In late 2022 I downloaded and listened to The Resilience Project; since then, I have bought hard copies for friends and families, and I have referred many others to Audible, including my Uber driver from this morning who drove me to the airport. On our travels, we...
Leadership Development
Stronger Relationships and Being Appreciated – A Strategy to Address the Great Resignation
In our first discussion around the reasons behind the Great Resignation, we highlighted that while money and other financial benefits are clearly important to employees; it was the less tangible things like “not feeling valued and lacking a sense of belonging at work”...
Wrangling The Great Resignation – It’s Easy, Just Listen
Organisations that fail to listen to their people and have the plans and processes in place to take action when they raise their concerns, will threaten the viability of their most valuable resource, their people, and are guaranteed to fall behind.[8]
Here We Go Again – 4 Tips for Leaders to Get on the Front Foot of Omicron
Since the arrival of COVID-19, we have spoken much on the qualities needed for effective leadership in these turbulent and uncertain times – and it is good leadership which is the “hardest to do well particularly when people face objective threats, when old ways of...
What I learnt about people and leadership from over 10 years as a Hostage Negotiator.
“Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organisation.” Patrick Lencioni We as humans are surrounded by conflict and for most of us, in our personal...
Leaders need to remember that no one wakes up and wants to do a bad job
In our psychological safety series, we have discussed its importance and its link to improved company outcomes. In our final article we dig a bit deeper and examine the contribution that ongoing learning and the important role that mistakes make in the creation of a...
Personal Power, the Foundation of Good Leadership
The concept of Power – positional vs personal power has been a hot topic recently in Change2020’s coaching sessions as the hybrid working model has become the new norm and our sense of uncertainty prevails. Remote working has the potential to present challenges to...
Workplace Lessons from Tokyo
The close of an extraordinary Olympic Games in Tokyo occurred just a few days ago but the spirit of sportsmanship and the greatness and support of humanity witnessed is still reverberating across the globe. Much has been written of how needed these games were as a...
Leading with Clarity in Uncertain Times: Where to Start?
Earlier this week at the Aged & Community Services Australia Virtual Summit, our CEO Kerryn Fewster spoke on the importance for business leaders and managers in the Aged Care Sector and beyond, to nurture and lead their people through change in uncertain times....