working at her dual-monitor workstation — an example of a well-designed role and work environment.

Is Your Job Design Working For or Against You?

July 16, 2026

Job design is one of the most underused levers for engagement and wellbeing. Discover what research says about designing roles that motivate people and meet…

9 Lessons in 9 Years: Celebrating nine years of working together

July 10, 2026

| Leadership | News

This month marks nine years since Jules joined Seed, and nine years of the two of us working alongside each other —…

School Holidays Are Coming. Here’s How Good Leaders Make It Work.

June 29, 2026

School holidays have a way of sneaking up on everyone. One minute it’s a regular Tuesday; the next, half your team is…

Friendly Leader, Not a Friend: A Line Worth Knowing

June 18, 2026

| Leadership | Leadership Development

We first wrote about this topic a few years ago, and the conversation it sparked told us it had hit a nerve.…

Emotional intelligence — a key skill for effective leaders

You Can Read the Room, But Can You Read Yourself?

May 12, 2026

| Leadership | Leadership Development | News | Out and About

Emotional Intelligence for Experienced Leaders You’ve been leading for years. You’ve navigated restructures, managed conflict, coached underperformers and held teams together through…

Leadership Diagnostic Tools

Leadership Diagnostic Tools: How Assessments Build Better Leaders

May 5, 2026

| Leadership | Leadership Development | News | Out and About

Most leadership development programs start with a goal: help leaders get better at what they do. But better at what, exactly? And…

Powerful phrases for new leaders — Seed People Consulting

Feeling Overwhelmed in a New Leadership Role? Here Are Some Phrases to Add to Your Toolkit

February 19, 2026

| Leadership | Leadership Development

Feeling overwhelmed in a new leadership role? You’re not alone. Let’s be honest, stepping into a leadership role for the first time…

Managing busyness and priorities in the workplace

From Stuck in the Grind to Making a Real Impact: What Actually Drives Effective Leadership

November 26, 2025

| Leadership | Leadership Development

If you catch yourself answering “How are you?” with “I’m so busy! all the time, you’re definitely not alone. In many workplaces,…

Workplace leadership development

Leadership Development: The Danger of Holding onto Resentment as a Leader

November 24, 2025

| Leadership | Leadership Development

Resentment – that niggling feeling that can creep up on you and quietly undermine a leader’s ability to inspire, motivate and guide…

Leading teams through organisational change

Leading through Change: A Practical Guide to Embedding Trust & Clarity

September 19, 2025

| Change Management | Culture & change | Leadership | Leadership Development

Change doesn’t have to shake your culture or blow up your team; done well, change creates momentum and energy. Business leaders have…