22 May 2022 | People & Management
The following excerpt is from More Time To Think by Nancy Kline … as you read think about this through the lens of how you handle your direct reports and their questions and challenges. Lanz came into my office, sweating. “I have got to figure out a...
14 Oct 2021 | People & Management
This little girl is me. She grew up below the poverty line. Her parents divorced when she was six and she spent most of her primary and secondary school days carrying three bags to school: her school bag, sports bag and an overnight bag to ping-pong between parents....
29 Jun 2021 | People & Management
New work arrangements and productivity In Australia this week we’ve had a spike in COVID cases and as I was chatting with a few people online about this I noticed some comments were, “here we go again!”. We are months and months into this pandemic, and...
14 Jul 2020 | Manage Up, People & Management
If you’ve ever watched any one part of any episode of The Real Housewives of … well, anywhere, you’ll no doubt hear an argument: five or more high pitched voices yelling to be heard. No-one listening, everyone scrambling to be heard. Everyone focused...
7 Jul 2020 | Manage Up, People & Management
Have you taken an assessment of any sort and been surprised with the results? When I take 360 degree assessments like Myers Briggs Type Indicator, DiSC or Leadership Effectiveness Assessment I always find something surprising in the results. Sometimes surprising good...
1 May 2020 | Book Club for Professional Development, People & Management
In high school I bought and read the CliffsNotes for Macbeth: I thought I was pretty savvy. Even though we read Macbeth in class and the teacher tried to explain it as we read it, the CliffsNotes, I recall, helped give me more context. Book summaries are a great way...