One of the most memorable conversations I’ve had in 12 years of leadership coaching came about six years ago when I was talking with a cli…
One of the most memorable conversations I’ve had in 12 years of leadership coaching came about six years ago when I was talking with a cli…
I’m not sure when it happened, but all of a sudden it seems I’ve gone from being young to being old. Not in my head, not in my personal life…
One of my very great privileges is to run regular workshops on the topic of “effective networking” for people in between jobs. Not the I…
Over the last nine weeks I’ve been on a plane every week, have been on 26 flights or inter-city trains, and delivered 28 keynotes or work…
In the lovely pink Elephant Property Launceston offices I sit in a hallway, next to the photocopier and I have the smallest desk out of ever…
For the past two days I’ve been at the annual The Athlete’s Foot conference in Melbourne, giving a series of talks and demonstrations to…
I have a flair for the dramatic that I have to rein in. No, I’m not theatrical, I’m a drama queen waiting to happen. I realised it (again…
The government ensures that employers put 9% of your earnings into a qualifying superannuation fund. But then what? Most Australians have no…
You are the CEO of you, American management guru Tom Peters wrote in 1997. He meant that a leader’s brand – how they carry and project t…
My last two posts (see here and here) have discussed the implications of a shrinking, increasingly global, diverse and virtual workforce, an…
Like most organisations, at Elephant Property, we conduct performance reviews of our team every six months. We assess what each team member …
I’m not a great believer in multitasking, rarely, if ever, can anyone push 100% of their focus, drive and effort into more than one major ta…
