How to lift performance and lower burnout How to lift performance and lower burnout Exceptional leaders seek and use leverage points. These are the small actions in one thing that produce a big change in everything. So, as budgets get tighter and performance pressure...
To be a leader others want to follow takes inspiration To be a leader others want to follow takes inspiration When we’re inspired we energize people in pursuit of a better future, we foster enthusiasm and commitment to progress – even in the face of challenges –...
Have you Built your Village? Have you Built your Village? It takes a village to raise a child, so the saying goes, and I reckon the same is true of exceptional leaders. The difference is, they intentionally build a village of people, practices and processes that help...
Are You Using This Strategic Tool? Are You Using This Strategic Tool? How many ‘new’ leadership skills or tools have you read about this week? Well there’s one strategic tool that’s always in your toolkit, but I wonder if you’re using it to it’s full power? Let’s find...
Why What You Do Matters Why What You Do Matters When we’re leading in complex and changing contexts, it can feel like nothing we do makes a difference. But what you do matters more than you think and in ways you’ve probably never realised. Here’s why. Transcript This...
What Your People Need From You Now What Your People Need From You Now The impact of operating in complex and chaotic environments is one of the key contributors to people experiencing burnout. We can’t change the context but we can help our people make progress...
How Not To Be An A-Hole How Not To Be An A-Hole Doing accountability better is the single most important thing we can do to lift possibility, progress and performance for ourselves and the people and systems we lead. But what does this look like in action? How can we...
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...
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...
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...
The antidote to overwhelm The antidote to overwhelm Accelerating change and increasing job demands mean that everyone is feeling stretched. And this is particularly true for leaders as they manage the inherent tension between delivering on the commercial outcomes for...
