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Potential for confusion: expression and intent
Originally posted on Julian Stodd's Learning Blog:Message received is often not message sent: the potential for confusion is significant. In fact, getting your message across is a significant challenge...
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Transforming An Organisational Culture of Blame
If you’re a parent like me you would have seen the blame game play out many times. Somethings broken and when mum or dad ask who did it, fingers shoot in all directions with the young ones pointing at...
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Football, the Serenity Prayer and Acceptance
Saturday night just gone I headed down the coast to catch a footy game with a mate, along with his son and mine. Now I’m one of those rare species who follows teams loosely, but I’m never too upset...
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Vail Robin Williams and May We Seize This Day
This morning, along with millions of others around the globe, I read of the sudden passing of comedic genius and Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams. In a tragic irony, a man known for giving multiple...
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Annual Reviews, But Regular Feedback
Annual performance reviews roll around once a year (obviously), but for many leaders it’s once a year too often. The mere thought of sitting down formally with an employee to critique their performance...
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Ego, Pride and Poor Leadership Decisions
In leadership, we sometimes get it wrong, in fact some would argue genuine leadership means not always being right. But when a leader fails to acknowledge poor decisions and continues on a path known...
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What’s In It For Me?
“And are you a member of our (insert unique-sounding yet generic loyalty program name here) club?” Surely we all hear this same phrase a dozen or more times a week when buying coffee, petrol, groceries...
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Stress, pain and worry shall pass
Relief from stress and pain can sometimes come from recalling a simple four letter phrase, this too shall pass. There’s a fable commonly attributed to a Persian poet that tells of a great leader...
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Tweet, Text, Post and Share but Don’t Forget to Be There
Increasingly compelled to share every special moment of our lives with our online community of Facebook friends or Twitter followers we run the risk of missing the actual moments we are so keen to...
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Leadership feedback or leading feedback?
For leaders, feedback is critical for self-development and the engagement of our teams. However, in the absence of an open request and willingness to actively listen, eliciting feedback may be useless...
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Shove Your Shovel – The Perils of Presumption
Sometimes thinking the worst brings us exactly that. The challenge is to enter every situation with our eyes and ears open and our mind free from assumption There’s a tale older than I and recounted by...
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RUOK Day
RUOK? It’s a simple question really. However, this fundamental question can go a long way to invoking a sense of connection and belonging. RUOK is an Australia not-for-profit organisation founded by...
View ArticleConscious Competence – Complacency in Leadership
I sat my driving test over twenty years ago but I remember the day like it was yesterday. I remember gripping the steering wheel, hands in the ten to two position and concentrating intently on every...
View ArticleAs Time Goes By, All We Have is Memories
My not-so-little-anymore girl turned six the other day. As cliché as it is true, it seems just like yesterday that she came into this world. Her older brother turns 9 soon and is growing up into a...
View ArticleEmotionally Intelligent Emailing in Business
Poorly written or misread emails are undoubtedly one of the most common causes of frustration and aggression in business. In the relatively short space of two decades email has become the most used...
View ArticleLeadership through action
Have you ever had a leader say to you, “do as I say, not as I do”? It’s also a favourite of many parents. I’m not proud to say that even I have muttered it to my kids once or twice, as I went about...
View ArticleFrom the Far End of the Bench
Sometimes it’s the seemingly small things that impact us most. In those brief moments of fate where your path crosses with another, your skewed view of the world can shift. Sure, the change may be...
View ArticleTrust Your Data, Just Not Your Information or Watch
This week I’ve taken my morning runs before work as always. Well, let’s qualify that, as I try to most mornings. Something’s been wrong though. Ive been running a good pace lately, which for me means...
View ArticleIncremental Innovation – In Search of Your iPhone 6s
When we think of innovation our thoughts are habitually drawn to breakthroughs and game changers like the original Apple iPod or iPhone 3GS. What about the iPhone 5S though, was it a breakthrough...
View Article5 Easy Ways to Annoy with Email
Google the term effective emailing and you’ll be served innumerable posts telling you how to maximise your use of this online communications tool. In fact, any variation on the effective emailing theme...
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