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How to stop being a plastic bag
American Beauty is one of my favourite movies. In one memorable scene, we watch Ricky’s video of an empty, wrinkled plastic bag tossed about in the...
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Freshen Up Your Focus
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that priorities shift. As we returned to our homes, spent more time with our families, watched our health more...
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How to handle uncertainty
Last week, I argued that people don’t fear change. As I outlined in this LinkedIn post, we fear what change represents: loss, uncertainty, learning...
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How to live your values
I’ve had an absolute sh*t of a few weeks. I’ve made some of the hardest choices I’ve ever had to make in my personal life in the face of confusion,...
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How to live your values
I’ve had an absolute sh*t of a few weeks. I’ve made some of the hardest choices I’ve ever had to make in my personal life, in the face of confusion,...
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Commit or Quit
Do you ever sit in a conversation where everybody furiously agrees, leave feeling great about what you’ve decided – but then nothing happens? I see...
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How to Tame Talkfests: Focus prompts for frustrated facilitators
Man, I get sick of people talking sh*t. To be fair, it’s an occupational hazard. I run strategy and leadership workshops, where people are used to...
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How to think about change
If you’re not doing ‘change’ right now, you’re not in fashion. Whether it’s organisational change, personal transformation (hi Spring!) or even...
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How to find your purpose: 7 questions from Mark Manson
Purpose gets a bad rap. It’s the domain of the out-of-touch woke millennials who spend more time thinking about working than actually doing it… and...
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Risky business
Injuries suck. I hurt my right shoulder this week, and it turns out I’m a terrible patient. I don’t rest well – not just because of my personality,...
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How to make people listen
When people ask me to help them run workshops and meetings, they often come in with lofty goals. How do I get people to really be in this? To own...
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Stop being a hero
I used to think I was a bit of a hero—I was even proud of it. Beating the odds, I shifted my life story from high school dropout, teen mum, and...
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Public Sector Leadership in Quiet Times: Readiness
I wrote a Wednesday Wisdom last week, that I had to do an emergency withdrawal for on Tuesday night, after the Prime Minister’s COVID announcement. I...
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How to find your purpose: 7 questions from mark manson
Purpose gets a bad rap. It’s the domain of the out-of-touch woke millennials who spend more time thinking about working than actually doing it… and...
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Beware the lure of the new: sustainable change
It’s been a hell of a few months. We’ve had to adapt fast as the world has gone mad. For many of us, it hasn’t been all bad. COVID has provided the...
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Beware the lure of the new: sustainable change
It’s been a hell of a few months. We’ve had to adapt fast as the world has gone mad. For many of us, it hasn’t been all bad. COVID has provided the...
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Good decisions
When COVID hit, many of us experienced—and are still experiencing—serious financial uncertainty. Businesses lost revenue, people lost jobs, and the...
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Friends at work
I often meet leaders with an “I don’t go to work to make friends” attitude. I get that; I do. One of the reasons I’ve never lasted in an employment...
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Friends at work
I often meet leaders with an “I don’t go to work to make friends” attitude. I get that; I really do. One of the reasons I’ve never lasted in an...
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First things first: be careful of second-rate priorities
It’s school holidays! My girls and I had a trip to Germany planned for these school holidays, but we had to cancel that for obvious reasons. Instead,...
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How to move on: 4 steps towards acceptance
I'm a career facilitator, so I built the first iteration of my business by helping others make sense of things. It's clear to me from personal and...
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Thinking needs space
I’m off the grid this week, holed up in an adorable little cabin in Martinborough, finishing up my second book, From Action to Impact: The Strategic...
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Thinking needs space
I’m off the grid this week, holed up in an adorable little cabin in Martinborough, finishing up my second book, From Action to Impact: The Strategic...
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Beyond crisis leadership: when the cracks start to show
Crisis is a bit exciting, isn’t it? It's different to regular drama, because it has: Surprise Serious threat Short decision times. Tick, tick and...