Anton Guinea
Entrepreneur, Speaker, bestselling author, and founder of The Guinea Group of Companies. For over 15 years, Anton has helped leaders move their teams to become psychologically safe, physically safe and overall better versions of themselves.
We all cope with stressful situations differently. Depending on the level and the nature of the stressful situation, or event. Over the past several decades researchers have identified the main c Read More
The quality of a leader will be determined by the quality of the exchanges that they have with their team members (also known as Leader Member Exchange, or LMX). LMX as a theory has been research Read More
The cardinal sin of leadership is not doing one-on-ones (1:1) with your team members. Even worse than that is scheduling those meetings every week, fortnight, or month, and either not attending o Read More
In the book ‘The Four Stages of Psychological Safety’, Timothy R Clark unpacks how to develop a team that feels safe to challenge the norms. Challenger safety is the fourth and final rung on Read More
In the 1920’s, the thinking was that your IQ determined your success in life and at work. In the 2020’s, it’s a different story. In 2022, your Emotional Intelligence (EI or EQ) matters. “ Read More
We have administered a ton of DISC profiles over the last however many years, and it is one of my favourite leadership coaching activities. To help people understand themselves, and to under Read More
The human species is developed to cope. We have survived millions of years of catastrophic events. We have even survived when other species of hominids didn’t. We are resilient, and we are cope Read More
Resilience is not just about coping. Resilience is about being ready to cope when you need to. There is a great definition of resilience, from Jurie Rossouw, who defines it as ‘advancing despit Read More
Recently, I wrote a post about leaders who want to make their high performing team even higher performing. Most of my work is with these teams – teams who are in good shape, and who are trying Read More
Most people have heard of the Golden Rule. Which is the principle of “treating others as we would like to be treated”. This is a simple premise that was first noted in the big book that was p Read More
