Coaching, Gender diversity, Inclusion, Increasing effectiveness, Influence, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Power, Productivity
…..and why we need to increase our comfort with reasonable doubt and modesty. Our fascination with Imposter Phenomenon (IP) seems to be part of our preoccupation with confidence as a critical component of leadership. That’s what makes it doubly challenging for...
Coaching, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Purpose
A common purpose is one of the key drivers of high engagement so if you’re going to focus on improving engagement this is one area where it’s going to really pay you back. Work engagement is: the willingness to devote energy to work, feeling a sense of...
Coaching, Collaboration, Leadership, Power
Using your power to get more of what you value might lead to personal gain, but it’s the road to a poor leadership reputation. I’ve been reflecting on power recently – well, I guess I’ve been reflecting on it since I first took on a leadership role...
Coaching, Culture, Job Satisfaction, Leadership
This chart from McKinsey helps to explain a key driver contributing to The Great Resignation. Organisations are failing to get beneath the surface of what people actually want, or listen to them when they tell them, as I’ve heard is occurring in some organisations....
Coaching, Leadership, Motivation, Purpose
Psychological safety is the start of so much that is important in leading and working well together. It builds safety and connection, which in turn nourishes trust and motivation, and that contributes in turn to growth, initiative and autonomy. For some of us, the...
Career acceleration, Coaching, Leadership
Lynda Grattan says ‘There’s a ‘silver lining’ to the pandemic: the opportunity to make work lives more purposeful, productive, agile, and flexible.’ My silver lining, as we’ve lurched from one version of lockdown to the next here in Melbourne, has been my...