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Are you a mentor or have you ever been mentored? If you answered yes, I wonder how it works / worked for you. I find there’s always high anticipation and energy around mentoring. It always comes from a hope or fear that someone wants to get the right mentor or mentee....
Have you ever felt like an Imposter? Yes? Then today’s newsy is for you as it’s about how it shows up for leaders and what you can do about it. Yep this is one thing you can put time and energy into and “control”. Last newsy I wrote about Optimism. In this time of...
With so much uncertainty in the world right now, it’s so very easy to take a deep breath and wonder how on earth we are going to get through all this. I’m talking about the war in the middle east, a new strain of Covid, uncertainty about fuel supply, the increasing...
I’ve had lots of travel already this year. At last count I’d facilitated around 30 workshops – some virtual and most face to face. Some for a day, half day and others for 45 mins. One of the things I love most about facilitating leadership is the opportunity to plan,...
Yesterday, deep in the middle of a coaching call, I asked “What do you really want to focus on in your leadership sessions? What would make a difference to your leadership this year as we work together? What is it about leadership that fascinates you?” The answer was....
I recently saw Martina Navratilova was at the Australian Open, that great event in the heart of Melbourne. It got me thinking about two things. Tennis and Skateboarding! Yes the two were my life for the best part of 8 years. During this time, I played with a beautiful...
So many of you will know I often say “Who you are in how you lead!” It’s a mantra I share a lot and for good reason because it’s 100% true. Another way of saying it is that “leadership comes from the inside out.” I’m prompted to share this with you today because it’s...
I worked with a great business group last week as part of their annual retreat. It’s a national business that’s in the grow and scale stage and they headed to the beach for 3 days to work on strategy, establish their individual and team workplans and to have some...
Deep breath for this one! I know change is a constant in life. But gee sometimes it really is unrelenting and cruel. And it hits hard because you don’t see it coming. There’s nothing you can do to stop it. From Bondi Beach to fires and floods, we have been exposed to...