John Maltby says that the scariest question in the world is “So tell me about yourself……”
And he’s right – we all fumble that one when asked, don’t we?
You know how
No, I’m not spruiking a new diet – I’m talking about change!
The ‘horrible middle’ is a phrase coined by Harvard’s Rosabeth Kantor, who says that change is
“90% perspiration and 10%
As a leader, everything you do is visible, watched and judged. Yet so many of us go about our daily work with much thought of our reputation.
My client had put in very little
When I was running the Talent Acquisition Team at Australia Post, I was in pretty much in charge of HOW the work got done. I thought this was great – top of my game – but I was
Achieving a level of mastery over what we do is core to our confidence as leaders.
Josh Kayman says it takes 20hrs of practice to be ‘pretty good’ – Malcolm Gladwell says it takes 10,000hrs of
David Rock says there are 5 buttons we can press on humans that result in derailing, disruptive behaviour. We literally fight, flee or freeze – none of them particularly useful when collaborating!
The buttons are:
I’m really excited to be MC’g at Pausefest in Feb this year – the world’s leading festival for business and creativity.
Pause Fest is an independent, industry-driven movement with a mission to bring diverse intelligence
If your people are acting like children, then they’ve likely been made to feel like children by you. – Jeff Nischwitz
When I first started working with many of my clients, their mindest was firmly
Only the second day back to work for me, and I’m definitely feeling the post-holiday blahs! Not post-holiday blue, just blah. It is WAY harder than I expected to be getting up earlier, going back to personal training,
Change has an end date. Not any more. Change has changed. It makes people anxious if they know organisational change is coming, so keep it secret. They already know. They’re already anxious. And no-one likes surprises.Carrot and stick