by michelleloch | Aug 29, 2017 | Articles, Brain, Conversations, Leadership
As I have become older, and busier, and more distracted in my work and home life, my capacity for making decisions has felt really challenged, and from my conversations with colleagues, it seems I am not alone in that challenge. There are a number of things that can...
by michelleloch | Aug 22, 2017 | Articles, Brain, Conversations, Leadership
My daughter is in Year 10. This is the ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ year. To my delight I discovered my own copy from 1980 when I was in Year 10. To support her I decided to read it again. Needless to say my experience of the book was somewhat more enjoyable and...
by michelleloch | Aug 14, 2017 | Articles, Brain, Conversations, Leadership
Your team member falls into your office. They are emotional. Something has happened and they need to get it off their chest. You know that you just need to give them the opportunity to vent. During that venting process, there is a lot of blaming, regret,...
by michelleloch | Aug 8, 2017 | Articles, Brain, Conversations, 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...
by michelleloch | Jun 16, 2016 | Articles, Brain, Leadership, Personal, Team
Someone will always win – let it be you! My friend ‘Harold’ and I were yesterday discussing the critical impact that conversations have on the culture and performance of an organisation. Harold is a highly respected and experienced businessman and consultant,...
by michelleloch | Apr 27, 2016 | Articles, Brain, Leadership, Team
I’d like to hedge a bet and say never, or at least rarely! One of the challenges of being human, is the limited capacity of our ‘thinking’ brain. Whilst it is powerful in many ways, it is also quite limited in its capacity to think though complexity. The pre-frontal...
