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Leadership

December, 2022

What leadership means to me

I am feeling reflective. I am feeling like answering some big questions. For myself, as much as for my audience. I am feeling like unpacking what leadership means to me. And why.   And Read More

December, 2022

How to talk to people who don’t listen

The one thing that frustrates leaders everywhere, is leading team members that don’t listen. Team members that nod encouragingly, then do something else. Or that just don’t seem to hear what Read More

December, 2022

How to send a team member off the right way

I didn’t have many jobs before I quit work to start my own business. When I think back on the roles I did have, the two periods that I remember most are the engagement period and the exit perio Read More

November, 2022

How to do allocation vs delegation

One common senior leader challenge is, doing all the work themselves. And not delegating. Or even worse, micro-managing. Which is a recipe for disaster. And burnout. And pressure. But it doesn Read More

November, 2022

How to be a stoic leader

One of the words that I hear more and more often now is the word ‘stoic’. And that people are trying to be more stoic. Or be like the stoics, the great stoic philosophers (Epictetus, Seneca, Read More

November, 2022

How to be ok with boring

I could not work out how one of my clients just kept their stuff together. Always. Never lost it. Ever. So cool, calm, and collected. Unlike me (at times). My emotions seem to fluctuate wildly, a Read More

November, 2022

The old man and his grandson, is a leadership story

Have you heard of Cinderella? Have you heard of Rapunzel? Have you heard of Snow White?   Me too, though have you head of The Brothers Grimm? Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the two brothers Read More

November, 2022

What leaders can learn from Iron War

An ironman triathlon is arguably the toughest one-day endurance event on planet Earth. Ironman started in 1979, with three athletes arguing (over a beer of course) about who the fittest athlete w Read More

November, 2022

As a leader, who are you becoming?

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

November, 2022

How to lean into men’s mental health

This week, I was lucky enough to share some of my insights into men’s mental health at a men’s circle event at Agnes Water. The issue of men’s mental health is a major issue in Australia, m Read More