Leadership

  • Justine Cox
  • 15 December 2025

Energy Management For Leaders: The Missing Skill Behind Sustainable Performance

Time is fixed. Energy is renewable.

Learn how leaders can manage energy (not just calendars) to improve clarity, empathy, and team performance.

  • Justine Cox
  • 9 December 2025

Strong and Kind Leadership: The New Non-Negotiable for High-Performing Teams

Strong and kind leaders create psychological safety and accountability.

Here’s how to balance both and lift trust, engagement and performance.

  • Justine Maree Cox
  • 20 November 2025

Disconnection Costs More Than Failure: How Connected Leaders Protect Culture and Performance

Failure is visible and fixable. Disconnection is silent and far more expensive.

Discover how Connected Leadership prevents the hidden cost curve of control.

  • Justine Maree Cox
  • 28 August 2025

From Quiet Quitting to Quiet Cracking: The Leadership Wake-Up Call

Workplace culture has shifted from quiet quitting to quiet cracking.

Neuroscience shows why leaders must act now to support managers before they break.

  • Justine Maree Cox
  • 22 August 2025

The Leadership Mindset Shift That Builds Trust, Fast

What if your team had a shared way to name what’s really going on — without blame, shame, or defensiveness?

That’s what happened when I introduced the “Above and Below the Line” mindset model to 20 mid-level leaders at a major hospital. It gave them common language to explore mindset, behaviour, and culture — and it changed how they lead.

Because this isn’t just about better communication. It’s about Connected Leadership and the trust and psychological safety that power it. When we can name what we notice, we can shift how we show up. That’s the difference between reacting and responding.

  • Justine Maree Cox
  • 14 August 2025

Connection Over Control: Why Psychological Safety Starts With You

In leadership circles, “safety” is often confused with compliance checklists, risk matrices, or tight controls.

But the kind of safety that actually fuels performance — the kind that builds trust, inspires innovation, and lifts accountability — doesn’t come from control.

It comes from connection.

And connection is what Connected Leaders cultivate.