Leading Generous Teams

A lot of leadership effort is proactive and long-term, and it’s so easy to (and can feel good to) get sucked in by your teams to put out day-to-day operational fires.

However one leader we’ve worked …

If you’ve been in our world for a hot minute, you’ll have heard us talk about the mental run up.

The mental run up is made up of automatic thought patterns in response to an upcoming situation. Some …

Getting to the end isn’t good enough. Whether it’s to the end of the year, the end of a restructure, or the end of a transformation project. It’s not about transactions and checklists. It’s about how…

Being a passionate leader is an outdated goal. In fact, trying to run your team on passion alone is akin to running a team on adrenaline. It’s just not sustainable. And it can get in the way of stron…

We work with a lot of teams in crisis. And where leaders are blindsided by incident after incident, we see the opportunity for people to find a performance edge and not miss the leadership lessons th…

When discussing imposter syndrome, it’s really common to find articles to “overcome it” but the truth is, your imposter syndrome can give you an edge.

This is what we talked about with The Brain Canc…

As a leader, you bring a load of experience to the role. When people are looking for answers to problems, you naturally come up with ten of them.

But sharing your solutions too soon can send your team…

Sometimes, it’s unavoidable. You’ve landed with a leader who isn’t generous. It’s bad but not bad enough to leave. So what do you do?

On the podcast with Ann-Marie Chamberlain, we spoke about how to m…

We’ve all heard the saying it’s all about timing, which eludes to waiting for the right time in the calendar or season. But what if it’s not about waiting. It’s about getting into the right mindset b…

When you’re not feeling like you’re on your game, motivation’s waning, and you can’t talk yourself out of your funk, no matter how many positive affirmations you recite, it’s time to look towards you…

A client recently shared that we’ve made their team unbreakable. 

Why?

As a team of award-winning mindset coaches, we deliver innovative leadership programs that disrupt unhelpful thinking + patterns, …

When leaders encourage their team to “switch off” they don’t always realise it can be demotivating and inaccessible.

For many, the idea of switching off is actually daunting. Like a void of space and …

Role clarity. It seems so simple it’d be easy to miss.

Of course there’s a job description when the contract is signed, but how do you use that as a tool to support mental fitness and wellbeing in yo…

Leaders are often looked to as experts. But they’re not. The strongest leaders surround themselves with experts, which means, you don’t know the answer a lot of the time.

When leaders feel like they …

People think that a collaborative team is being a yes person, never disagreeing, and singing kumbaya in a circle. 

But actually, leading a collaborative team takes some hard decisions.

This is what we …

Inherited a team that is stuck in old ways of thinking + working?

The ol’ “Hire for attitude, train for skill,” doesn’t cut it anymore.

We’ve all heard the saying “Hire for attitude, train for skill,” …

Shallow or strategic?

What comes to mind when you think of the highlight reel of your work?

It’s shallow. Like you’re glossing over what still needs to be done. You just don’t have time for it.

And ye…

INVITATION: Unstoppable Leadership  with International Coach of the Year Clare Desira 

Positive thinking won’t cut it.

To lead today, it’s not just about equipping your team with the right technical s…

That’s what I discussed with Sheree Lowe, Executive Director, Social and Emotional Well-being of Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) on our Leading Generous Teams p…