How many times have you walked out of a meeting feeling like you weren’t being told the whole story? What about those moments where your colleague nodded along to everything you said but you had a hunch that they didn’t feel the same as you?…
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‘You don’t listen! You lead from “my way or the highway”. People don’t come and tell you anything because they know they’ll be dismissed or ignored!’ That was Rose, a colleague of mine from over 30 years ago. The moment I heard those words, I…
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What does organisational culture actually mean? A quick Google search says that it’s those hard-to-pin down values, mindsets and behaviours which govern how teams work together. It’s also an influential factor when it comes to people’s engagement, productivity and satisfaction levels. However, if you ask…
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Driving Outcomes by Leading with a Sense of Urgency The only guarantee at any time, or anywhere in business, is change. Leading with a sense of urgency means you keep your finger on the pulse, in a time where the only predictable variable is change,…
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For leaders, the art of building strong responsible teams hinges on their ability to have robust conversations. In this article, I’ll focus on what it means to have a robust conversation and how to prepare for it. I’ll also leave you with some simple, yet…
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I was at a client in Newcastle about a decade ago, watching mining equipment being loaded up for shipping to a mine in Western Australia. The dispatcher said, “They’ll be back in a fortnight.” I was flabbergasted. “Why?” I asked. “They’ve got faults in them,”…
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If you are thinking you don’t lie to yourself, or anyone else for that matter, think again. It is not uncommon in our daily lives that we may tell a ‘white’ lie to keep ourselves or someone else happy, without realising we are actually lying…
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Being successful and telling the truth go hand in hand, not only in our personal lives, but also our professional ones. To many of us, it wouldn’t register that if we tell a lie, no matter how big or small, we are potentially hindering our…
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Running a successful business requires you to be a strong and empathetic leader. It is a widely known fact that we are unable to truly understand how our colleagues are feeling, as we cannot put ourselves in their shoes. We must therefore make the internal…
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As a leader, you will be familiar with the ins and outs of the hiring process and the gamble you regularly take in hiring a new team member. Too often have we seen the hiring process become a blind game of poking the stick in…
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