Executive Leadership Strategies

The core foundations that will help you manage your brilliant career

You’re time-poor, and interested in your progression, but how and when do you get the chance to manage your career and consciously, thoughtfully, develop the skills you believe you need for that brilliant future career? Or, you’re time-poor, and interested...

A 70% rule can help increase your tolerance for error when you delegate

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...

Three Powerful Leadership Tweaks to Boost Your Progress

Career Acceleration, Leadership, Motivation, Performance

Let me share with you three simple yet powerful leadership tweaks that will help you boost your career. What got you here won’t get you there. This phrase, which comes from Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, is a very powerful one. Continuing to do more of what you’re good at is...

The dangers of narcissistic leaders

Increasing effectiveness, Leadership, Motivation

In a recent workshop with emerging leaders, a guest speaker highlighted the dangers of narcissistic leaders. He recounted various stories of narcissists encountered through his own career, including that of the board chair who repeatedly manipulated the agenda by...

A strategy to achieve the equal social, civic and economic participation of women

Gender diversity, Leadership, Unconscious bias

SUBMISSION TO VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT GENDER EQUALITY STRATEGY: HAVE YOUR SAY MARCH 2016 Last week I submitted the following suggestions in response to its invitation to have a say about a Victorian Gender Equality Strategy. What a great opportunity to accelerate the...