CEO Sabbatical
What if the best thing your CEO could do… is step away for three months? We talk a lot about burnout in the social sector, and rightly so, it’s a real thing. Encouragingly, I’m hearing more leaders embrace the idea of “white space” – intentionally blocking out diary time for reflection, blue sky thinking, planning […]
Leadership Tension in the Care Sector
Is it becoming harder to attract and retain Executives and Non-Executive Board Directors in the care sector? As we (rightly) strengthen regulatory and governance frameworks to ensure safety and quality of care, we also need leaders who are agile, adaptable, forward-thinking and deeply committed to helping people not just stay safe, but truly thrive. In […]
Emotion – No Longer the Poor Cousin
As human beings, we’re hard wired to experience emotions, and whether we realise it or not, our emotions strongly influence our thoughts, decisions and behaviour. Emotion is simply energy running through the body, and how we express an emotion is a release of that energy. It’s helpful to steer away from labelling emotions as positive […]
Getting Unstuck
Do you remember playing with magnets as a kid, and how cool it was when you found something that stuck? It felt like magic! And did you ever try to put two magnets together the wrong way around, with the like poles together, and see how they repel? Making changes in my life often reminds […]
Coaching in a Crisis – There’s No Time Like Now
In talking with my colleagues, clients and friends, I’m struck by the incredible opportunity we have right now for growth. In spite of, or almost because of, the global challenge we’re faced with, we have an opportunity to step up to really being the Personal Best version of ourselves, for each other, and for the […]
Is No News Good News?
A consistent complaint I hear from almost every employee I work with is ‘I don’t get enough feed-back…How do I know if I’m doing a good job?…I just want to know if I’m meeting expectations… ‘ But no news is good news, right? Surely if our performance wasn’t up to standard, or we were behaving […]
Let’s Get Engaged!
As an employee, it’s pretty easy to feel your engagement levels going up and down. When you’re engaged, you’re purposeful, productive, and passionate, driven by an inner sense of meaning and self-sustaining energy. You know your engagement is waning when you start to question, judge, make excuses, lose interest, care less. At its worst, low […]
Trust Me I’m A Manager….
No matter what kind of relationship we’re talking about – intimate partners or a workplace team, trust is critical to the health of the relationship. And the health of the relationship impacts directly on the well-being and functioning of those in it. In the case of a work team, healthy relationships are critical for high […]
Learning From Legends
OK, so I wouldn’t put myself in the ‘legend’ category by any account, but I did represent Australia as our first female visually impaired down-hill ski racer, so I learnt a lot about being your personal best during this part of my life. And the morning after two of the most epic sporting contests the […]
Under the Bonnet
It can be scary looking under the bonnet of your car…you don’t know what you might find, and what you don’t know can’t hurt you, right? Well maybe, until the car breaks down in the middle of the freeway necessitating an expensive tow, an engine reconstruction and a whole lot of inconvenient Uber rides while […]