Collaboration – Part II
Collaboration often seems like a simple and straightforward process, but in practice it is anything but. This month, particularly in light of all the chaos that is swirling around the international political stage currently, I…
Collaboration
Over the last couple of months, I have shared a number of practical tools to help both advance team dynamics and also highlight the importance of good leadership. This month I want to delve a…
The Leadership Journey
A few months ago I wrote about the “Hero, Hardship, Highlight” activity;(https://culturalsynergies.com/newsletter/issue75-11-17.html). This activity helps to facilitate the building of relationships, collaboration between team members and develop higher levels of trust within the team. This…
Isn’t inclusion all about being nice to people?
This is a question that I was recently asked during an interview for a podcast and I want to provide a perspective on that in this newsletter. A definition of ‘Diversity’ is the mosaic of…
Interesting Or Interested?
During the Christmas period I was having lunch with two of my business colleagues and my new Practice Manager. The discussion ranged in topics from work, life-experiences to children. Although everyone was participating I observed…
Mysteries and Puzzles
Earlier this month, I attended a conference where Malcolm Gladwell was the keynote speaker. Gladwell is a writer for the New Yorker and has written a number of books. Some of his books include The…
Hero, Hardship, Highlight
Last week I was working with a senior leadership team and part of my brief was around developing higher levels of trust within the team. I used an exercise that had been successfully utilised by…
Talk Less, Ask More
“When you’re the CEO of a large organization – or even a small one – your greatest responsibility is to recognize whether it requires a major change in direction. Indeed, no bold new course of…
Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
For this month’s newsletter, I have reproduced an article that was recently featured on the Procurious website as part of their Women in Procurement campaign. The original article can be found here. WHY FIT IN…
Cultural Diversity Week 2017
This week kicks off Victoria’s annual Cultural Diversity Week and I was fortunate to attend The Premier’s Gala Dinner with my wife over the weekend to celebrate its launch. This year’s theme is ‘Our journey,…
