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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Remote Leadership
JBL pioneered virtual-first leadership delivery in 2018 — before COVID made it necessary. These articles share what actually works.
The Five 1% Shifts: What Keeps Paying Off for Managers of Managers
These five amplifying shifts keep surfacing in Amplify cohorts. Different industries, same patterns. They look small. They work because they
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The $50 Billion Leadership Burnout Crisis
Why 90% of leaders are drowning in their own success – and the military-tested solution that saves companies millions
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Are you feeling emotionally disrupted or out of control?
One day you feel like you're on top of the world, in the zone, smashing it! All of a sudden, you realise that you are spinning out of contro
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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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The most important thing for you to do right now…
Life is a constant rush. We spend our time bustling from one deadline, project or task to the next and rarely take a moment to stop and just
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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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3 more compassionate ways to approach people who are learning something new
It happens to us all. At some point we have to learn a new skill and all those experiences
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Are you swimming, floating or drowning?
This week, Traverse Worldwide moved from the amazing city of Lima, to Medellin in Colombia.
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Goals: 6 easy ways to improve your chances of success
One of my goals in writing this blog is to look at everyday scenarios in new ways.
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Try this instead of skinny dipping (office safe reading)
Yes, the title is a clickbaity one – and I apologise. But the reason I chose it was based on a memory of a conversation many years ago with
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"Jump – Go Go Go!!!"
Jumping out of a perfectly good plane is something I haven’t done yet but it’s been a thing on the “almost” bucket list for a while now.
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BOXERS, SNOWBALLS, and FLOATS
What separates people who are high performers from those who succeed and then slide backward again? My view is simple – discipline.
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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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Align Your Passions With Your New Career
“I want to do something I am passionate about” – A simple thinking framework to help you brainstorm the answer to this challenge.
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Teaching old dogs new tricks
I was excited to attend the Jumpshift NZ Leadership Action Network event last week, focussed on Liberating Structures.
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Leading into the future – better
As I transitioned back to NZ from Mexico this Christmas, after a little over two years away “on the road”, I knew it was going to be tough s
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5 tips for leading Millennials more effectively
It’s estimated that by 2025 Millennials will make up as much as 75% of the workforce.
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Glaciers, Dumbledore and the wrong paint choice-3 essential tips
Glaciers, Dumbledore and the wrong paint choice — 3 essential leadership tips for the future.
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A simple method for stabilizing yourself during a disruption
One day you feel like you’re on top of the world, in the zone, smashing it! All of a sudden, you realize that you are spinning out of contro
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How building trust requires good parenting & small talk
The concept of trust might feel like a funny thing to be talking about at this time however as the last few weeks have shown
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Are you swimming against the current? What I realized & changed.
One of the things that have been top of mind for me during this lockdown period has been how and where I use my energy.
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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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We'll be alright once we get back to normal (right?)
As NZ transitions to Level 2, and many people head back to work in their offices (or a coworking or somewhere else)
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As we return to work, have you considered this?
During the last few months, the internet has been overwhelmingly filled with content helping people to adapt to working in lockdown/shelter
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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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Why I think "failing fast" should be called "learning quickly"
This week I'm putting the finishing touches to a six-month leadership program with an Asian based market leader in the manufacturing industr
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Why reflection is the new CrossFit (without the scandals)
This week I have been creating the opportunity for leaders to make some space for reflection.
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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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Why being inclusive is like growing truffles
Ian Treloar is a long time friend and former colleague of mine who, for all the time I have known him, has been trying to grow truffles.
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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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How do you deal with the employee who always brings you problems?
As a leader, much of our time can be taken up by members of the team who encounter a problem and come to us to fix it for them.
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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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It can be lonely at the top – imposter syndrome
Chances are that you have been successful for most of your career.
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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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Bow and wake effect
I had several people reach out to me on my latest IG posts on @jimmybleadership this week related to my Bow and Wake post so I thought I wou
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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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Three leadership insights about high performance
The road to high performance is paved with the golden bricks of experience and learning lessons.
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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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Create a hybrid work plan which engages your employees
During a recent Hybrid Ways of Working session, someone mentioned a colleague in the leadership team of another business
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The 5 connections your team needs from you
Each week as I sit down to write this newsletter, I always consider what will be the most valuable message I can send. Valuable by helping y
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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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Leadership I learned from 5 years in business to help lead better
Have you ever grown anything? A plant? A child? A business?
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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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Embracing Flexibility: Unlocking the Path to Innovation and High Performance
Are you ready to redefine leadership and create a work environment that fosters growth, innovation, and exceptional performance?
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