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The Under-utilised Engagement Tool
How much do you love staff engagement surveys? I never enjoyed completing them for one singular reason: nothing happened! I never saw any follow up to any survey sharing any results, even high level results. Nothing was ever shared about what initiatives came from...
Who’s Your First Team?
"I have a great team, they know I have their back and I feel like they have mine too." "My team and I confide in each other and I get a sense of deep trust between us." "I see my direct reports - my team - as closer and generally more important that the management...
Do you overthink the why?
When people I ask to do something, to delegate to them, decline I often wonder why. Hmmm, I've thought about matching the task with the right person, I've considered the person carefully and from my perspective they would be great. So why did they say "no"? From...
Wrangling the persistent ideas pusher!
Have you ever had someone present an idea and be insistent on you approving it; they take every opportunity (or perceived opportunity) to pitch, present, push their idea forward. Initially, maybe you gently pushed back by saying something like, "Leave it with me."...
Who are you lifting?
One of the keynote speeches I deliver is a message for the C-Suite to engage quicker, deeper and more effectively with their middle managers. CEO’s tell me they want their middle managers to simply get on with it. They trust them, and obviously want them to...
Leading a remote / hybrid team still?
Many organisations have done well to embrace a blended approach to working whether it's hybrid, or fully remote. And some businesses have struggled and are calling everyone back into the office - some at threat job loss. My neighbour was sharing how his boss was...
Who’s got your back?
Leadership can be lonely but it doesn't have to be. Recently, during a speaking engagement in Sydney, I happen to be in the suburb of St Leonards where I walked past an old haunt, the Moody Café. [I lived in Sydney many years ago.] I had forgotten about the cafe...
Is this a coincidence?
So, last Saturday (17th) was International Day of Listening and this week (19th - 25th) is International Week of Happiness at Work! Is this a confidence that happiness at work follows listening? Probably, right? But what a great and somewhat logical coincidence!...
International Day of Listening
What a great skill to celebrate, and to celebrate on an international scale. think of all the historical tragedies that could have been avoided if listening was better ... wars, assassinations and massacres could have been, I'd like to believe, totally avoided if...
WIIFT: Refocus with Why
The statement a mentor shared with me ... "If price is a question then the value hasn't been made clear." is so valuable. It is so helpful for leaders and managers because if you get push back when setting up a delegation of work, seeking collaboration on a...
Pace, Space and Grace
In a constantly connected and wired (or wireless WiFi) world, it's critical that you check your pace. Do you need to slow it down? Pings, dings, beeps and notifications all scream for your attention, and we have, to varying degrees, fallen into some type of habit...
What are you reading?: Leaders are Readers!
At the end of this month, the Professional Development Book Club will get together and discuss this quarter's read. The club members voted on Four thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. I'm looking forward to the discussion and learning...