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Culture
Mind the Gap: Managers vs. Workers – Who Needs to Change?
The world of work is a bit broken. You've seen the stats before: only 20% of workers worldwide are fully engaged at...
Monday Morning Meetings – The Gift That Nobody Wanted
I hate Monday morning meetings 😂 Always have. Specifically: team meetings. You know the ones. The boss, bright-eyed...
Robots Can’t Replace Great Managers – Yet
AI … the new kid on the block. The shiny toy 🎁 we all need to play with (apparently). It's swallowing up a lot of...
Unlocking Your Leadership Edge
Yesterday, I had the privilege of working with the talented leadership team from UFinancial and their business...
Jekyll & Hyde Managers
This week, a Guardian article caught my eye: “Jekyll and Hyde managers: erratic behaviour bosses revealed by research”...
Rise of the Ism’s
Sexism. Racism. Ageism. And now? Fat-ism. Or, if the word fat offends you, Body-ism, Weight-ism, or Size-ism. A recent...
Team Shenanigans
It’s July and that means some of you managers will soon be running a Team Day. When managing larger teams (say, 10+...
Swimming in a Tuxedo
I hate swimming 😂 Yesterday at the pool, I was lucky enough to get a lane all...
Manager as Mentor
Struggling to retain staff? You need to mentor them. I moved from Perth to Sydney for work at the bright-eyed age of...
Are You A People Pleaser?
I listened to a podcast this week where a manager was talking about being afraid of losing staff due to the current...
It’s The Little Things
Don’t sweat the small stuff - that's the classic saying, right? When it comes to managing people at work, does this...
Child Eyes
Whenever I run an event for clients with my team, once the venue has been set up I like to take my team outside. After...
Ghosting At Work
I read an article this week about the growing reluctance of Gen-Z to make phone calls, particularly if the call meant...
Knock Knock
Laughter at work. Is there a better sound? For me, humour and its offspring laughter are two of the most valuable...
Culture: The Smiling Assassin
As a manager of a team or business, at some point you’ll need to think about...
No Sitting!
We pay you to stand up all day. See those chairs? Not for employee use. That's the latest message being sent to...