Leadership & performance

Purpose is powerful stuff when done well. ‘Psychologists describe it as “the pathway to greater well-being” and doctors have even found that people with purpose in their lives are less prone to [...]

It’s become a brandgym blog tradition to start the year with a classic blog post about New Year resolutions by Diego Kerner, our Managing Partner based in Buenos Aries. In addition to his [...]

Julian Dunkerton of Superdry is the latest ‘Brand CEO’ that I’m backing with cold, hard cash. Brand CEOs are leaders who are the living, breathing embodiment of their brands. I first posted on [...]

Simple, memorable catchphrases or ‘mantras’ have played a key role in helping create and cultivate the brandgym’s culture. So I was fascinated to read Tom Roach’s article about how [...]

Post by Diego Kerner, Managing Partner for Latin America. Revitalising an old and slightly dusty brand is one of the greatest challenges in marketing. And this was just the challenge faced by Mar [...]

A recent article on the WD-40 Company’s culture by Whitney Johnson (1) shows how developing, challenging and growing people has driven high employee engagement of three times the US norm [...]

The first day in a new job is an important and nerve-wracking one for a new hire; first impressions matter. Huel, the nutritional food brand, seems to have recognised this, based on a Linked In [...]

This post by Diego Kerner, Managing Partner for Latin America, is one of our occasional ones which goes a bit “off piste” to look for lessons on brands, business and leadership. At [...]

Post by Anne Charbonneau, Managing Partner based in Amsterdam Asking questions and being a good listener is key to ‘getting under the skin’ of brand and business issues and unlocking learning. [...]

Post by Prasad Narasimhan, Managing Partner based in Bangalore. What really drives and motivates people? We discussed this fascinating question last week at our brandgym global partner retreat. [...]