Whitefella Guilt – Happy National Reconciliation Week
Check out the woman third from the right in the front row. This pic was on the front page of The Australian in 2008. That’s me in the chamber of the House of Reps in Parliament House, watching Kevin Rudd’s apology to Australia’s Stolen Generations. My strongest memory...
Emotional Intelligence, 13 Epic Fails And How To Avoid Them
One of the easiest ways to recognise emotional intelligence or EI, is by seeing what it’s definitely not.And the gold star example of that is David Brent from the British version of The Office. You remember him – boasting about a promotion in front of staff who have...
A Simple Alternative To A New Year’s Resolution That Gets Bigger Results
There are a million articles around at this time of the year on making New Year’s resolutions, so I’m not going to bore you with yet another. Besides, I think there’s a better way to create the 2021 you want without them. It’s a highly effective alternative that has...
Personality Profiling – Your Number One Management Tool
If you’ve been a manager for any period of time, I’m guessing you’ve had a day like this: x recruiting for that vacant role for the third time in 6 months. Yet again, it’s a pile of resumes from the desperate and dateless x there’s a faint smell of a grass fire...