Personal growth and leadership lessons on a treadmill
Every day we are challenged to honour commitments to ourselves and to others. How we respond to these challenges affect the outcomes produced. Learning from how we respond is a powerful pathway for growth. I learnt the following lessons in engaging with a commitment I made to myself to exercise for 30 minutes every morning […]
When is a team not a team?
The word team is often used to describe a group of two or more people who are working together. However, teamwork is about combined action – about coming together to achieve a common goal. When it comes to developing a group’s ability to operate as a team it is important to determine whether or not […]
The language of accountable management
“Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” Rita Mae Brown Doctors, lawyers and engineers have distinctions created in language that allow them to reliably produce outcomes. Distinction provides power because it has you see the world differently, so you see openings […]
Your greatest critic can become your greatest champion
Most people who complain or criticise are doing so because they have a committed point of view. If they were not committed, they wouldn’t say anything. People who repeatedly complain about the same issue do so because they don’t feel that they have been heard and what they have to say is important to them. […]
You might be surprised by what’s really happening in your team
We have often started working with a team that we have been told by its leader is working very well only to find that in fact there are a myriad of issues underneath the surface that no one is talking about. As you can imagine, this can be a surprising discovery for the leader of […]