Be careful of the metaphors you use, because their meaning differs from person to person. Growing up, my family was a standard nuclear...

I recently read Robin Dunbar's book Friends and in among the many pearls of data backed insight on conversation, connection and...

In the always-on hustle culture of hurrying-for-results world, we too often see the end result and not the effort that the result has...

How remote are your remote team? How often do they see their teammates face to face? How often do they interact virtually? And if the...

When leaders learn how to coach in the flow of work they often struggle with giving answers to direct questions from their teams. Here is...

In my coaching sessions of late, I think in relation to the return to office based work and the mandates to get back in the office 3 or 4...

Where are you waiting for someone else to make the first move? What makes you wait for the right time, situation? What is making you...

How often do you write them? Do you go digital or old school hard copy? Long form or short? What ever you do, let the person you are...

What is an Energy Vampire? Energy vampires are those people you meet that drain you - emotionally, physically, mentally. They might be...

A best practice in any new role is to build a "who to call list". Whether you are new to to the organization or you are in a new role,...

If you think the task is impossible - how will your team think about it? If you behave like the project is impossible - how will your...

I had a head of HR (my bosses boss) who hated the phrase brainstorming, another colleague used to speak of such sessions degenerating...

I once went to a client office and found that their employees got free (chocolate chip, double chocolate mint, vanilla, strawberry, rum...

I thought being a leader was... well actually I didn't really know much about leadership when I applied for my first leadership role, I...

WE haVE TO get started somewhere and too often we want what eever we create to be perfect, to say what we wnat exacly as we want, and...

I recently had some publicity shots done for work. You know the drill, a conference room, a photographer, maybe a background, a variety...

There is so much conflicting advice out there even for something as fundamental as breathing: Focus on breathing in - just let go of the...

The link to the full article on Inc. com is here and while I don't agree with everything it says it is worth the click and read... Does...

With a new year, come new targets, stretch goals and a review of compensation. As with everything in leadership in this current normal,...

And that's normal. As we learn, as individuals, communities and societies, the best of the previous generation becomes at best the SOP...