Jasmina is a senior leader in a large government enterprise. COVID has been challenging, the work feels unrelenting, and now a significant restructure has been announced that may result in job losses. She is holding off overwhelm (only just), and here’s her strategy. ‘When I’m really tense and I’m not sure how well I’m handling
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One of the biggest challenges currently facing leaders is effective leadership of virtual teams and virtual organisations. With people working from home and snap lockdowns being the current reality in Australian life, this is something I am often asked. It’s easy to blame factors of physical distance for the friction and lack of cohesion experienced
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May 1 was a normal Saturday… I was horse riding with my daughters late in the afternoon when things went horribly wrong. The horse took off, did a few crazy swerves and I fell, landing heavily on my left shoulder. Lying awkwardly on the ground, I tried to assess whether I was just badly winded,
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Thinking about the leadership team that you are on… Are you seen as a team? Or just a group of senior leaders? This is an important question at any time. Even more so now when many leadership teams are working remotely and clear leadership is needed for confidence and organisational survival. Here are 7 indicators...
Sometimes the greatest restrictions we face are the limitations we put on ourselves, often without us being consciously aware of them. Examples of this were very apparent last week in my first face-to-face Fearless Leadership® workshop (socially distanced of course) since the week before lockdown. The focus of the day was Creating Our New Normal,...
Leading a team in a time of crisis takes more thought than usual. The environment is changing rapidly and there’s high uncertainty. Fear can be contagious. Your people are at greater risk of disconnecting and disengaging. Recent studies from neuroscience have shown that for our physical health, social connection is just as important as emotional...