• 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

  • MAKE BETTER DECISIONS

    MAKE BETTER DECISIONS

    The workplace will present you with a number of decision points throughout the day.  Some of these will be small decisions, and some will be big decisions which impact other people, organisational outcomes or future direction.  Of all the various options you could choose, how do you know which is the better option? How do… Read more

  • CAN YOU PLEASE JUST TELL ME WHAT I’M DOING RIGHT?

    CAN YOU PLEASE JUST TELL ME WHAT I’M DOING RIGHT?

    In the words of Maya Angelou “people may soon forget the words you say… but they never forget how your words make them feel.”  So how can we use this same principle when giving feedback to our people? Read more

  • WHY YOU NEED A CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER…

    WHY YOU NEED A CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER…

    You won’t get any argument from me about the importance of the various corporate functions that deliver organisational performance and success.  Your C-suite will probably reflect those roles that are most valued by the organisation.  You will likely have a Chief Executive Officer (or similar,) some business line Executive Directors or General Managers, and then… Read more