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.

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Finding Myself. The Real Stuff

Posted on January 12, 2022

This year is my 50th on planet earth, and on October 24 of this year, I will no longer be in my 40s. For me, that will be a major milestone, and one that I am already thinking about… or maybe stressing about. I think the reason that it is becoming important is I am feeling both excited, and nervous, all at the same time. The excitement first Actually, let’s do gratitude first (a slight digression). Apart from my wife, my kids and our fur baby, the thing that I am most grateful for in my life is my ability... read more

The Mental Health And Resilience Building Leader

Posted on October 6, 2021

Leaders need to be resilient, and they need to help their teams be resilient. Leadership is pressure packed, and when things go boom, which they will surely do, leaders need the skills that will help them advance through the adversity. But resilience is not about coping. Resilience is about being ready to cope. Resilience is not about being present during the boom, it is being prepared for the boom. When we train resilience, I talk about it as the most important life and leader skill that needs to be learned. Yes, learned. There are some things that you can learn... read more

LEAD: The conscious and care factor approach to building high performing teams

Posted on August 3, 2021

Based on the leadership lessons from an amazing Grade 5 Teacher. When I think about leadership, and adding value to the world, I think about Mrs Guinea, my amazing wife of 27 plus years. She has been through the highs and lows of being married to an entrepreneur … from the multi-million-dollar years to months without a pay check (for me at least). Mrs Guinea (as everyone knows her – she is a primary school teacher),  has some great sayings, that I live by, and that we teach in our leadership training. That is because I see teaching as very... read more

Giving employees a voice through engagement surveys

Posted on June 7, 2021

Employee engagement is a big topic. Google studied it in 2012 (for 2 years) and found that psychological safety was the most important organisation factor to develop engaged staff and engaged teams. And the benefits of employee engagement are significant. Recently, employemnthero.com released statistics that a high level of employee engagement can deliver a 21% increase in profits and a 41% decrease in absenteeism. We all sort of get this … but a lot of leaders either struggle with improving employee engagement, or more importantly, they struggle with understanding where it is right now. It is hard to improve something... read more

Building Resilience so you can Advance Despite Adversity

Posted on May 11, 2021

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 is a skill that allows us to manage moments of turmoil and struggle in a calm and collected way. With our emotions in check, and our mind clear and focused. Over time, it has become more than just dealing with adversity. Resilience has become about ‘advancing despite adversity’ (credit: Jurie Rossow) rather than simply dealing with it.  The challenge with resilience though, is... read more

WHAT EMPATHY REALLY TAKES…

Posted on April 8, 2021

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 someone else is going through, and in the words of Brene Brown; being able to ‘hold the space’, when someone else is hurting. Empathy, unlike sympathy, is not an emotion. It is an action, it is a behaviour, and it is something that takes time, and it takes effort. And it can be learnt. Firstly, though, it is important to unpack the difference between sympathy and empathy. ???????? (the emotion) is:–... read more

The real secret to developing High Performing Teams

Posted on March 3, 2021

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, norming, storming and performing. Once the team can perform, and with some adjourning, they can further develop, and grow from performing into high performing. Furthermore, if the leader is willing to take a team on that journey through the highs and lows, and is willing to provide clear vision, exceptional engagement and high levels of empowerment, the result could be a high performing team. Winner. Leadership is the key word,... read more

The “Scared to Speak Up” quandary

Posted on January 18, 2021

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 as “psychological safety” (Rosenbaum, 2019). In 2019, Lisa Rosenbaum unpacked how to build a culture of psychological safety, and she looked at the barriers to psychological safety (the example was in a hospital environment). In short, Rosenbaum looked at what teams and leaders do, and how they behave … that has an adverse impact on their teammates, and on the productivity of the team. The key message is that; you... read more