Embrace frustration, but not stress!

Embrace frustration, but not stress!

Professional leaders know when to smooth the way (Lead like LAX) and when to make waves (Making Waves).  And sometimes making waves means to just leave people to work through their challenges alone, or even better to support them to see the value in the challenges...
Lead like LAX

Lead like LAX

Qantas International flights to Los Angeles (LAX), USA now arrive at a new terminal – the Tom Bradley terminal. It’s new, clean, well-run and fabulous with all the latest ‘gizmos’. Visiting the restroom is a delight.  There are, of course, the self-flushing...
Is my Brain OK?

Is my Brain OK?

I have just returned from a week in Las Vegas with my friend and colleague Tiffany Gray presenting Brain Mapping at the ACMP conference (Association of Change Management Professionals).  What a great event, and it was inspiring to see that Australian businesses...
Making Waves

Making Waves

Jim Collins in ‘Good to Great’ talks about focusing first on ‘who’ then on ‘what’ and suggests that a leader’s first priority needs to be on getting the right people on the bus, and the wrong people off the bus. I agree. But who are the right people?  How many times...
The Wisdom of Leaders

The Wisdom of Leaders

We all do it…act on or take for granted that the information presented to us is true, accurate and of value.  Sometimes we just need a little reminder to slow down, ask some questions and check out the validity and usefulness of the data driving our decisions...
Go On…. Make Me!

Go On…. Make Me!

As human beings we thrive on autonomy.  It is a hard-wired mechanism in our brain.  We need to feel a sense of control over our own environment and we will defend that need, consciously or non-consciously. We don’t like being told what to do.  And when we...