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Leadership

May, 2021

Building Resilience so you can Advance Despite Adversity

When we hear the word resilience, we tend to think about being tough, coping with challenges, and being strong in the moment, when the chips are down, or the pressure is on. And that is right. It Read More

April, 2021

WHAT EMPATHY REALLY TAKES…

When we talk about leadership characteristics and qualities, the word empathy is usually mentioned. But, what is empathy really. Empathy is about being able understand the emotional pain that som Read More

March, 2021

The real secret to developing High Performing Teams

Overtime, there has been much written about how to develop high performing teams. Most of the literature focuses on the Tuckman Model, which outlines that teams develop through from forming, norm Read More

January, 2021

The “Scared to Speak Up” quandary

This willingness to take interpersonal risks at work, whether to admit error, ask a question, seek help, or simply say “I don’t know,” is part of what organizational psychologists refer to Read More

December, 2020

A Great Example Of Safety Leadership At Qantas

So, it is New Year’s Day, and my wife and I have been up since 3.30am, to get to Sydney in time to board a plane bound for Osaka in Japan! So excited. We are seated comfortably on the plane Read More

December, 2020

Safety Leadership: The Impact of transformational leadership on safety outcomes

In 2010, Jane E. Mullen and E. Kevin Kelloway studied 54 leaders from 21 health care organisations, with the goal of unpacking if leadership training (more than just front lin Read More

December, 2020

Achieving Zero Harm by being a Psychological Safety Leader!

At its most basic level, psychological safety is about emotional safety, physical safety, and safe decision making. It is about empowering people to express themselves, without fear of reprisal, Read More

December, 2020

The Real Cost and ROI of Toolbox Talks in Australia Each Day

According to my (very, very conservative) estimates, Australian industry spends in excess of $23 Million on Tool box talks every single work day. And, that is just the time cost of the attendees. Read More

November, 2020

I was asked for my opinions on Men, Leadership and Society

Being a ManBeing a LeaderBeing real, open and vulnerable Recently, I was asked by the amazing Annette Densham, from The Audacious Agency, about what is like being a ‘man’. It made me think ab Read More

November, 2020

Why our community leaders need to understand their responsibility

Hot off the press of Chef Pete Evans’s fall from grace, and the same day that Channel 9 CEO Hugh Marks tendered his resignation, I just wonder if our ‘community’ leaders understand just how Read More