“Everything rises and falls on leadership”. John C Maxwell Organisations large and small can all take something away from the horrendous report into our cricketing organisation. Cricket Australia is again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The report into Cricket Australia’s culture and the Australian Cricket team culture reveals damning evidence of bullying, […]
Have you ever been part of a team where one or a couple of people weren’t pulling their weight? They were getting away with things they shouldn’t be and you were left feeling very frustrated about it. Did you wonder where the feedback was? It was probably a situation where everyone was thinking about giving […]
“The behaviour you walk past is the standard you accept” – Lieutenant General David Morrison We all like to be liked. We’re human after all and the need to be liked is a childhood need that chases us into adulthood. We like to think and feel that we are accepted and that we belong. It’s […]
“The more we run from conflict, the more it masters us; the more we try to avoid it, the more it controls us; the less we fear conflict, the less it confuses us; the less we deny our differences, the less they divide us.” David Augsburger There’s one thing worse than having workplace conflict…that’s avoiding […]
Have you ever had a remedial massage before? There will be no mistaking it. I experienced my first one about a month ago. A massage therapist suggested it and I naively thought it would be a slightly deeper massage than usual. Well my eyes were opened, particularly when he started by using his elbows and […]
Firstly, I received many messages on Sunday asking if I was alive after the Richmond Tigers epic win on Saturday. And yes I am! What an incredible day it was and thanks to many of you for sending encouraging messages after last week’s blog. After waiting 37 years for that victory it was worth celebrating! […]
As a leader, a peer or even a friend, how do you help the person that is suffering from the busy disease? The person who has no time to do anything they want to? The one that isn’t getting enough sleep, who isn’t looking after themselves and whose to do list is continually growing. How […]
A friend of mine, Fiona, was telling a group of us the other day about her manager. She was expressing her frustration with his inability to make decisions, his poor communication style and his constant cancellation of meetings. The biggest frustration was his seeming inability to walk his talk. Instead of doing what he said […]
Candace is a senior executive in a large commercial firm. A self confessed work-a-holic she’s dedicated and highly successful. She works long hours and spends a lot of time away from home. Home is where her 3 kids and partner are. One morning as she was frantically chewing on a piece of toast whilst checking […]
“All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them but confront them.” William F Halsey It’s interesting how people in business can create so much extra work for themselves and others in a world where people are time poor. It just doesn’t seem to make sense does it? I was eaves dropping (they weren’t talking […]
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