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Striving for Team Effectiveness

May 15, 2018

I was recently speaking to a major funder about team effectiveness. It’s an area that can make such a difference to enjoyment at work and the performance of the whole organisation, especially if it’s the top teams doing the work. Our team effectiveness framework is one of the tools we find resonates with management teams and boards and it’s our […]

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Board Directors: Your 6 powerful questions

May 15, 2018

In late 2017 had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Traill AM for one of our Podcasts. Amongst other things, Michael talks convincingly about the role of the Board and Chair in relation to the CEO. Like all good conversations, our exchange refined my own thinking and experience. Here are our 6 powerful questions to reflect […]

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Career spotlight: A roadmap for changes

May 15, 2018

If you’ve been feeling like you want to reflect on your career trajectory then this segment is for you.  After years of supporting successful professionals to transform their careers we thought it was time to share our roadmap. These steps are designed to help you change career direction / step up where you are / or […]

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6 easy tips for changing the world

November 13, 2017

Earlier this year I sat listening transfixed and changed, to Muhammad Yunus. His unique and personal perspective was so wise and rich that I vowed to not to just add ‘write an article on Yunus’ to my overburdened To Do list. Yunus was a professor from the densely populated, and dangerously low lying land of […]

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3 tips to evolve your organisational culture

October 23, 2017

Social purpose organisations have examples of wonderful cultures, average places to work, and awful ones. One of the great things about organisations in this part of the economy is that by and large the mission is wonderful. So a useful question to ask about culture can be: “Are our behaviours helping us to achieve our mission and […]

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Hot tip for better communication

October 23, 2017

I recently spent 2 days immersed in Non-Violent Communication (NVC) and for those who haven’t been exposed to it, this is to share just one gem from the approach that you can use right away.  NVC is fascinating because it has been used for such diverse purposes – from warring tribes in Africa, to racially tense schools, […]

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