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14 Sep, 2022

IWD 2022: The Surprising Hidden Bias You Can Help Women Break

This post was published as the International Women’s Day 2022 blog by the Institute of Public Administration Australia (Qld). As a woman with an Anglo-Saxon, Christian background, I know how…

16 Apr, 2021

Why being addicted to achievement blinds you to your self-worth

If you have a high drive to succeed as a leader, you will most likely ask yourself what makes a great leader? Or, how to develop effective leadership skills? Unfortunately,…

15 Mar, 2021

Are you failing your kids when you try to be a good leader?

As a leader, developing your leadership skills to leave the workplace better than when you arrived can be very satisfying. And, if you are a leader and a parent, you…

10 Mar, 2021

How to stand out with every interaction – Part one

People can make the mistake of thinking stakeholder engagement only happens as part of a project or change initiative. If a stakeholder is any person or group that can affect…

23 Jan, 2021

Is your team quietly screaming out for good conversation? Part three

Hopefully, by now, your teams are having more conversations that get results. Part one and Part two of this series provided some key strategies you can implement as a leader.…

22 Jan, 2021

Is your team quietly screaming out for good conversation? Part two

In the second part of this blog, I want to help you shift your conversations to ones that get results. Conversations, where your team builds upon, instead of shutting down ideas.…

21 Jan, 2021

Is your team quietly screaming out for good conversation? Part one

Does your team have conversations that get results? Or do they have a lot of discussions? You know, the ones where they talk and try to influence each other why…

22 Nov, 2020

Why a consultant and coach in one is better

How do you choose a consultant, and why you should find one who uses a coaching approach? Since leaving public service, I have worked through many personal discoveries. This involved…