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Leadership

August, 2023

Paying my respect to the Defence Forces

I was presenting a leadership training program recently, and as I did the acknowledgement of country as part of the introduction to our session, one of the attendees asked if I was going to also Read More

August, 2023

3 ways to turn around a team in turmoil

I am a leadership coach, and I help leaders to develop high performing and psychologically safe teams. Fortunately, most of the work that comes our way, is to help teams who are already high perf Read More

July, 2023

Dealing with the subcommittee quandary

One of the biggest challenges that leaders face is the subcommittee. The subcommittee includes those team members that aren’t courageous enough to speak up in meetings. And then they take the m Read More

July, 2023

3 ways to be better at recognising the performance of your team

We all crave recognition. And you might think you don’t, but you do. You might just crave it less than the person next to you. But we all, not only need recognition. We crave it. Like sugar or Read More

July, 2023

The key skills of the Construction CEO

Working with construction company CEOs or senior leaders is our jam. I love construction, I love the people in the industry, and the I love the leaders running the businesses that build or mainta Read More

July, 2023

The 3 biggest challenges for the C Suite in 2023

The year was 2023. And it was this week. And I travelled to the United States of America to attend the 50th edition of the National Speakers Association Conference, which was held in Orlando Flor Read More

July, 2023

How do you keep your energy up as a leader?

So, you have run out of energy.   Hoomaning is taking its toll on you, and you don’t think you will be able to get through the day. You are doing all the right stuff (or not) like getting Read More

July, 2023

Difficult conversations are still difficult 

The year was 2023. And it was last week. And I was doing leadership training, as I do. And the leaders in the group brought up the topic of difficult conversations. And so they should. Because di Read More

July, 2023

Managing someone out of the business is a thing

Yes. It is a thing. It is not a great thing. But it is a thing. And it still happens.   I remember being a young leader and being asked to do just that. To manage someone out of the bus Read More

July, 2023

What are the 2020s leadership styles and why do they matter 

The year was 1996. I had just recovered from a major workplace accident that could have claimed my life. The day that I got out of the burn’s unit (about 5 weeks after the accident), I intervie Read More