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Simple and effective techniques to beat presentation nerves – every time!
Many of us have been there already. You can hear an overly reverberating amplified voice of someone who seems to ooze confidence introducing you to a waiting audience. Your heart feels as though it is going to jump out of your chest and your tongue has taken up...
Finding the balance between weakness and strength in leadership
I have often heard people suggest that to be a leader you need certain characteristics that cannot be learned. One of the apparently unlearnable qualities is strength of character. Strong leadership and strength of character are two different things and not the...
Social distancing from the other side of the fence
As those of you who subscribe to this site will know, I have committed to work with the Department of Health here in Australia to try and control the spread of COVID-19. Part of that role has been working within the disaster management framework to implement the...
Guide to successful COVID-19 remote working
As public health officials across the world are attempting to stem the flow of new Corona virus cases, social isolation measures are being introduced. Whole countries are on lock down, social and sporting events are being cancelled and, crucially, larger employers are...
Coaching your team for success!
To listen to the audio version of this blog post click the play button: Leadership is about developing a group of people to where they are at their best. As Jack Welch famously said, “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself, when you become a...
Is CBT the cure for insomnia?
I have been an insomniac for more than 15 years. It started during my final year of university and got progressively worse over the years. I would often have one or two hours sleep a night and on many occasions I have gone three days with no sleep at all. Was...
Lead by example – avoid burnout
To listen to the audio version of this blog post, click the play button below: What kind of organisation do you work for? Is it the kind where people expect you to turn up well before your paid start time, and play ‘the person that leaves latest is most diligent’...
The Quickest Crash Course in Project Management
To listen to the audio version of this blog post - click the play button below: OK, so you’ve seen all these jobs around for project managers, and you’ve even run some small projects here and there. But there is some great mystery around how ‘real’ Project...
Tired of the 8 to 5?
To listen to the audio version of this post, click the play button: Highlights Discover some truths around what motivates you and learn how to capitalise on it An exercise to help you find what drives you Tips for helping team members and colleagues find...
10 Questions every recruiter should ask!
If you would like to listen to the audio version of this article - click the play button below: Motivating people is impossible. Motivation isn’t something you ‘do’ to someone, it’s something that they can generate in themselves. Your job as a leader is to do two...
The inside scoop on driving a hard bargain!
For most of us, who’s professions are not in high pressure sales, the task of negotiating a package of benefits in a new role does not come naturally. Similarly, if you are freelancing and negotiating rates or prices, you may find yourself unprepared. Well, here is...
20 Great tips for new leaders! (final part)
This is the final part of my mini series of blog posts where I’m sharing 20 great tips for new leaders! In this part we are covering tips 16-20, where we don’t pull any punches on your journey to success. If you haven’t already, go and check out the first , second and...
20 Great tips for new leaders! (part 3)
This is the third part of my mini series of blog posts where I’m sharing 20 great tips for new leaders! In this part we are covering tips 11-15, where we are getting in to the nitty gritty of establishing yourself as a great leader. If you haven’t already, go and...
20 Great tips for new leaders! (part 2)
This is the second part of my mini series of blog posts where I'm sharing with you 20 great tips for new leaders! This post picks up the action after our discussions about coaching your team members. If you haven't already, go and check out the first part so you can...
20 Great tips for new leaders! (part 1)
So, you have just been appointed to your first leadership role and you can’t help but notice that strangely, everyone just expects you to know how to lead. Everyone thinks that because you were good at doing the job as a team member, you must automatically know how to...
One skill that will set you apart as a great leader
When you are trying to build a solid team as a new leader, you will go through some well-trodden pathways that are rarely avoided. But you'll want to set yourself apart as a great leader! You will find that the team dynamic will very often conform to the early stages...
Safety… not just a wing and a prayer
If you would like to listen to the audio version of this post, click the play button below: When your employees are doing the stuff that you are employing them to do, and you are hoping beyond hope that they are doing those things safely, is hoping enough? Well, the...
Risk assessments are a total waste of time right?
If you would like to listen to the audio version of this post - click the play button below: I must have had this conversation, with small business owners and self-employed people a thousand times. And do you know what? When small business owners tell me that risk...
How to crush a job interview!
To listen to the audio version of this post - click the play button below: We’ve all been there haven’t we? You have applied for a job that you really want, and really feel that you are suited for… there is just one problem, you must convince a panel of interviewers!...
How to handle difficult conversations
To listen to the audio version - click the play button: Highlights: How to prepare for and undertake tough conversations with team members successfully Practical preparation steps to ensure you are not nervous or angry before hand Step by step guide to...
Making big changes – without destroying good will
If you would like to listen to the audio verison of this blog post, click the play button below: Change is essential…. but is it really? “It’s just changes for change’s sake” …. Sound familiar? Detractors and resistors who have worked in the same way for years, in...
What causes ‘stress’ anyway?
If you would like to listen to the audio version of this article, click the play button: I was heading up a small team of eight people, each of whom had a full but manageable workload. Some of the team were coping easily nay cheerfully with the work, but one...
The secret hack for motivating your team!
If you would like to listen to the audio version of this article - click the play button below: So, you have a team of pretty good people, who know how to do the job, are competent and well qualified. They have each been doing the job for some time, but they appear to...