10 Jan, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence and Personal Development, Strategic planning and innovation, Team work
It’s that time of the year when most of us become introspective about the year ahead. Can I ask though, does that include some retrospection on 2019? What secret (or not so secret) messages did the universe deliver you in 2019? Knowledge is power and...
14 Nov, 2019 | Difficult conversations, including with your boss, Emotional Intelligence and Personal Development, Team work
I have shared these words in a number of places this week, including in the media, in response to the omnipresent divide being driven through Alice Springs. The current unrest has come after the death of an Aboriginal man in Yuendumu, a remote Aboriginal community...
28 Sep, 2019 | Difficult conversations, including with your boss, Emotional Intelligence and Personal Development
For five years I lived with 70 teenagers from towns and Aboriginal communities all over the Northern Territory. Those five years taught me 100x more about management than anything I had done to date. In that microcosm, it was well known which staff were liked...
2 Sep, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence and Personal Development
Do you have staff who suffer from the “Sunday Scaries”? Of the people who say they suffer from the Sunday Scaries, 95% of them believe it’s due to heightened anxiety. 75% of those say the anxiety stems from their relationship with their boss. Not surprisingly,...
9 Aug, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence and Personal Development
I did a session on goal setting with a bunch of swimmers recently. I don’t usually work with teens; however, I relish the opportunity to plant seeds that grow into strong trees early in life, plus I’ve known some of these kids since before they could swim. So I pulled...
10 Jun, 2019 | Emotional Intelligence and Personal Development, Work-Life Balance
“When their innocent bodies were shot out of the sky, I stretched my arms as high as I could and screamed for them.” This was the reaction of the inspiring Rin Norris on hearing of the death of her three children. She has some remarkable wisdom to share that we could...
