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Do you find yourself worrying about what people think about you?
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Backache Signs you're an AHA My one question for you A prescription for change. Backache Two weeks ago, I pulled three 16+ hour days in a row. I...
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What problems are you battling with this week? If it's one of these three things, I have some stuff that might help.
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What would you do for free? What are your favourite household jobs? A useful reminder, in case you're doubting yourself What I'd do for free I've...
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A few years ago, I asked a group of public sector executives one simple question: “What are the biggest mistakes you've made in your career?”
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Critical thinking is the world’s most valuable skill. Unfortunately, being overworked and overwhelmed keeps people from learning how to do it. They...
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Picture this: you're frustrated with your partner. They've loaded the dishwasher wrong, again, and they've left the door wide open for you to knock...
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The average person makes 17,000 decisions a day. Most of those are easy, like what to have for breakfast or what time to leave for work, but some are...
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Earlier this week, I was working with leaders from a large corporate to set some strategic priorities. Talk quickly turned to how to survive the...
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If you've woken up today with a sense of dread about what awaits you at your desk, you're not alone. A 2019 Gallup poll found that out of the world's...
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I've drawn a new boundary around my professional life: no more leadership team coaching.
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Have you ever started a job and had that new-starter clarity? You're baffled by all the things that don’t make sense and say annoying things in...
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I recently received a request from Angela, a Wednesday Wisdom reader, to talk about the immediate impact of organisational change on productivity....
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I've had a hell of a time with my house lately. After an initial few years of primarily uneventful occupation, she's turned on me in the last couple...
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How it started I left my job as a policy analyst and strategic planner in 2014. I'd been so excited by that job—for lots of reasons. I was the first...
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I've been ranting my wee head off lately, and it's been an utter delight. I'm trying to channel that energy into pushing as much helpful goodness as...
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Little known fact: the more specific you are about what you want, what you'll do, and what you won't do, the more likely you are to get it. When you...
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Change is hard to talk about, because people tend to feel personally attacked. They have good reason to feel that way. When we talk about the things...
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In this article: How to run a great strategic check-in Free template for a 2-day strategy session Strategies are great, and 3-5 year plans are...
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There's an excellent AA meme: "I'm not much, but I'm all I think about."
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Many of us have the wrong idea about strategy. We think it's about workshops and documents, and then struggle to understand why everyone's still...
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Last Tuesday, I took my children to see Clementine Ford at the Embassy Theatre here in Wellington. Of all the wonderful things she said, one...
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I met a curious, clever young woman recently. She was smart, a real systems thinker, and passionate about doing great work. When we got to talking...