Could You Be Making Your Team Fragile?

Could You Be Making Your Team Fragile? Are you feeling burnt out?If so, you’re not alone. According to research I’ve been involved with in Australian workplaces in the last six weeks, over 68% of workers are experiencing burnout. It’s no surprise. The...

Are you Partnering with You?

Are you Partnering with You? Every relationship has a power dynamic. Every relationship. I’m sure you know this, but let’s just make it super clear and explicit. The question is whether it’s a Power-Over – where we do things to or for –...

How can you Partner when all around you aren’t?

How can you Partner when all around you aren’t? How can we Partner when structures and culture don’t support it? was a question that was raised at The Leaders Surgery in July. And it’s a good one, because it can feel overwhelming to go against the prevailing paradigm,...

Are you doing leadership To, For or With?

Are you doing leadership To, For or With? Choice, sovereignty, and autonomy are fundamental human needs and having them removed triggers a powerful threat response in our brain. Low autonomy was one of the factors cited as undermining well-being in a survey of more...

Can Accountability Thrive Amidst Bureaucracy?

Can Accountability Thrive Amidst Bureaucracy? In a recent blog I shared the challenge a large insurance firm client of mine was facing in resetting accountability across their organisation.  Normalising personal ownership and collective responsibility across complex,...