Organisational Culture Matters a Whole Lot
Download the Transcript - 0rganisational Culture matters a lot Organisational culture matters a lot. Why does this organisation matter? When people join an organisation, there's usually some reason why they want to be there. Sometimes it's just a job, but often it's...
Winding up a Not For Profit
Download the Transcript - Winding Up a Not-For-Profit I was surprised when I was reading the Australian Institute of Company Directors report recently, it was a report on Not For Profit Governance and Performance in 2015. The report was saying that one of the factors...
Seek the rewards of using your strengths at work – podcast
Download - Seek the rewards of using your strengths at work - transcript How can I as a leader be kinder to myself, and allow my strengths to shine through? There's a part of me that seems hardwired to focus on deficits rather than strengths in myself, despite being...
7 tips for keeping focused on what clients want – podcast
Tip Sheet - 7 tips for keeping focused on what clients want This podcast is partly based on an earlier blog here and a LinkedIn post here How did I get here? It's easy to forget why I'm doing what I'm doing - what's the overall reason behind it. If I'm not on the path...
Who do I bring to the workplace? – podcast
Do I create the right workplace environment to allow people to bring their creative and playful selves into the workplace? Or are many people, including myself, leaving useful parts of ourselves at the front door of the workplace along with our dirty work boots. This...
Who gets to solve “wicked problems”? – podcast
It appears that some private corporations see a market opportunity in helping to address, and maybe even solve, wicked problems like homelessness and domestic violence. Is that ok? Does it matter? If it does what is to be done to create a different future? There are...
Confessions of a social activist! – podcast
My thoughts on why it is more important to change myself before I go charging off to change the world. I’m not sure that I’m really a social activist, but its a good title for this podcast episode. My confession is that I am not really sure what works in achieving...
Why would a leader give away some of their power? – podcast
As leaders we all must work out the best ways of engaging people. There are new approaches coming up all the time. In this podcast I suggest that we need to act like startups and try lots of things, ditch what doesn't work, and keep doing what looks promising. In this...
Standing Up for what is right! – podcast
This is the speech that I gave as the opening of the ACOSS Conference in June 2014. This was only a few weeks after the horror first Budget of the Abbott Government. Many in the community sector were shocked at the attack on low income people and were afraid of the...
If you want something to change, change how you think about it
It's an illusion to think that I can change the people around me and get them be just as I want them to be. But, what I can do is change my thoughts and thinking, and create a way of being that may create a different outcome. There are many sayings that reflect this...
How did I get here?
This post is influenced by a Blog post and 2 LinkedIn posts, here and here. It's easy to forget why I'm doing what I'm doing - what's the overall reason behind it. If I'm not on the path I thought I was, I might be experiencing "mission drift" - that slow creeping...
7 tips for keeping focused on what clients want
A podcast on this topic is on my website here, and has appeared on LinkedIn Pulse here. It’s easy to get caught doing work that doesn’t really add value to the clients that you are serving. So how do I keep focussed on what my clients want? I have 7 simple tips of...
