COVID, Identity Challenges & Conflict
What fascinating times we live in. COVID is certainly turning our lives upside down. As old and emerging ways of being jostle each other, we experience a sense of disorientation...
What fascinating times we live in. COVID is certainly turning our lives upside down. As old and emerging ways of being jostle each other, we experience a sense of disorientation...
Reflecting on COVID-19 and its extra-ordinary power to stop business as usual, a colleague recently said “You know deep down, we have all been calling for this.” Perhaps not exactly...
Fear is contagious. …. So is trust. If you have been into a supermarket over the past week you may well be asking yourself: What’s going on with people? The supplies on the...
From the moment I landed at the airport in January my phone began to make a strange sound. Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping. I vaguely recalled the sound, but I’d...
The catastrophic events of this summer are still unfolding and the strain in organisations across the country is palpable. As with most disasters, there are significant risks that go unnoticed...
Australian communities are currently facing head on the crisis of unprecedented bushfires and drought. The processing of what we have experienced and what it tells us of a possible future...
Australia is on fire, literally and has been for several months now. Yet we are confronted by the spectre of leaders minimising the deflecting dialogue around the causes of the...
At some point, as a leader or manager you will have to provide performance feedback, handle complaints and manage grievances. Mastering the ability to give difficult feedback and keep dialog...
Failure to communicate openly can be a real problem for teams and working relationships. In the absence of direct communication, indirect communication usually results. A culture of gossip, high unexplained...
Have you ever given or received an apology that had a powerful and transformative impact? Of late we've been working with organisations committed to making full and wholehearted apologies. A heartfelt apology can...
“We Are An Organisation At War With Ourselves” “We are an organisation at war with ourselves.” When a courageous leader expressed these words in a recent workshop the whole room paid attention. ...
With the murder of 50 Muslim members of the Christchurch community, the realities of hate crimes, have been brought closer to home than we are accustomed to. Those of us...
Organisational transformational or change initiatives represent a big commitment. They take focus, energy and time. Whilst we know organisational change is now a constant, significant transformations take a toll on the...
Barnaby Joyce is not the first politician or leader to be blindsided by the consequences that come with using power poorly. It seems that for many years, peers, directs and...
The New Year is not just a time for thinking about our bucket list and what you want to do, but who you want to be as a person. That...