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  • HOW WILL OUR KIDS SURVIVE THE WORKPLACE?

    HOW WILL OUR KIDS SURVIVE THE WORKPLACE?

    If you are a parent then you know what I’m talking about.  You have dedicated yourself to protecting your offspring, providing everything they need and want (far more than you ever had growing up), keeping them safe from harm, from cyber bullying, from people being mean to them or saying hurtful things. Our kids have Read more

  • INVESTING IN YOUR PEOPLE

    INVESTING IN YOUR PEOPLE

    There is an old joke about the dangers of investing time, money and effort into your people… CFO says: “What happens if we invest in developing our people and they leave?” CEO says: “What happens if we don’t, and they stay?” I’m not sure why people think this is a joke because the reality of Read more

  • WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A ‘HOT COALS’ LEADER?

    WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A ‘HOT COALS’ LEADER?

    Many years ago… more than I really care to think about, I had a manager who was what I would term a hot coals leader. The term ‘hot coals’ leader is someone that you would walk across hot coals for, even though they would never ask you to do that. Those familiar with Tony Robbins Read more

  • IT’S A TEAM MEETING NOT A CHRISTMAS DINNER

    IT’S A TEAM MEETING NOT A CHRISTMAS DINNER

    I don’t know if you’ve ever had one of those family gatherings where the extended family gets together for the first time in a long time, and nobody has either forgiven or forgotten the debacle of the last one?  Maybe it’s just my family?  I remember one particular Christmas many years ago where my Dad Read more

  • THE ONE MISSING INGREDIENT IN YOUR TEAM

    THE ONE MISSING INGREDIENT IN YOUR TEAM

    I’ve been doing a lot of work with leaders and their teams over the past fifteen years or so, and I discovered one absolute truth.  In every single team where there is dysfunction (and by dysfunction I mean performance issues, conduct or behavioural issues, backstabbing, gossiping, blame cultures, a lack of accountability etc) there is Read more

  • HOW TO BUILD PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE TEAMS

    HOW TO BUILD PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE TEAMS

    I was watching something on tv the other day and there was an interaction between two colleagues in the workplace.  The first said that “for all intensive purposes” what he had done was the right thing to do.  His colleague immediately jumped in and corrected him saying that the phrase he was looking for was Read more