2 min read
New Years Resolution Hack: Aim for habits
Man, do I love the smell of a fresh year. Crispy new stationery, damp summer evenings, long days and warm nights. It’s hard not to feel excited about...
Leadership (6)
3 min read
How To Find Your Calm
“You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you are too busy, then you should sit for an hour.” -Old Zen saying I’ve talked a lot...
2 min read
Respect Your Paygrade: Learn to Delegate
Last week, I wrote about the need for strategy to have space – timing, mental and physical space. One simple behaviour will free up 2/3, which...
2 min read
People Aren't Afraid Of Change
Ever heard that old saying: “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t”? I’ve had a jampacked few weeks facilitating strategy sessions up...
1 min read
Celebrate Failure
Do you think it’s OK to fail? What about your teams, do they feel able to? I’ve had some interesting conversations with people recently about failure...
2 min read
Resilient People Need Resilient Organisations
There’s a parenting meme doing the rounds that really hit me in the feels recently. It goes “One day I’ll be happy my daughter is an independent,...
2 min read
Know Your Job and Do It Well
At a conference I attended earlier this year, Matt Church told a story about leadership and team work, using a powerful story about a basketball...
2 min read
How to Walk the Talk
Have you ever had one of those ‘practice what you preach’ moments? Where you realise you need to walk the talk to have any impact? I have those...
2 min read
What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Apparently doing the same thing and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. I think that applies to 'doing more of the same thing'...
3 min read
How to Take Calculated Risks: 3 Key Steps
Fear Is Like Alcohol .. because it makes parties more interesting. JUST KIDDING.Fear is like alcohol because it clouds our judgement. And when we...
2 min read
The Curse of Common Sense
Common sense is a real curse when it comes to solving problems. The Oxford Dictionary defines common sense as: "Sense and sound judgement in...
2 min read
Get over yourself: tackle decision bias
We are all flawed when it comes to making decisions. Like it or not, people are intuitively pretty crappy decision-makers. We often can't see outside...
1 min read
Focus Means Saying No
I came across this fantastic old video while I was procrastinating on the internet today - here's the link for those of you that can bear the crappy...