Self-reflecting on Self-sabotage
Did I tell you I am a master of self-sabotage? Well it’s true, I am. You know what I mean – it’s when you hit your goal weight and spend the next week guzzling pizza, pinot and maltesers? I’m world-class at it, and did it again in June! I had the most amazing May – […]
You have the power to empower yourself
There are times when ‘should’ rules our leadership life. When nothing or no-one is doing what they should and we start to feel aggrieved, frustrated or resentful. You know those moments: This process should work My leaders should notice My team should be more accountable. These are frustrating moments when we are resistant to […]
What exactly does 45kms look like anyway?
When you have no concept of what a thing really is, it’s surprising how often we allow ourselves to fall into the planning fallacy – or in Australian the trap of ‘she’ll be right mate’. So as a mainly-sedentary office worker carrying an extra 20kgs and 5yrs over my team-mates I went ‘she’ll be right’ […]
Hang on – where the hell did March go?
I have so much to do and April – pah! it’s not even a whole month! You can easily fall into the ‘I have a month to do…..’ and then realise in April you actually only have 2 full working weeks to play with. Anxiety-making! So I was thinking about April (not enough time) and […]
Sometimes doing nothing is doing something
I was fortunate to go away for the 6 weeks of school holidays. It was a glorious mash-up of all our covid-cancelled holidays from 2022 and 2021; and judging by the amount of people en route at the same time, we were not alone in making up for lost travel opportunity. I was very determined […]
Decisions, Decisions
This week I feel I’ve almost exclusively been coaching on career opportunities – some due to job seeking, some due to restructures, some coming completely from left field.
What’s the connection between Leadership and Metaphysics?
We’ve all heard the philosophical question – If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no-one there to see it, does it make a sound?
There is a widening gap between workforce, leadership and HR. Have you noticed?
Deloitte tells us that Executive Leaders routinely underestimate how much their people are struggling by almost 50%.
There’s no denying it. People are quitting.
You don’t quit your job, you quit your boss – or so the saying goes. We’ve heard it so often; we just assume it must be true.
WHAT DOES EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT REALLY MEAN?
I often hear my C-Suite clients complain about a lack of accountability from their mid-level leaders. They are especially disappointed that they have communicated quite clearly that their B-Suite should feel more empowered. When I ask them how many layers they have removed from their approval process or how many governance forums they have replaced themselves […]
