Insights

Over the past few months, ThriveWork Advisory and MO collaborated on a comprehensive 2026 Talent Trends White Papers, gathering insights from employees, business leaders, and HR professionals across 14 diverse industries in Myanmar. The findings reveal a workforce under increasing pressure — financially, emotionally, and professionally. But beyond the statistics, the research highlights a deeper leadership challenge: Organizations that fail to respond proactively to employee

When organisations debate whether to invest in leadership development, the conversation almost always gravitates toward cost. How much? Over how long? For whom? These are legitimate questions but they are, in practice, the wrong starting point. The more revealing question is not what leadership development costs, but what the absence of it costs instead. Gallup's extensive research across industries and geographies finds that the quality of direct leadership accounts for at l

I was coaching a client recently who had just been promoted to a senior leadership role. She was sharp, capable, and had clearly earned the position. But as we started working together, I asked her one question that stopped her in her tracks: "What kind of leader would you like to be in this role?" She paused. Then she admitted something profound: "I've been so focused on doing the job that I haven't thought about who I need to become to truly lead in it." And there it was—th