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Keeping Up With The Latest Leadership Trends – Three Questions Aspiring Leaders Need To Ask Themselves

Posted on May 11, 2022 12 Comments

In today’s world of the post information super highway, how does an aspiring leader, or an established leader for that matter, keep up with the latest leadership trends without getting lost in all the information that is available at their fingertips? Information Super Highway – an electronic network that moves information around really fast e.g. […]

Team Members as Leaders – In 4 Easy Steps

Posted on April 20, 2022 13 Comments

In today’s post, I thought I would revisit and share with you Bruce Tuckman’s model regarding teams, however, this time from an approach of encouraging team members as leaders… For those who don’t know, Bruce Tuckman (Smith, 2005) was an educational psychologist who came up with a model regarding small groups (teams) that I believe […]

The Legacy of Greatness – Vale Bacchus

Posted on March 11, 2022 11 Comments

In the space of a day, last Friday, Australian sport and the cricketing world lost two giants of the game – Rod Marsh and Shane Warne. My story is about one of those legends – the colossus known as Bacchus! Rod Marsh aka Bacchus (Iron Gloves ) He loomed over my earliest cricket memories like […]

The Way To A CEO’s Heart – One Clear Rule ♥️

Posted on February 14, 2022 26 Comments

So here we are, it’s Valentine’s Day once again and I thought I would share some musings on how to reach a CEO’s heart. Valentine’s Day in a Previous Life I have (we have) never been great observers of Valentine’s Day. We have done the odd thing here and there over the years, but nothing […]

If You Were A Sailor, What Type of Leader Would You Be? Exploring the 8 Styles of Leadership

Posted on January 21, 2022 8 Comments

I thought I would have some fun regarding leadership styles and applying them to the Golden Age of Sail… From the mid 1600s through to the sub mid 1700s, buccaneers, pirates and naval captains were busily plying their respective trades. It was all about the treasure, and in particular, the treasure of Spain. After this […]

Trial by Fire – The Challenge of Being A Leader in the Public Arena And 5 Ways To Deal With It

Posted on January 11, 2022 15 Comments

I wasn’t born a leader… And yet, it happened. I became one. Along the way though, I pushed back against “the call to arms” many times. Just because I dealt with injustice, resolved matters of inequality and helped the down trodden, didn’t mean I was a leader. However, others thought I was a leader because […]

What I Look For In A Leader (And What You Should Look For Too) – 4 Key Pillars

Posted on January 4, 2022 18 Comments

When leading people through the murky and turbulent seas of life in its different forms, there are four components I look for in leaders… The lighthouse graphic shows the four key elements you need to weigh up when steering your team to greater success. Of course, these elements are just as applicable when trying to […]

What Leaders Are Not – Perfect

Posted on August 20, 2021 25 Comments

In case you didn’t know, leaders are all seeing and all knowing (errr, no they’re not)… The perception… In today’s world, and I suspect the perception for quite some time, is that, leaders are supposed to be perfect. Well, that’s what the media appears to keep projecting anyway. Before the advent of TV, and the […]

Employee Engagement – 4 Key Steps

Posted on July 30, 2021 20 Comments

Keeping employees engaged is an ongoing challenge for any leader in an organisation. This presentation sets out the four key processes you can use and adapt to break through the engagement hoodoo 😊 I have converted the presentation I use regarding employee engagement into movie format. The presentation has a pause function so that you […]

Faster is Slower – Managing Impossible Deadlines

Posted on July 16, 2021 17 Comments

Here is something for you to think about: Pushing for an outcome right now, when you haven’t considered all the inputs, will lead to either a very messy and costly solution or even one with no outputs or outcome at all! Most of us are familiar with Aesop’s fables and one in particular regarding the […]