Coaching, Increasing effectiveness, Leadership
Recently I’ve been doing a number of workshops with organisations that want to be fairer and more inclusive. That boils down to making better decisions in general, and in particular, better decisions about people. Good decisions that don’t bias people and at the same...
Career Acceleration, Increasing effectiveness, Leadership
Recently there was some interesting research published from McKinsey based on workers in Germany, India, US and UK which points to the value of moving organisations, and moving relatively often if you want to gain the most in earnings. The authors claim that such...
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...
Increasing effectiveness, Job Satisfaction, Leadership, Productivity
Do you know how many of your leaders are getting up at 4am in order to ‘get their work done’ before the day’s meeting frenzy begins? It’s likely to be more than you think. Or perhaps not – perhaps you’re also trying this tactic to get on top of your meeting overload?...
Culture, Ideal Learning State, Increasing effectiveness, Influence, Leadership, Motivation, Purpose
The debate continues about whether or not, at least in Australia, the Great Resignation is a ‘thing’. Or whether it’s a ‘great realignment’, ‘great reshuffle’, or ‘great retention……. I reckon that coming out of two years of crisis, challenge and change, the one great...
Coaching, Increasing effectiveness, Leadership, Performance
A key reason for increasing how much you delegate is that often too many low risk decisions are made at senior levels and that means that you lose focus on strategy and oversight. Delegating helps to rebalance the amount of time devoted to low risk/importance vs high...