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If your desk looks anything like mine after a couple of days, it is covered with piles of paper and documents. It takes me a while to find what I need, so every few days I stop my work and take time to re-organise and file away the documents and papers in places that make […]
I was charging down the highway last week to attend a Think Tank session at Bond University – the speaker was Dr Jason Fox. A cool dude.
You are sitting in you weekly Executive Team Meeting with your colleagues. You are the head of Accounting. The others in your team lead up a number of other key departments in the organisation – HR, Retail, Operations etc.
In the military they give medals to people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may gain.
Great TED-style talk by Simon Sinek about ‘Why Great Leaders Make you feel Safe!’ (12 mins well spent)
I want my kids to eat fruit. When I put the fruit in the fridge, they don’t eat it. So I put it out on the kitchen bench. It sends a subliminal message – this family eats fruit. It’s easy for them to access. When they say ‘I’m hungry’ I only have to point. It […]
In my conversation and coaching workshops, we discuss the neuroscience of human motivation, usually in the context of you as the coach assisting another person with their thinking. This is either in the context of a ‘coaching conversation’ or in ‘taking a coaching approach’ to a conversation.
Parts of this post won’t be news to those who watched the Sunday Night program on channel 7 a few weeks ago, but for those who didn’t, it featured the increasingly popular 5:2 diet revolution. The diet and the research surrounding it recommends the benefits of regular fasting for a number of medical and performance benefits […]
If you have ever experienced working with an experienced and qualified coach, you will know that a coach can ask one or two questions that really challenge your thinking and throw you for six. Sometimes it’s not all that pleasant or comfortable, either, but it’s useful, and inevitably, somewhere down the track you are grateful […]
Much of what we do in the workplace involves having conversations – at our desks, in meetings, and in the corridors! We might as well put some effort into making sure our conversations are useful and of good quality!