by michelleloch | Sep 16, 2021 | Articles, Conversations, Leadership
As a leader you spend 80 per cent of your time in conversation. Many leaders severely underestimate both the power of good quality conversation in getting things done and improving performance… and also how very ordinary we are at it. Here are five myths about...
by michelleloch | Jul 29, 2021 | Articles, Brain, Leadership
Hats off to Simone Biles. As my daughter (ex-competitive gymnast) and I (Nadia Comaneci fan from way back) watched in disappointment last night when Simone Biles chose to withdraw from the Women’s Olympic Gymnastics Team final, the official word was that it was...
by michelleloch | Jul 16, 2021 | Articles, Leadership
Sometimes it’s useful to get back to basics. On a daily basis I hear of the motivation and engagement challenges that leaders face. We live in an evolved, sophisticated social world, yet our brains have not evolved at the same rate and are still designed to survive...
by michelleloch | Jun 11, 2021 | Articles, Conversations, Leadership
You may have been hearing and reading a lot lately about the Millennial Mindset and the need for leaders to stop avoiding and start embracing it. So who are these Millennial’s? Technically, depending on who you ask, they are a generation born post 1980 (ish), they...
by michelleloch | May 11, 2021 | Articles, Conversations, Team
My husband is a problem-solver, as are many of my friends and colleagues. Humans love to be problem-solvers because when we solve a problem for someone (or think we have), we get a reward in the brain (a hit of dopamine – often referred to as the pleasure hormone),...
