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Dive into our latest articles exploring leadership, inclusion, and organisational development.
What is Performance Management?
Performance management is the ongoing process of helping people understand what good work looks like, supporting them to do that work well, reviewing progress, and taking fair action when performance needs to continue, improve, change or be formally addressed.
How do you Practise Inclusive Leadership in the Workplace?
Inclusive leadership is the deliberate practice of designing workplace conditions through systems, behaviours, and decision-making where every person can contribute fully, be heard, and perform at their best. It moves beyond good intentions or compliance-driven initiatives and into the territory of measurable organisational effectiveness.
What Is Inclusive Leadership?
Inclusive leadership is the practice of leading in ways that deliberately account for the diverse experiences, needs, and perspectives within a team or organisation. It is not a personality trait or standalone initiative. It is a way of operating, embedding inclusion into everyday behaviours, systems, and decision-making so that people can contribute fully and organisations can perform sustainably.
At ELIS Advantage, we use the Include-Performance Framework™ to position inclusion as both a core human need and a measurable performance lever, never simply a compliance exercise.
Why Most Reasonable Accommodations Still Miss the Point in Leadership and Workplace Learning
Reasonable accommodations are often treated as a way to help people fit existing workplace systems, rather than questioning whether those systems were designed inclusively in the first place. This article explores how meaningful inclusion moves beyond legal compliance by focusing on outcomes, strengths, participation, and redesigning environments so people can genuinely perform and thrive.
The Best Leadership Books in 2025/2026 Are Becoming More Human
Leadership is shifting away from command-and-control models towards more relational, psychologically informed, and human-centred approaches grounded in trust, communication, and emotional awareness. Leadership in Tune explores this shift through the Conscious Relational Impact (CRI) Model™, offering practical insights for navigating complexity, workplace relationships, and organisational change.
Leadership Content Is Everywhere; But Are We Actually Becoming Better Leaders?
Despite endless access to leadership content, many organisations still struggle with burnout, trust, and disengagement because information alone does not create leadership capability. Leadership in Tune explores a more relational and human-centred approach to leadership through the Conscious Relational Impact (CRI) Model™.
Leadership, Masculinity, and the Cost of Emotional Restraint By Thomas McCormack
An exploration of leadership, masculinity, emotional restraint, and relational leadership in Ireland and the UK. Thomas McCormack reflects on identity, workplace culture, vulnerability, and the hidden pressures many men carry in leadership.
Leadership Communication Is Less About Talking and More About Attunement
Modern leadership communication depends as much on relational awareness and trust as it does on words or presentation skills. Leadership in Tune introduces the CRI Model™ to help leaders navigate communication, conflict, and organisational dynamics through a more human-centred and intentional approach.
How to Improve Emotional Intelligence in Leadership Without More Training
Many leadership books for managers focus on strategy, delegation, productivity, or motivation. While these skills remain important, modern leadership increasingly requires something deeper: the ability to lead relationships, not just processes.
Best Leadership Books for Managers in 2025 & 2026: The Rise of Relational Leadership
Leadership in Tune explores relational leadership through the Conscious Relational Impact (CRI) Model™, positioning leadership as something shaped in the space between people rather than through control alone. The book examines how trust, communication, psychological safety, and human dynamics influence leadership effectiveness, team performance, and organisational culture in increasingly complex workplaces.