This week I was lucky enough to stumble across one of my favourite songs of all time that always gets me nostalgic and emotional and seems to touch my very s...

Have you recalibrated your expectations of performance during this time of lockdown or are you expecting yourself (and everyone else) to be at the same level...

“At times of crisis, it's more important than ever to check in on your own well-being and that of those around you." Prof. Brett McDermott How are you doing?...

I’m thinking of my clients and colleagues out there who maybe have been Corona-ed (my new word for a person who is sick, stressing or struggling as a result ...

I’m sure I’m not the only one who finds the behaviour of some of our elected political leaders ‘fascinating’, to say the least, from a leadership perspective...

“When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor E. Frankl Over Christmas, I stayed in Benalla in north-eas...

As the end of the year fast approaches, I’ve been aware of things being not quite right within myself. I’ve been trying to check in with myself more and sit w...

I’ve been stewing over this tip for a while now and I can’t hold it back anymore. In all the research I’ve been doing around high performing teams and leader...

How much time and energy do many of us spend planning and developing strategies to work around people’s poor behaviour, to “deal” with them, to act on what w...

It’s an incredible feeling to be in the presence of someone who you can see is changing the world through their work. Last week I had the pleasure of attendi...

Great inspiration for us all! What do you dare to dream?? This Twitter post from new Wimbledon champ Simona Halep really caught my attention. Why? Because I’...

Let’s face it. For some of the teams I work with and my coaching clients, behaviour change can be really hard. They come to a workshop or coaching session. T...

The number one priority for the majority of my coaching clients over the past four months has been identifying who they are as a leader, what they stand for ...

“In team meetings I really want my staff to contribute so I can hear their ideas and issues but often I ask a question and there’s just silence”, said one le...

In my last two newsletters I’ve delved into the results of some game-changing research about what enables high-performing teams - the importance of positive ...

In my last newsletter I shared results from a global study done by Google that revealed the key component to unlocking success for our teams and enabling the...

Why is it that some teams perform really well together while others are dysfunctional? What if we could discover the key components that will unlock success ...

Did you know that although 95% of people think they’re self-aware, only 10 to 15% actually are? This was one of the surprising results of a five-year, large...

Imagine you’re digging a trench. To dig the trench the tool you select is a shovel. After digging for a while you get tired but you know you’ve got to keep d...

I was facilitating a program for emerging leaders in an industry sector a few years ago and what one participant said still sticks very clearly in my mind. C...