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You are sitting in you weekly Executive Team Meeting with your colleagues.  You are the head of Accounting.  The others in your team lead up a number of other key departments in the organisation - HR, Retail, Operations etc. The team is making a decision regarding...

Great TED-style talk by Simon Sinek about 'Why Great Leaders Make you feel Safe!' (12 mins well spent) Research shows that psychological safety... drives engagement, performance and retention motivates performance in diverse workforces, and fosters a culture of...

I want my kids to eat fruit. When I put the fruit in the fridge, they don't eat it. So I put it out on the kitchen bench. It sends a subliminal message - this family eats fruit. It's easy for them to access. When they say 'I'm hungry' I only have to point. It works,...

In my conversation and coaching workshops, we discuss the neuroscience of human motivation, usually in the context of you as the coach assisting another person with their thinking.  This is either in the context of a 'coaching conversation' or in 'taking a coaching...

Parts of this post won't be news to those who watched the Sunday Night program on channel 7 a few weeks ago, but for those who didn't, it featured the increasingly popular 5:2 diet revolution. The diet and the research surrounding it recommends the benefits of regular...

If you have ever experienced working with an experienced and qualified coach, you will know that a coach can ask one or two questions that really challenge your thinking and throw you for six. Sometimes it's not all that pleasant or comfortable, either, but it's...

Much of what we do in the workplace involves having conversations – at our desks, in meetings, and in the corridors! We might as well put some effort into making sure our conversations are useful and of good quality! Conversation literally changes the physicality of...

When you feel good, can focus easily and find learning and memorising easy, you are most probably experiencing a dopamine hit. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter, that is, it has a role in controlling communication in your brain. It can tell a neuron whether to fire off a...

I attended a workshop last week on storytelling (which I would highly recommend by the way - Yamini Naidu). My good friend and colleague, Jennie Hill, told a wonderful story that I have her permission to share. "When I was 23 (this was 1986), I was travelling in...

I read a post from my friend Peter Cook last week  (Peter Cook blog). He was highlighting a recent conversation he had when offering his new program to a prospective client.  The prospect challenged that Peter would have to 'sell' the idea to him.  Pete replied that...

In my last post, I pondered whether we, as leaders, are taking notice of the shift that is occurring economically from a mass economy (high structure, low need for trust) to a sharing or peer-to-peer economy (high trust, low structure). Click here to refresh your...