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...
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...
“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. ...
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...
In my last post I spoke about the film 'BULLY'. One of the great strengths of this film is that while bullying in many schools and workplaces is managed in private,...
I’ve just seen the film ‘BULLY’, which follows the lives of five young people who experience bullying. Of the children in the film, one was seventeen year old Tyler Long, who committed suicide on...
During my early career as a therapist rehabilitating people after closed head injuries and stroke, I became fascinated by the workings of the brain. These years taught me a lot...
By now your New Year’s Resolutions will be made and many of you will be thinking about what is needed to achieve them. We are living in an era of disruption...
Over the past few years we’ve been training leaders and managers to use a coaching approach to help their staff adjust and navigate rapidly changing environments. Rather than endlessly explaining organisational...
I have to admit, I’m not always the best at staying in touch. So I was pleased when my sister Danielle and I finally spoke on the phone the other...
Have you ever complained that your staff aren’t strategic enough? Have you ever wondered why those who report to you seem slow to see the bigger picture or unable to...
No leader wants to be regarded as out of touch with the issues affecting their workforce. Similarly no politician wants to be viewed as out of synch with their electorate....