Your Leadership Anchor
“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.” ~ Brian Tracy Have you ever worked with someone who was his or her own downfall? They have […]
So What Do I Say if I Can’t Say I’m Busy?
This is one of the most common questions I am asked by leaders and by participants in my workshops when I encourage them to stop the ‘busy’ language. There is a genuine look of fear and confusion on their faces. How would I respond or what on earth will I say if I can’t say […]
Recognising the Power of Recognition.
I was sitting with an employee last week. We were having a conversation about his role, the likes, dislikes and everything in between. He’s performing well and feels he goes above and beyond what is expected of him in his role, which gives him a sense of personal satisfaction. But something was missing for him. […]
Don’t Do a Conflict Runner.
“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 […]
Avoiding the Tidal Wave.
I was talking with a friend at the start of the year who described her 2017-year like this; ‘The year started with excitement after a great 4 week break. I had ideas how I wanted the year to be, reflected on the previous year and what I needed to do differently and was going to […]
The Business of Being Occupied.
Have our minds become so numbed by the distractions, tasks and challenges of our over stimulated and overwhelmed culture that the only way we can describe the work we are doing, our actions, our lives is busy? In one of my Busy? What are you busy doing? workshops last week I asked the team what […]
Could a Remedial Massage Help Your Leadership?
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 […]
Five Questions to Identify What Needs to Change.
George Bernard Shaw said, “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Wise words and yet change is something that people find hard to deal with and often fear the most. With any change comes challenge, however, if we aren’t openly embracing and implementing change in our dynamic […]
Houston, We Have a Problem.
“Houston, we have a problem” is a popular quote from the movie Apollo 13 as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion that crippled their spacecraft. I think if there was a ‘Leadership Mission Control Centre’ there would be many voices sending the same message down the line – we have a problem and […]
Who Holds the Power?
Maddy was incredibly excited to get to work. She was thrilled to have been asked to think about some ideas on how the culture of the business could be improved by the company directors. She’d work in the business for some time now and hadn’t been personally asked to contribute like this before. Maddy had […]