Why you need to stop cracking every nut with a sledgehammer
The fable “The North Wind and the Sun” highlights the importance of recognising not every situation can be approached in the same way. In the story, the North Wind and…
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How to reduce wasted time and effort when dealing with complexity
COVID-19 finally caught up with me after three years of managing to avoid the dreaded virus. I wasn’t a close contact and I have no idea where I contracted the…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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.…
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…
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…