I was sitting at a café recently, waiting for my wife to arrive. Next to me, a young man and woman were deep in...
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No One Does Their Best Work On 1% Battery
Everyone’s obsessed with managing time. But time isn’t the problem. Whilst sure, we all have the same 24 hours, let’s...
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...
It’s Good To Be Back. Is It, Though?
The new year has arrived, the Xmas tree is packed away, and the morning coffee queues are back to full throttle. It’s...
Upset the Apple Cart
A manager approached me this week, frustrated that his 1-on-1s with staff had become repetitive and not as effective...
Work Won’t Love You Back
Raise your hand if you love your job. I ask this of an audience whenever I’m presenting at a conference or PD day. So...
Managing Your Dad At Work
70,000. That's the number of hours you’ll spend at work over your lifetime. It’s a conservative estimate; I haven't...
Tiny Home, Big View
In the hustle of daily work, managers often get caught up in urgent tasks, endless meetings, and demanding staff. It’s...
Too Good To Improve
“I've managed staff for over 20 years. There's nothing you can teach me.”At what point do you stop learning?I consult...
How Many? Surely Not
A later than usual post from me this week (a Sunday Special), because I've been reading a report released on Thursday...
More Meetings? No Thanks
“We used to make things. Now we have meetings.” So said James Surowiecki in an Economist article titled, “Why Satan...
First Job, First Boss
Remember your first job as a kid? Mine started at the age of 15 as a shelf-filler at Tesco supermarket, the UK...
Communication At Work
I ran a session for MLC Life Insurance this week.It sent me back in time because I remember first seeing the MLC “nest...
Zero, Zilch, Nada
Last week I wrote about the importance of taking a breather and reflecting on “the year that was.”I want to farewell...
The Party’s Over
Working from home (WFH). Some love it. Some hate it. Our overseas guest Covid flew in and ensured we all got very...
Office Romances
This week on SBS there was an episode of Insight titled, “Love at Work”. It said that more than a third of us meet our...
When You Hit “The Grind”
A friend recently told me that she and one of her work colleagues chatted last week about "losing the spark". They...