by Paul Chapman | Oct 6, 2023 | Culture
Laughter at work. Is there a better sound? For me, humour and its offspring laughter are two of the most valuable presents a good manager can bring to a team. That’s not to say the manager (let’s make it a bit more personal: you) needs to be a comedian. Far from...
by Paul Chapman | Sep 29, 2023 | Maverick
I live in Melbourne, Victoria where this week we saw the resignation of our premier, Dan Andrews. He’d been in that leadership role for 9 years. Love him or hate him, that’s a decent stint. Certainly not a role I’d relish doing. “When it’s time, it’s...
by Paul Chapman | Sep 22, 2023 | Featured
There’s plenty of noise (aka: things to do) when you’re a manager of a team: staff members coming up to you each day with questions/problems to solve/ideas to consider/personal issues, emails to answer, a ton of meetings to attend, people from other teams...
by Paul Chapman | Sep 15, 2023 | Manager
When you’re a Manager, there can be a tendency to believe you need to do “hundreds of things” to manage your team well. You don’t. The leadership teaching industry pretends you need to do courses that take weeks/months to complete. Many of them are very...
by Paul Chapman | Sep 8, 2023 | Leadership, Management
I specialise in helping people become great Managers and Leaders. Which is a good thing, because the world of work needs lots more of them. As part of my job, I’ve designed and built courses designed to give people all the tools, tips and techniques they need in...
