Steering Point Articles
What Businesses Get Wrong About Psychological Safety
In today’s corporate landscape, few ideas have travelled faster — or been more misunderstood — than psychological safety. Once an obscure academic term coined by MIT’s Edgar Schein and Warren Bennis in the 1960s, it has since exploded into boardrooms, workshops, and keynote speeches. But in the rush to embrace it, many leaders have twisted […]
How to Help Workers Affected by a Global Crisis
When the world tilts — through war, pandemic, economic collapse, or natural disaster — businesses are no longer bystanders. They are not only economic actors but emotional anchors for their employees. Whether it’s an unexpected invasion, a policy earthquake, or the creeping, grinding stress of a deteriorating global order, the effects of a crisis bleed […]
How to Lead the Team You Inherit
By the time you’re handed the keys to your new office — whether you’re the incoming CEO, a freshly-minted manager, or the latest external hire parachuted in to “fix things” — one truth tends to reveal itself quickly: the team you’ve inherited may not be the one you would have chosen. But it’s yours now, […]
Why Every Business Needs an Eldercare Policy
For decades, businesses have rightfully focused on supporting working parents. Childcare subsidies, parental leave, flexible working — these benefits have become fundamental to any serious talent strategy. But a new caregiving frontier is emerging, and too few organisations are prepared: eldercare. With ageing populations, fragmented care systems, and rising long-term care costs in countries like […]
How Working While Sick Became the Norm – and Why That Should Change
Across boardrooms, hospital wards, classrooms, and home offices, a quiet epidemic is spreading — not of illness itself, but of working through it. Presenteeism, the practice of working while sick, has become so widespread that it now affects nearly 90% of the American workforce, despite many employers offering formal sick leave [1]. In Ireland, where […]
Is Team Building Worthwhile?
Team building has become a staple of corporate life. From rope courses in the woods to virtual happy hours, organisations across the globe spend billions annually trying to forge closer bonds among employees. But is it truly effective, or just an elaborate distraction from deeper organisational problems? The answer, it turns out, depends on how […]
How CEO’s Can Build a Better Relationship with the Board
Few professional relationships are more influential — or more fraught — than that between a CEO and their board of directors. The stakes are enormous: a supportive, aligned board can be a CEO’s greatest strategic ally. But a strained or mistrustful board can just as easily become a drag on performance, vision, and morale. Despite […]
How people are really using generative AI in 2025?
In 2025, generative AI has evolved from a nascent technology into an indispensable tool woven into the fabric of daily life and business. In Harvard Business Review, Marc Zao-Sanders, co-founder of filtered.com and the author of Timeboxing: The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time, recently conducted research into generative AI use trends over […]
Generative AI: Productivity at the Cost of Motivation?
Artificial intelligence is transforming our societies at breakneck speed. From healthcare to finance, recruitment to energy, it promises revolutionary change. But behind the glossy headlines lies a harsher truth: AI is not an equalising force. Rather, it often amplifies the very inequalities it could be used to fix.
AI’s Impact on Inequality
Artificial intelligence is transforming our societies at breakneck speed. From healthcare to finance, recruitment to energy, it promises revolutionary change. But behind the glossy headlines lies a harsher truth: AI is not an equalising force. Rather, it often amplifies the very inequalities it could be used to fix.
Protected: Liverpool’s Quiet Advantage Over a Decade of Change
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Working Through a Personal Crisis
Navigating a personal crisis while maintaining professional responsibilities is a challenge that transcends industries, job titles, and career stages. Whether it’s coping with illness, grieving a loss, managing family upheaval, or facing financial difficulties, these situations can profoundly impact one’s ability to function effectively at work. The modern workplace often demands our full attention, yet life’s inevitable crises don’t pause for business hours. Working through such periods is difficult, but it can be done. This article hopes to explain how.