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One confronting truth as we return to the workplace
Most of the leaders I have spoken to so far in 2021 are dealing with the challenges of a return to the workplace, typically in some sort of hybrid way at least for the foreseeable future. All face one confronting truth as they lead a reintegration – the tone they set...
Welcome to 2021
We are here – 2021. How has it started for you? I’ve enjoyed a break in the sunshine with my family, and I’m feeling energised and ready for what I intend to be a better year than 2020! I hope you have had also had the opportunity to regenerate. This week in Victoria...
My 7 Wishes for You for a Happy (& Fearless) Christmas
We made it to the end of 2020! (Breath sigh of relief here.) There’s no denying it’s been a tough year for many people on multiple levels. Despite the challenges and sadness, opportunity has also presented. As always, there are things that I wish for you this Festive...
5 warning signs in a senior leadership team
Is the behavior of one team member creating a dysfunctional team? The damaging impact of one executive can go unnoticed and/or unacknowledged, slowly eroding a positive team dynamic and negatively influencing organisational culture. Robert was highly technically...
How to build and maintain trust with small habits
Ask a group of people about what they have valued about work since Coronavirus hit, and you will hear ‘greater autonomy’ and ‘feeling more empowered’ high amongst the responses. In 2020 COVID-19 has created disruption and forced leaders and managers to give people...
Trying to avoid conflict? Why that’s the wrong strategy
Harmony in a leadership team can be seductively alluring, an ideal to aim for… It can also be a recipe for poor quality decisions and less creative thought, maintaining a course for the status quo. Thinking about the leadership team you are part of, how well do you...
The Perils of a Functional Leadership Team
There is a massive opportunity cost for being a Functional Leadership Team! Sadly, if the result of a quick poll I did last week on a webcast is indicative, almost half of you are part of a Functional Team. (See the flipchart below from this session – the blue figures...
Who gets to decide? Fearless Leadership teams know who decides
Who gets to decide? When I work with senior leadership teams, it is often apparent that there is a lack of clarity between what is an executive team decision, and what decisions lie with individual executives, or even below executive level. This lack of clarity leads...
Could all teams benefit from Fearless Leadership?
‘Could all teams benefit from Fearless Leadership?’ This fabulous question was asked by a director when I presented to the board about the Fearless Leadership program their exec team was mid-way through. My response? ‘Yes all teams could benefit… And not all teams are...
7 things leaders can do to build an inclusive world
Leadership Great South Coast is a community leadership program including leaders from multiple sectors across Western Victoria. In this year’s cohort are two local Indigenous leaders. Recently we had a conversation about the Black Lives Matter movement, and how white...