The real competitive advantage in business is one word only, which is "people" ~ Kamil Toume What makes a great leader? Simon Sinek answers this question well: "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."...
About a third of employees describe themselves as actively engaged in their job. The remainder are either ambivalent about being at work or actively disengaged. Imagine if you had a large capital asset you were only utilising 30% of the time? You would make every...
"A company is stronger if bound by love than by fear.” – Herb Kelleher, cofounder of Southwest Airlines Perhaps the two most important emotions relevant to leadership practice are fear and love. Coupling the word “love” with leadership can feel uncomfortable, even creepy. Stepping in to...
In the happy haze of midnight partying on New Year’s Eve, many of us are tempted to make resolutions to change our lives. All things are possible in 2019! The beginning of a new year offers something we crave. A fresh start, hope, a sense...
Christmas. ‘Tis the season for some of us to be stressed and exhausted! Shopping for presents, perhaps planning child-care for school holidays, financial stresses and family tensions in the lead-up to Christmas can be overwhelming and stressful. We have put together 10 tips to help...
Back 25 years ago, I was sitting in an MBA lecture on organisational behaviour. The professor asked “What is business?”. A fellow student responded “Men, money and machines.” Much laughter, not so much from the professor. A core text in the MBA was Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” and...
We all know exercise is good for our bodies. How good? Well for starters it reduces your risk of heart attack; manages your weight; lowers blood cholesterol; reduces risk of type 2 diabetes and some cancers; lowers blood pressure; strengthens bones, muscles and joints and lowers risk of developing osteoporosis. There’s more to exercise though than...
LSP, or LEGO Serious Play, is big business. There are books, workshops, websites and accreditation courses. Whilst there is part of me that admires LEGO’s marketing brilliance, securing a new adult niche for its colourful play blocks, the majority of me is overwhelmingly depressed by this latest...
Today is "R U OK?" Day. As a society, we have come a long way in the past decade in de-stigmatising mental health difficulties. The “R U OK?” campaign has successfully encouraged us to ask the question if we see changes in colleagues or friends that...
“Burnout is the index of the dislocation between what people are and what they have to do. It represents an erosion in value, dignity, spirit, and will – an erosion of the human soul. It is a malady that spreads gradually and continuously over time,...