“I’m not sure I have it in me to go to work today”.

I woke up one morning 5 years ago and that exact thought flashed through my mind…..

My latest boss had just announced...

Firstly, thank you to those of you who reached out after reading last week’s rant alert post - it seemed to strike a chord and I’m really happy about that. It means we have an...

“It doesn’t matter how hard I work, I just don’t seem to be making a difference. Any difference I do make, just doesn’t seem to be enough. I can’t see the...

I don’t think you can kill people with kindness. Certainly not in the leadership context. In fact, if anything, right now we have a great opportunity to be kinder and more caring. Let’s...

The house buyer's change of financial situation meant they couldn’t go through with the deal to purchase our home - 6 days from closing. A project we had been working on for nearly 6 months....

A recent Deloitte survey showed that 53% of employees are looking for a new role that is going to be more healthy in terms of their wellbeing. Worse, 70% of C-level leaders reported they might...

There we were in a workshop, talking about how to hand over tasks effectively, to free up energy and time to focus on more important things. I was explaining our proven 4 step process of...

Picture the scenario. I’m running a “Ways of Working” session with the leadership team of a large Asian electronics company, utterly fascinated by the moments of insight happening...

Did you know that burnout costs between $125 billion (USD) and $190 billion every year in healthcare costs? An incredible amount equating to approximately 8% of all business healthcare expenses....

I was on a call recently with a group of leadership thinkers; talking about the actively futurist leader. I shared this idea of leadership being similar to an icebreaker. A few people came up with...

The last few weeks have been full of workshops with discussions on how to lead in the new world. New paradigms, challenges and situations. I think if you read this newsletter, you have certainly...

As hybrid work becomes the norm for many companies, your team members are not the same people who headed home during the first lockdown. This new arrangement a mix of working from home and the...