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We’re Doing Leadership All Wrong – Let’s Fix That!
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe’re doing leadership all wrong and it drives me batty 🤬 We throw people in the deep end with no training or support, and then

A Tribute to the Humble Nana Nap
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’m a HUGE fan of the nana nap. There, I said it! I often see comments like “You can sleep when you’re dead” or “Sleep

Opinion: Why We Need to Embrace Paradoxes
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe more that the world seems to be divided into extremes, the more I am drawn to the middle. Not mediocrity, fence-sitting, or refusing to

Culture element: communication
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe element of communication is one of the most significant building-blocks to your organisational culture. We spend most of our days communicating with others. But
Series: How to have great ideas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWelcome to my series on “How to have great ideas”. On this page, you’ll find links to the articles I’ve written detailing strategies for having

Great ideas: Strategy 9 – get a coach
Reading Time: 6 minutesMost of the strategies we’ve covered in the series are based around doing our thinking in groups. In this post, we’ll look at a strategy

The power of a clear “No”
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe first time I heard the phrase “No is a complete sentence”, it blew my mind. All my life, I’d believed that if I said

What Are Your Unrealised Strengths And Why Do They Matter So Much?
Reading Time: 4 minutesImagine that you are facing a problem that is preventing you from moving forward, and you don’t know how to solve. You try one thing

Why we need to ditch certainty and embrace uncertainty
Reading Time: 8 minutesCertainty is highly prized; so much of what we do and say revolves around creating certainty for ourselves, or projecting an aura of certainty for

Why you need to choose your failures
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhich of your recent failures did decide on in advance? I know, you’re probably thinking, “Aren’t I meant to be planning for my successes, not

How-to: Life area measurement exercise
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn my post on self-care, I recommend that you conduct a life area measurement exercise. This simple exercise will help you identify what aspects of

How-to: be a great leader during a crisis
Reading Time: 9 minutesLeadership is a challenging endeavour at the best of times. You’re juggling multiple streams of information, competing goals, shifting targets, and the glorious messiness that

The Link Between Appreciative Inquiry and Strengths
Reading Time: 4 minutesAppreciative Inquiry is a method for solving problems and implementing change by focusing on the positive. It emerged from the work of David Cooperrider and

Burnout or balance: which will you choose?
Reading Time: 4 minutesI love my work. I love the flexibility to choose my hours and the interesting and fun projects and activities I get to do for

Experiencing coronavirus fatigue? You’re not alone.
Reading Time: 10 minutesIn these coronavirus-impacted times, fatigue seems to be a near-universal experience. Many people are wondering why they feel so tired when they’ve just had weeks

The Best and Wisest Piece of Advice I Ever Received
Reading Time: 5 minutesBack in my early 20s, I was given a piece of advice, and told that it works in every situation that humans face. I initially