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Why people don’t perform, and how coaching helps!
Facilitating ‘insight’ by bringing the mindset and skillset of coaching to leadership, is now ‘leadership critical’ for leaders wanted to influence and develop capability. In the fast-paced world of modern organisations, performance is everything. Yet, time and time...
Lead Like It Matters: What Billy Slater Teaches Us About Integrity
What does it really mean to lead with integrity—especially when everyone’s watching… or when no one is?In my recent coaching and leadership programs, a recurring conversation has emerged around integrity and ethics in leadership. It’s surprisingly difficult to achieve...
The Tale of Princess Catherine and That Photo! Gaps, gossip and grey matter.
By now most of us have heard about the latest buzz involving Princess Catherine of Wales and a certain 'manipulated' photo by Buckingham Palace. This story isn't just about royal drama; it's a fascinating peek into the ‘normal but not always useful’ workings of our...
Green Tea and Dark Chocolate Revisited
For about 5 years in a row, the last time being in 2018, I re-posted this blog. A colleague told me a week ago that she revisits it every year and asked me to speak to her organisation about it. So I decided to post it again with some updated thoughts. Those who...
Introducing Lochie’s Law of Complaints
We live in a world of 'laws'. There are Universal Laws, Natural Laws and Human or Legal Laws. There are well-known laws such as the Law of Nature, the Law of Attraction, the Law of Relativity and the Law of Perpetual Transmutation of Energy (yes indeedy there is such...
In Service of Of Service – which are you and which is better?
How you 'show up' in your professional role is critical to your level of success. We know that in order to thrive and lead effectively in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world, we need to … Show up differently Listen differently...
Psychological Safety is not a noun!
In my last POST, I mentioned the upcoming legislation that will make organisations (and by default, their leaders) responsible for the Psychosocial Well-being of their employees. A key element to this will be how organisations provide what has become known as...
Colleague as Coach
A new Workplace Health and Safety law in Qld means it’s time to rethink employee development and culture
Be Careful What You (Don’t) Ask For…
Do you ask questions & how do you respond to the answers? Here are 3 simple changes to encourage higher quality thinking & shift accountability
Curiosity Killed the Assumption
Curiosity in conversations helps us avoid taking a cognitive shortcut that can cause us to respond to situations in ways that are not always useful
From Survival to Substance Mindset
When we can masterfully shift to a place of exceptional self leadership and self regulation we are showing up with what I call a substance mindset. Where we operate in ways that work with the human brain rather than against it.
Programming Creativity – The Common Creative Interview
This is a fascinating episode about working WITH the human brain rather than against it, and how to best access your creativity!
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