Why To Be A Rule Breaker Why To Be A Rule Breaker Rules are designed to provide structure, ensure fairness, comply with laws and standards, and ensure consistency for people across processes and procedures. But do they really serve us? How might breaking the rules be...
The Power Move You Need to Make for High Performance As a leader, directing seems instinctive. But leveling out power dynamics and moving from an autocrat to a collaborator has the power to transform both the performance and wellbeing of your team. In this article for...
Use Your Bias for Good Use Your Bias for Good Psychology tells us that we are biased to notice and remember the negative more than the positive, so how can we use this to our advantage? Perhaps what ‘not good’ looks like is just as important… Transcript...
The Value of Deviance The Value of Deviance To be called a ‘deviant’ isn’t something we necessarily aspire to, but when it comes to leading exceptionally perhaps it’s just what we need. Maybe it’s time to be less normal… Transcript I’ve been thinking for a while...
Embracing Millenials in the Age of AI A generation vital to the workplace, Millennials, or Gen Y’s, are now approaching their mid-40’s. As lovers of technology, they’re not fearful of AI, but rather engage with it to seek workplace improvement and explore how it can...
How to create thriving culture without anymore ‘to do’s’ Studies have found that the most successful leaders no longer waste time and energy trying to ‘manage’ the motivation, engagement and commitment of others. Instead, they continuously invest in building a culture...
Why Love is your Number One Leadership Strategy in the Workplace Every one of us shares the same deep psychological need to be seen, respected and valued. Current events are leading many of us to ask, ‘What really matters right now?’ And increasingly, people are...
Why Leaders need a more Humanistic Approach to Accountability These are the symptoms of an epidemic of underperformance that’s driven by issues with accountability. From broken promises and unrealistic expectations to finger pointing and cultures of avoidance and...
Could you be an Anti-Hero Leader? Could you be an Anti-Hero Leader? I loved Batman and Wonder Woman as a child, but the super-heroes we grow up with give us expectations about the role of leaders. Is that really what good leadering looks like? Maybe it’s time to take...
3 Essential Ways to Help your Team be Less Fragile With two out of three workers in Australia reporting that they are experiencing burnout, and that this is impacting their physical mental, emotional and social health, feeling exhausted with the tiny traumas of...
How to Deal with Dysfunctional Team Dynamics Whether we like it or not, all teams have the potential to become dysfunctional. Why? Because they are made up of fallible, perfectly imperfect human beings—like you and me! And while each of us knows that working together...
The Leaders’ Ecosystem – Magical Learning Podcast What is the best way to create a good ecosystem for leaders? What can leaders do to create a good ecosystem for themselves? In this episode of the Magical Learning Podcast, Dr Paige Williams discusses her...
