Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. ― Marcus Tullius Cicero Over the last few months with many leadership teams, we have explored the topic of gratitude and how this is being expressed in [...]
Many organisational cultures do not encourage or condone the sharing of challenges or failures and even sometimes the sharing of successes. Culture is about the shared beliefs, values, customs and social behaviour of a community. Therefore, if the culture you [...]
In today's workforce, managers can often be seen as the unsung heroes. Pivotal to an employees performance, motivation and happiness at work, they have the power to influence how engaged employees are. In essence, they drive how people may think, [...]
When working remotely, the first thing that we miss is the physicality of working with other people. As much as remote work can increase productivity, connection and collaboration can be hindered if we don’t regularly review and renew what is [...]
Moving from onsite to remote work requires us to shift our psychology as well as our physical environment. Many clients and colleagues, me included are feeling super drained, tired and almost over having countless virtual meetings via platforms such as [...]
Meetings, meetings and more meetings….. we all know we either organise them or attend them more than we should. How often are you asked to attend a meeting or send a diary invite to get others to attend? A recent [...]
Questioning others is a great way to understand, seek information, make others feel important and listened to. From a leadership perspective, it can also empower others to come up with their own solutions, a bit like delegating thinking. Why then [...]
It was a late Friday afternoon in July on a gloomy mid-winters day in Melbourne. Following a full week of delivering workshops, a delirious Renée and Shelley happened to catch each other over the phone. It is rare for these [...]
When a colleague or direct report opens up to you about feeling overstretched and tired, how do you respond? Do you respond with empathy, or do you shut off as you have your own stuff to deal with? Empathy is [...]
There are only two Blockbusters left in the world, and one is closing. The last of the movie rental stores in Australia will close at the end of the month. I heard this news as I was driving to facilitate a workshop [...]
The longer we keep looking back in the rear view mirror, it takes away from everything that's moving forward. With mid-year reviews fast approaching for many organisations I wanted to share with you a few tips to ensure these conversations [...]
We learn about life by asking questions. Children naturally start learning about the world by observing, testing and questioning “why.” The more open the question we ask, the more we learn. As a manager or leader coaching, the more open [...]
