The Amazon Executive Story: A Simple Mindset Shift That Saves Leaders Hours Every Week
Picture this for a moment. An Amazon executive shared that he receives 1,500 to 2,000 emails every single day. Out of those, only 15 to 20 a
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Communication
Most leadership friction is a communication problem in disguise. These articles give you the scripts, frameworks, and mindset shifts to communicate with impact.
The BRIDGE Model for Influence When Everyone Has Other Priorities
How to get voluntary commitment when your project isn't their top priority
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Stop Wasting Everyone's Time: How to Plan Meetings That Actually Matter
Most people’s meetings are broken. Not just inefficient – completely broken.
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The Leadership Lesson Most Senior Leaders Learn Too Late
An Amazon executive once shared that he receives 1,500 to 2,000 emails every single day. Out of all those messages, only 15 to 20 are genuin
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When HR Says "Be More Strategic" – What Leaders Actually Need to Hear
Every month, thousands of performance reviews include the same vague feedback: "You need to step up" or "Be more strategic."
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Leadership Energy: The Invisible Force That Shapes Your Team's Performance
Your leadership impact isn't just about what you say or do. It's about the energy you bring into every room, every meeting, every decision.
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What the Grand Canyon Taught Me About Business Decisions
Standing in the depths of the Grand Canyon as the sun set, I faced a problem that would later define how I think about leadership decisions.
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Busy Work vs Breakthrough Work
When I coach managers of managers, I see the same pattern. Diaries full. Meetings that update but do not decide. Teams busy, yet the results
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Why Working Harder and Longer Stops Working
When I was a young Army officer, I trained by running as fast and as far as I could until I dropped. I wore the pain like a badge. It worked
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When Leaders Optimize for Headlines, Not Results
Walk into any leadership team meeting and you'll witness it: leaders who've mastered the art of looking busy while accomplishing little.
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Stop Overcomplicating Leadership (It's Simpler Than HR Wants You to Think)
Picture your last leadership training session. Competency frameworks stacked like ancient scrolls. Behavioural matrices are more complex tha
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Why Your Fear of Failure is More Dangerous Than Failure Itself
When was the last time you watched a child learn to walk?
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Achieving your intent and overcoming your doubts
As a freelancer, you can face many doubts which can often get in the way of succeeding. Doubts in your head and those held by others.
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What would this look like if it were easy?
I spend a lot of my time asking myself multiple "hard" questions in pursuit of being the "best business I can be" – whilst being remote.
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Needs versus wants 2.0 – re-imagined for high performance
As I work with clients on their (and my own) performance, I have been paying increasing attention to the power of the universe and my intera
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Try this if you're missing watercooler conversations whilst WFH
If you're anything like the leaders I work with, you may have been struggling with creating a sense of connection amongst your team members
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Employee experience is dependent on your leadership skills
The conversation that I have found myself experiencing multiple times this last week is how COVID has impacted the Employee Experience.
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Let's talk about burnout. And 5 things you can do about it.
I moved back to NZ on Christmas Eve 2019 and hit the ground running.
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Does your brain get tangled when it counts? Here's 5 tips to help
We all know that feeling before we have to do something important. As a facilitator, I have faced it a couple of times myself in the last co
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Why you need to work on trust!
In a 2002 GolinHarris survey of employees, 69% of respondents said “I just don’t know who to trust anymore.”
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R- How reliability builds trust
The easiest way to think about reliability in terms of building trust is to imagine your leadership like a vehicle that takes you from A to
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What do you value?
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks packing up my life, dropping various possessions into friends’ attics for storage, and moving from NZ ba
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Getting clear can boost your business results 31%
Did you know a recent organizational alignment research study by ISA Global found that strategic clarity
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Get clear by pre-flecting
I pay attention to things that come along in threes. When I see something for the third time it, drives me to the keyboard.
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Empathetic Leadership: What it is & how to get started
Empathy enables you to know if the people you’re trying to reach are actually reached. Without empathy, you can’t build a team or nurture a
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Stop telling your team how, and starting asking this
As hybrid work becomes the norm for many companies, your team members are not the same people who headed home during the first lockdown.
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The hybrid workforce is coming – are you ready?
The concept of the Great Resignation and how businesses can configure themselves differently for the future which will
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What the top 9% of communicators do differently
I’ve always been fascinated by communication. Therefore it seems logical if talking about better leadership to also talk about better commun
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How communication ABC leads to performance 123
Great communicators repeatedly outperform good and bad communicators by a factor of up to 7x.
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Try these 3 things to optimise your lessons learned
Last Thursday we welcomed leaders from all over the world to our monthly mastermind where we discussed how "lessons learned can grow your bu
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What is "Ways of Working" (WoW) and why does it work?
When my team and I were putting together the Ways of Working (WoW) program we wanted to create something really impactful, cost-effective an
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Why teams waste $50Bn per year on development programs
During my military and corporate careers, I attended a leadership development course at least once a year.
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The 4-step 1:1 format transforms things for you and your team
When I talk to leaders at the start of Ways of Working Sponsor Sessions, I often ask how they conduct their 1:1s and how they support their
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Creating and sharing your leadership brand – it's a game-changer
Do you have a leadership brand? Do you know what one is?
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Stop burnout and people leaving your team
A recent Deloitte survey showed that 53% of employees are looking for a new role that is going to be more healthy in terms of their wellbein
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When you stop delivering, magical things can happen
The house buyer's change of financial situation meant they couldn’t go through with the deal to purchase our home – 6 days from closing.
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Is your burnout the result of imposter syndrome?
“I’m not sure I have it in me to go to work today”.
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How connection destroys burnout and boosts engagement
Do you remember when you were younger, and the feeling of trepidation as you walked in the front door of a new school or club?
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Finding your purpose, and why AI can't steal that from you
This week I posted a poll on a number of social platforms asking a straightforward question. In light of AI creators, should I keep blogging
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The power of clarity in personal purpose
Most successful leaders know that it is essential to understand the power of having a clear Team Purpose.
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Why getting clear on role purpose boosts productivity 20%
In our previous blog posts, we explored the significance of having a personal purpose and how to find it. Now, we're moving to the next leve
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The secrets of building high performance teams
We recently had the pleasure of hosting an engaging and insightful conversation on our podcast with the remarkable Jill DePompei Morales
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Overcoming Challenges with Empathy, Resilience, and Collaboration
Caption – Leadership is a relentless journey, fraught with numerous hurdles that test the mettle of even the most seasoned individuals.
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Beat Burnout & Elevate Employee Engagement: The Power of Internal Marketing
In the fast-paced and demanding world of business, burnout and disengagement are a growing problem. This is a major issue for leaders
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Elevating Business Performance through Executive Communication Skills
In the fast-paced world of business, success often hinges on effective leadership and stakeholder engagement. As a senior leader
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Navigating Leadership in Times of Crisis vs. VUCA Environments
In the ever-evolving landscape of business and leadership, one term that's become increasingly prevalent is VUCA – Volatility, Uncertainty,
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Navigating Leadership in Times of Crisis vs. VUCA Environments
In the ever-evolving landscape of business and leadership, one term that's become increasingly prevalent is VUCA – Volatility, Uncertainty,
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Unveiling the formula for team effectiveness
In today's fast-paced business landscape, the ability to lead high-performing teams is more crucial than ever.
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Leading Impactful Transformational Change
In an enlightening episode of The High-Performance Leader Podcast, I had the opportunity to engage in a thought-provoking discussion with Al
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