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Helping leaders and their teams become People of Influence

    • Building Extraordinary Teams
    25.05.20
    2 min

    Planning your team’s return to the office / hybrid working?

    How to lead a high-performing team in this phase The move back into the office is a fantastic opportunity to reset ways of working for the better. Talk to your team about this next phase, making sure you do the following things: Provide Clarity – Give your team a structured and considered report on the […]
    Building Extraordinary Teams
    19.05.20
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    For Team Leaders: Too many people, not enough time for 1 on 1s…

    When working from home, it’s easy for leaders to feel that they need to personally check-in on everyone’s progress, while it’s easy for team members to wonder if others are being held accountable for their progress. Using accountability buddies builds personal connections and commitment within the team. It’s also positively correlated with team performance (Rashid, […]
    Developing Leadership Capability
    13.05.20
    2 min

    24 Years of Morning Routines

    I blame it on Aerobics Oz Style. I think I was about 15 when I started. At 6.30 or 7am (whatever time it aired on Channel Ten in the mid-nineties) I would get up and try to start the day right, by exercising before school. It was my first attempt at a ‘morning routine.’ I’d […]
    Developing Leadership Capability
    26.03.20
    2 min

    A Note to Self in a Crazy World

    In the last week, working from home has shifted overnight from being a ‘sometimes food’ to an ‘everyday food,’ many industries have been changed unrecognisably and indefinitely and the rest of us have developed an obsession with grocery shopping and budgeting. While we are moving through the 7 Stages of Grieving our ‘Old Normal’ life […]
    Building Extraordinary Teams
    20.03.20
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    How Can Remote Teams Use Current Challenges To Become More High Performing?

    At a recent Peoplecorp event, we discussed key ways that remote teams can become more high-performing, even in these challenging times. We shared several high-leverage focus areas and practical suggestions that leaders and teams can implement immediately. Here are two strategies: Create shared accountability for team connection and team commitment. Don’t assume the leader should […]
    Behaviour Change and Organisational Culture
    24.01.20
    2 min

    A Behaviour Change Challenge

    Have you ever struggled with maintaining a regular exercise regimen? Are you juggling a demanding job, kids with patchy sleep, a partner, family, friends, life dramas, occasional insomnia and you feel guilty that you don’t seem to have the energy or willpower to exercise consistently and persistently? Two Strategies Unlikely to Work Humans use all […]
    Building Extraordinary Teams
    23.01.20
    3 min

    The Master Key to Unlock Silos in Your Organisation

      We all know that a group of high performing individuals is not enough to create a truly high performing team. Collaboration between those individuals is key. In the same vein, a collection of high performing teams is not enough to create a high performing organisation.  Collaboration between teams is key. Without effective inter-team collaboration the dreaded […]
    Hand-written thank you notes
    Developing Leadership Capability
    26.09.19
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    This group taught me something…

    A teensy weensy bit jealous, but mainly inspired to improve something about myself. Context: last week my colleague Michelle Rushton ran our Smiling Ox Paradox® program with a group of educators and at the end of the session received dozens of handwritten notes explaining the impact of the session on them. Now, to be clear, […]
    Uncategorised
    28.06.19
    4 min

    3 Steps to Design an Amazing Conference, Event or Off-Site

    Got a conference coming up? It’s getting to be that time of year. Maybe your organisation, team or business unit will be having their annual conference in a couple of months and you have been tasked as being a member of the ‘organising committee’. Or maybe you are going to be a participant but feel […]
    Developing Leadership Capability
    16.05.19
    2 min

    Ruthless for the Sake of Your Recovery

    Your calendar is filling up, your inbox is filling up, your to do list is growing and so is your heart rate. When the pressure builds at work, the default response for many of us is to think, “I’ll just have to take some of this home with me.” We take that pressure and put […]