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Tackling the too hard basket

22 January, 2021

impossible

The too hard basket story: You and a friend are having a picnic by the side of a river. Suddenly you hear a shout from the direction of the water - a child is drowning. Without thinking, you both dive in, grab the child and swim to shore. Before you can recover, you hear another child cry for help. You and your friend jump back in the river to rescue her as well. Then another struggling child … [Read more...]

Tagged With: building teams, Employee engagement, Leadership

Embracing Hearts and Minds

30 September, 2020

HBDI Model

Thinking or Feeling? Of the 4 quadrants in an HBDI profile, blue represents the analytical or thinking part of the brain, while red represents the relational or feeling quadrant. Most often I'm de-briefing individual HBDI profiles within a organisational group setting. As the profiles are revealed and people discover their thinking preferences, questions usually arise. One of the more common ones … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Herrmann Whole Brain Thinking, team performance

Working from home – What did we learn?

15 July, 2020

Home office

Remember lockdown? With just 2 days to prepare, many of us were suddenly working from home. New words entered our vocabulary like 'Blursday' because we had no idea what day it was and 'quaranteams' for online teams created during lockdown. We quickly learnt new skills. Like remembering to tick 'un-mute' before speaking in online meetings, or turning the camera off when still in pj's. Some of us … [Read more...]

Tagged With: building teams, Leadership, motivation, team performance, trust, Workplace well-being

Contagion and ideas for staying mentally well

11 March, 2020

In the spirit that we teach best what we most need to learn, this blog is about staying mentally well. Maybe its a combination of the worldwide prevalence of Covid-19, the anniversary of the 15th March Christchurch attack, combined with surviving a Wellington summer, and working from home, which has left me focusing on what it means to stay positive and maintain well-being. There are some great … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Resilience, Self-leadership, work life balance, Workplace well-being

Death by Meeting

5 February, 2020

frustrating meetings

Ever leave a team meeting ready to rip your hair out? It happened to me last week. It was a meeting that I attend regularly, with the same group of people who have known each other for some time. We're familiar with each other, know what our roles are and what to expect of each other. Our meetings are usually constructive and respectful. But at the meeting last week two guests were invited. … [Read more...]

Tagged With: building teams, team communication, team meetings, team performance

Want to get better at giving feedback? Start asking for it instead.

8 October, 2019

Asking for feedback

Being middle-aged means compromising physical attributes (think wrinkles and saggy bits) for the benefits of wisdom and emotional well-being. It's a trade-off that I've accepted: that despite the aching joints and crinkly skin, I can look forward to a radiant glow of self-awareness and wisdom. Ommm. So it was just a bit disconcerting to learn that experience does not equate to self-awareness. In … [Read more...]

Tagged With: giving feedback, Leadership, Self-leadership

Want to make changes in 2019? Start small.

21 January, 2019

Thinking about making resolutions for change in 2019? Change is a process, not an event. Rather than making radical, life changing decisions, focus instead on making small, subtle changes that steer you in the new direction. Steering course for change is a bit like steering a ship: Steer just a few degrees one way, you completely alter its direction. Over the course of a long journey, it may … [Read more...]

Tagged With: competence, Resilience, Self-leadership

Change: If you do what you’ve always done…

18 September, 2018

Comfort zone

A change is as good as a rest. Change is inevitable, growth is optional. One day, or day one, you decide. Life is like underwear, change is good Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes Change is in the air at Business Development Company. Blame a mid-life crisis or an empty nest syndrome, or maybe not knowing how good I already had it, but one day I woke up and it was time to seek … [Read more...]

Tagged With: change

Navigating the options in today’s learning climate

12 June, 2018

learning options

Learning options A decade ago, many people looked to enrol in a training workshop, attend a Polytechnic course or register in a night class when they wished to learn new skills. Today, however, the nature of learning and the way we gain new skills has changed radically. Advances in online learning, social media learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence have changed all of … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Business trends, coaching, e-learning, principles of teaching and learning, training

The one thing you need more of

5 April, 2018

energy management

If I was to ask you what you would like more of, what would be your response? Time? Money? Peace and quiet? How about more energy? Having enough energy for life is more than just fueling for physical activity. It is about having the energy for a strong and healthy mentality, emotional capacity and spiritual practices. As a commodity for employees, organisations are realising that having enough … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Business trends, Employee engagement, motivation, Resilience, work life balance, Workplace well-being

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  • Tackling the too hard basket

    The too hard basket story: You and a friend are having a picnic by the Read more →

  • Embracing Hearts and Minds

    Thinking or Feeling? Of the 4 quadrants in an HBDI profile, blue represents the analytical Read more →

  • Working from home – What did we learn?

    Remember lockdown? With just 2 days to prepare, many of us were suddenly working from Read more →

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