MANAGING UNCERTAINTY
With so much uncertainty in the current situation and the future being rather difficult to predict, many are experiencing high levels of anxiety and fatigue. In Australia, the number of calls to help lines has…
TECH UPSKILLING
A client shared a difficult situation they were facing. They were working closely with an expert in innovation and business ideas who has been in the field for around 20 years. The issue that arose…
HOW IS YOUR TEAM?
I was discussing a team’s performance with their manager recently and what emerged was, that although the team is performing very well and are highly engaged, their manager is worried they will burn out. The…
IN YOU WE TRUST
COVID has brought about vast changes in the way we work. With employees being forced to work from home becoming the new norm, managers have had to place more trust in them to ensure that…
LOST IN TRANSITION
A leader I am working with is seeking to make profound change within his organisation and feels that it should be done without creating waves. It has raised a perplexing question for me – Is…
TAKING GLOBAL TO THE NEXT LEVEL
A client of mine has recently been engaged to set up a new business in the US. He is located in Australia and will need to assemble a team of around 30 people to deliver…
WHEN TO CHANGE?
I’m working with a client that is highly successful in their field in large part due to some excellent decisions that were made a couple of decades ago. The current CEO is keen to change…
LOCALISATION – HOW OUR WORLD HAS SHRUNK
The reimposition of lockdown and the restrictions on travel both domestically and internationally, have meant that for me much of my work has been limited to being online. In a usual year I make quite…
INCLUSION VS EXCLUSION
During a recent webinar, we did an activity centred on the participants’ experiences of Inclusion and Exclusion and the impact it has. We then debriefed the activity and during that discussion, a participant shared her…
DIVERSITY IN THE ROOM
Having recently been engaged by an organisation to deliver some sessions on Cultural Intelligence, I was reminded how much diversity is always present in the room, even when it may not be overtly apparent. With…
