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The Science of Leading through Times of Change
Sometimes I feel like I just can’t keep up. The emails keep piling in, the kids continue to require attention (funny that!), my list of what I want to achieve keeps growing and therefore when I don’t achieve it, the let down is not fun. Things are different to when I...
I’m busy…taking a break!
I am in Fiji with my family on a break, which really just means that I am working a bit less, and in a much nicer environment than usual! I overheard this somewhat amusing verbal exchange whilst sitting on my ocean-view balcony… (I’m sorry, I just had to mention that...
All Conversations are Equal. But Some are More Equal than Others…
Whilst the great George Orwell in this infamous line was making reference to political irony, and also an acknowledgement of the futility of absolutes, there is some irony in how we view the conversations in our workplaces. There are conversations…and then there...
Giving the Gift of your Attention in Conversations
My best friend from my childhood married much earlier than I, and had her second child around a year before I had my first. After many years, we found ourselves in the same city and relished in the time we were again able to spend with each other. They were those...
Assess your Organisational Culture through your Conversations!
The statistics are compelling… Leaders spend 80% of their time in conversation. On average, an employee spends around 37% of their time in meetings – which are essentially group conversations. That’s a rather large percentage of the time spent in the workplace on...
How to win the Emotional Contagion Battle
Someone will always win – let it be you! My friend ‘Harold’ and I were yesterday discussing the critical impact that conversations have on the culture and performance of an organisation. Harold is a highly respected and experienced businessman and consultant,...
When does ‘I don’t know’ mean ‘I don’t know’?
I’d like to hedge a bet and say never, or at least rarely! One of the challenges of being human, is the limited capacity of our ‘thinking’ brain. Whilst it is powerful in many ways, it is also quite limited in its capacity to think though complexity. The pre-frontal...
Bring Back the Art and Power of Conversation
‘We are heading into a two-year change transformation phase’ I hear this all the time from clients. What do they really mean? They mean that things are not quite working the way they want or need, and they need to change how things are done – they need to...
Manage the ‘mindset’, not the millennials!
I’ve been hearing and reading a lot lately about the Millennial Mindset and the need for leaders to stop avoiding and start embracing it. So who are these Millennial’s? Technically, depending on who you ask, they are a generation born post 1980 (ish), they are about...
Green Tea and Dark Chocolate: Seven Steps to Guiding your Brain for Success in 2016
Having a theme for the year has served me well over the past few years. There is a part of your brain called the RAS (Reticular Activating System) that decides what data – from outside and inside your body – your brain will pay attention to. You need your RAS because...
Giving Aspirin Advice
There is no doubt that, as leaders, we are amazing people who know best, and by golly, aren’t our people so privileged to be the receivers of our well-intentioned advice! As humans, we don’t like being told what to do, yet we do...
Why you should have the guts to drop performance ratings (or at least think about it)
Big, successful organisations, across the globe, are dropping performance ratings. It’s on the agenda, and it’s on the increase! YES, really! And their experience shows that it is something we should all consider in some form or another. Take a moment now to allow...
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