THE CONTEXT Wouldn’t it be great if our leaders all knew how to coach their people and bring out their best? “Well, we don’t really need that at our level, but if you want to do some coaching in the call centre, that’s fine.” said the CEO to the Senior…

I’ve been coaching a number of senior executives and noticed some themes arising. These people are each very senior, very experienced leaders, making good contributions and acknowledged as performing well. Yet each of them feel they are being stifled. They feel their ability to contribute is being limited, and that…

In a conversation with my client David, a senior leader working in people and culture, he mentioned an activity where he had been asked to step in and help another leader. …

Have you ever felt like your brain is full? You have so much going on, it’s hard to keep up, to know if you are getting everything done? And you have that nagging feeling that you are forgetting something important? Maybe you have had a great idea and think to…

In recent months I’ve been asked many variations of this question by podcast hosts, leaders, at conferences and by clients. What is different in the world of leadership? What are the new attributes of leadership? What is fundamentally different about leadership now? I’m not sure what you think. Here are…

Leveraging online is strategically significant, likely mission critical, for creating sustainable and relevant organisations. Yet many leaders have either failed to recognise the importance of operating effectively online or failed to take decisive action. These are some of the words on the back cover of my book You’re On Mute…

Did you know that less than 15% of the population are high-performing? And that high performers spend at least 65% of their work effort and time on the things that have high impact and are not urgent? 🔶 Are your leaders stressed and working long hours? 🔶 Are your leaders focused…

I recently shared some news that was very exciting for me. A bit of a milestone that I achieved, which was to gain my CSP. This is a Certified Speaking Professional. The highest accreditation globally within the professional speaking industry. This gave me a real sense of achievement, and I’m…

This week I’ve been working with a few different groups of amazing and high performing leaders. While we’ve been talking about a range of things, including how to take ownership of their own careers, play to their leadership strengths, build their confidence, resilience and wellbeing, there has been a recurring…