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Leadership

November, 2022

Why you should increase your senior leadership team’s bandwidth and how

“Why can’t we ever get anything completed” … a distraught senior leader asked me during a coaching session. As a senior leadership team, we seem to get a lot of things started, but we nev Read More

November, 2022

How to navigate the challenges of leadership in heavy industry

Leadership can be tough at the best of times. But when you add an old school culture, changing technology, and a diverse workforce, leadership gets even harder. This is what leaders in heavy indu Read More

October, 2022

How to use systems leadership to upgrade you team

Systems leadership was made famous by MacDonald, Burke, and Stewart, in the book of the same name. That book unpacked the key elements of systems leadership and described the elements of human de Read More

October, 2022

How to upgrade your leadership team

Most of our work is with the leader, and their team. The leadership team. And after many years, and many clients working with senior teams, we know there are some key things that just work, when Read More

October, 2022

How to be a good human and a good leader

I was not a nice human when I was younger. I was angry, had a log (not a chip) on both shoulders, and was very quick to escalate a conversation. From controlled to crazy out of control. Highly em Read More

October, 2022

How to be the leader that people remember for the right reasons

I had some average leaders as I was climbing the ladder of corporate success. They are now called ‘old school leaders.’ And I can remember them clearly, and what they said, and how they said Read More

October, 2022

How to be an expert in leadership languaging

Leaders can sometimes forget the importance of their language. Especially when they are under pressure, which is when language is most important. It can be a game changer, when it comes to improv Read More

October, 2022

How to lead like William Wallace

Since the day I watched the movie Braveheart, I have never looked at leadership the same way. It was such a revelation, in its own way. You see, I probably don’t watch movies like most people d Read More

October, 2022

How to develop your relationship with failure

During 2002, I was in charge of the maintenance of an industrial plant that was part of a smelter in New South Wales. It was 3pm on a Friday afternoon. I had done some calculations to determine h Read More

October, 2022

How to avoid group think and why you should

On 28 January 1986, NASA made the decision to launch The Challenger.  That decision resulted in what is called to this day, ‘the Challenger disaster.’  What was the Challenger Read More