"Passengers thrown from a sinking ship into lifeboats haven't taken up rowing. This is not a new normal, it is a temporary abnormal." In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, I confess I was guilty of using the now over-worn clichés 'unprecedented', 'navigating the new...
After months of working from home, many people in Australia will be returning to the office, or their place of work, in the coming weeks. Safety is a core human need, coming straight after food and shelter. Your team may therefore not be ready or able...
"Even in our grimmest moments, we can hold despair in one hand, and hope in the other."- Jess Hill When so many are losing people they love, jobs, businesses, apparent futures, it has seemed too soon and gratingly overly positive to attempt to silver line COVID-19. This...
"It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked”. Warren Buffet In dynamic and uncertain situations with emergent risk changing daily, leaders are facing questions they may not have answers to and anxiety levels are building rapidly. Leaders are not immune to doubt, fear,...
2020 has started badly. This summer’s catastrophic bush-fires caused loss of life, property, wildlife and income and even those not directly affected were bombarded with distressing imagery. The fires put a strain on our collective mental health, and many people are still struggling and will continue to...
“Burnout is the index of the dislocation between what people are and what they have to do. It represents an erosion in value, dignity, spirit, and will – an erosion of the human soul. It is a malady that spreads gradually and continuously over...
I posted this week an article discussing the urgent need in our organisations for humble leaders to act like better humans and expressed the view that humble leadership should not be confused with weakness but rather as a means to free, fuel and inspire our...
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."- Laozi There is a crisis building in many of our organisations. Declining resourcing, employee engagement, wellbeing and performance. Accompanied by an acceleration in...
"Humans have subdued 75 per cent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable."- Diane Ackerman There was the Industrial Age, which saw seismic changes in how...
“It’s your fault that I forgot, because you didn’t remind me.”- Anonymous Is there someone you interact with who consistently makes you feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster? Someone who is friendly one day but sulks and withdraws the next? Or do they...