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Leadership

May, 2022

Dealing with a team member who goes boom when things go boom

Is there anything more challenging for a leader than a team member who is explosive, and who goes boom when the pressure comes on? This is a situation, not often covered in a blog, but covered a Read More

May, 2022

Leadership Styles: Which one are you?

Once upon a time in the world of leadership, a book was published that defined as succinctly as it could be, the difference between transformational and transactional leadership. And what it mean Read More

May, 2022

Dealing with leaders who go boom when things go boom

Leaders seem to be going boom more often. Or at least that is what our coaching clients are telling us. “When the pressure comes on, my leader loses it”.   So, how do we coach our c Read More

May, 2022

From I care to I really know how to show that I do…

Most of the industries we work with have male leaders. And some have been in their roles for a long time. It is changing, slowly. Which is a positive. Our focus has always been to delivery progra Read More

May, 2022

Simon Sinek is onto something with finding your why

Leaders who are part of our coaching or training programs get to work through why they do leadership. My observations are that at least 90% of the leaders we work with haven’t done the exercise Read More

May, 2022

Do as I say, and do as I do

Why do some leaders still not understand that team members don’t listen as much as they watch? Why don’t leaders realize that they are always on the show? They are being analyzed for how to b Read More

May, 2022

Get support before you need it

I am in sunny Perth this week, speaking at the AusIMM Minesafe International Conference. And I can’t wait to share some leadership insights with the mining community. But there is one insight I Read More

May, 2022

Leaders in Mining – help not harm, hear not hurt

This week, I’m in Perth speaking at the AusIMM International Mining Conference. Being back in WA has given me an opportunity to reflect on my time in mining here and what I learnt from those ex Read More

April, 2022

False Expectations Appearing Real

Recently, I had an experience that scared the crapola out of me. I thought my life was in danger. And there was no real need to experience that FEAR (aka false expectations appearing real)! Here Read More

April, 2022

Why your DISC profile is more important than you might think

Fun fact – the same person who developed the character of Wonder Woman also developed DISC profiling. I know, how cool. Dr William Moulton was a psychologist, lawyer, and comic book writer. He Read More