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Taming your Advice Monster

If you like it or not, we all have an advice monster. And it probably pokes its ugly head up…

What kind of leader do you want to be?

I believe we have officially stopped saying ‘Happy New Year’ by now. Still, with this being our first newsletter after…

Bigger Team – Different Skills

Teams change all the time. People come and go, and organisations go through re-structures. We onboard, manage, lead and let…

I work with hundreds of department heads and people leaders all over the world and a common theme I am…

What people need and want – influencing through values

Influencing others to make a buying (or buy-in) decision has been part of my working life for almost three decades….

Emotions are Data

For the longest time, I thought that emotions happen to us and that they are our directive. I had been…

Millennials are on the rise. And what that means for leadership

The news headline ‘Millennials Match Boomers for Population Share’ caught my attention this week. In Australia, the government conducts a…

Our Big Plans for 2022

As we are nearing the half-year mark of 2022 (can you believe it?), I have started to look back and…

I did a thing…

I did a thing…. I started using the renowned DISC Assessment tools and reports in 2015, back when I lived…

Get Out of Your Head

Do you find yourself living in your head from time to time? Where your brain doesn’t switch off? Do you…

Adopt a Change Mindset

Gone are the times when change management is a once-in-a-while necessity pegged to a project we have taken on in…

Leadership Pillar 4: Lead the Future

I often think about the time Bill Gates changed the world. A computer on every desk in every home was…

Leadership Pillar 3: Lead Change

The world, particularly over the last 2 years, has been disrupted like never before and we are still experiencing rapid,…

Leadership Pillar 2: Lead-Others

Did you know that one in two employees leave their jobs because of their manager? I know you’ve heard it before and Gallup…

Leadership Pillar 1: Lead Self

Did you know that 30% of Fortune 500 CEOs last less than three years? Why? Because they are not good…

The 4 Pillars of Leadership

I was ruminating about the last 15 years or so of my career the other day. I have gone from…

Sympathy, Empathy or Compassion – What’s the best approach?

A lot of my work currently is helping leaders to manage mental health, deal with pressure and get through the…

Workplace Culture 2.0: Flexibility by way of autonomy

As we start returning to our offices, organisations are creating new workplace structures that fit the bill of hybrid working….

The Fear of Being Human

As the world of work is changing around us, with younger generations stepping into leadership roles and organisations focussing on…

Emotional Agility

‘The prevailing wisdom says that difficult thoughts and feelings have no place at the office: Executives, and particularly leaders, should…