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What High Performing Teams Are Doing Right Now
July / August is choc-a-bloc with teams re-setting and realigning for the new financial year. My industry colleagues and I are busier than ever which is always a good thing! While things might feel a bit uncertain for many businesses (I’m hearing a little bit of...
You Can’t Lead Strategically Without This One Habit
What I’m noticing is my ever-decreasing attention span when I’m doing ‘deep thinking’ kind of work. It’s been a gradual creep and now I’m admitting I am easily distracted and if I’m not careful, I’m checking LinkedIn (because that’s work related hey!) or FB or Insta...
Your Message Matters More Than Ever. What Your Team Really Needs to Hear Right Now
There’s a lot of noise right now. Economic doom. Profit warnings. Supply chain dramas. Tariffs. Risk. Recession. The headlines are loud, persistent and heavy. And they’re landing on leadership teams already stretched to capacity. The weight of it is real. And what I’m...
Everyone’s Talking About A Shift. At a Crossroads? Here’s What to Do Next
What I’m noticing in just about every conversation with leaders right now is this: everyone’s talking about a shift. A turn. A moment where something’s changing - in the business, in the team, their career, in their own leadership. I describe it as being at an...
Overwhelm Is the New Normal But It Doesn’t Have to Be. Feeling Swamped? Ask Yourself These 4 Questions
Leaders everywhere are drowning. And what I’m noticing is that overwhelm is fast becoming the default state, and it’s not surprising. When we’re at inflection points in business and life, when there are choices and changes to be made, we’re usually faced with a...
Stuck at a Turning Point? This Might Be Why
You know, it could simply be that it’s the word I picked for myself this year (that one word or value I want to bring into everything I do in my business) but I’m noticing a real need for an injection of courage in leadership right now. I’m seeing businesses facing...
The runaway train of 2025 – 5 essential questions to get you on track.
It’s the start of the year, but for many leaders, that holiday glow has already faded. A week or two back at work, and it’s like you never left—fires to put out, projects on top of projects being launched or requested, team members still finding their rhythm, looming...
Why It’s Time to Rethink Your Calendar Rules
It might be only a matter of weeks ‘til Christmas but it’s definitely time for a re-set! Perhaps the biggest thing I’m noticing right now is how little time I have been able to devote to writing – both this newsletter and LinkedIn posts – so I’m not sharing what I...
An experimental approach to structure. What might be possible?
Quite a few of the leaders I’m working with are in the midst of implementing new structures in their teams or organisations. A common theme that’s emerging is the immense pressure to get the structure just right. There's often a sense that you only have one shot, and...
Novak Djokovic recently gave his top tips for athletes to adopt post Olympics you might be surprised..
Novak Djokovic recently gave his top tips for athletes to adopt post Olympics. It was an off the cuff question and he answered it in such a thoughtful and considered way. His response: Breathing – focus on it, learn about it, master control of the breath to help...
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