I had a call the other day from a managing director asking what I was noticing in how businesses are experiencing the WF Home / WF Office ratio right now. In my clients business the number of people coming into the office seemed to have declined and the organisation...

While June is for many, the end of the budget period and there’s the race to get leadership development work signed off before June 30, June is also a time for review, reflection and planning. I figure you’ll all be familiar with the review and the planning parts of...

I’ve been thinking a lot about finding the balance between being agile and overburdened with bureaucracy and process. Alongside this is the role of boards and the positive and negative impacts I see boards having on organisations. When does governance become stifling...

I recently spent a day in Sydney with my mentor group and my coach, and I found myself stepping into the wise elder territory (eek!) as I reflected on my approach to my business over the last 25 years. As I heard about the various life events people were dealing with...

It’s time to get clear on what really matters! Last year, after a tumultuous rollercoaster ride of a weekend where I almost committed myself to reshaping our life and putting ourselves under significant financial pressure…(if you’re thinking country real estate here...

Well here we are in 2024, my 25th year of Power Projects. I’m not sure if it’s something in the water or I’m being a whole lot more visible these days, but 2024 has kicked off to a flying start. I came back from leave earlier than usual to work with one senior...

I took a tip from James Clear’s excellent book, Atomic Habits recently and reshaped it for leadership team I was working with. In a move away from the old adage of ‘fake it ‘til you make it’ (which let’s face it, takes an enormous amount of effort and usually leaves...

Being part of the village supporting dear friends who lost their 24 year old son in a tragic accident 3+ weeks ago, I’ve been drawn back to the work of Dr Lucy Hone. I wrote a post about Hone’s work on resilience a year ago and now, as I sit with the deep pain around...

Today I had that aha moment I often have when I reflect on my coaching sessions with senior leaders. A recent coachee told me he heard himself giving advice during a performance review conversation and in that moment thought ‘bloody hell I need to take my own advice...