Challenge Yourself
At 60, I decided to take on a personal challenge, 160 km over 8 days climbing and descending the equivalent of Mt Fuji. Yes, I took on a section of the Bibbulmun Track. [...]
Resilience, Mental Health and Personal Triggers
People are resilient, there is no doubt about that, look back in history and read about the struggles and suffering people have endured. So, the question is “given we are living in probably the most [...]
Focus on what is the same, not what’s different.
When we tackle a new task or reach out to learn something new, we immediately become hyper focused on what we don’t know or what we can’t do in the task. This is losing perspective [...]
Teaming in Times of Geographic Distance
There are many lessons to be learned by companies at the moment, one of the biggest is maintaining a strong team spirit and developing or maintaining a high-performance team. Teams in National or International organisations [...]
4 Tips for Business Continuity After the End of JobKeeper
Jobkeeper has been a wonderful initiative that has enabled many businesses to retain their employment base through the last 12 months or so. It allowed a number of businesses to continue to engage their employees, [...]
Reactive Leadership
We are all very familiar with the world of leadership in a stable environment, we have enjoyed a stable environment for an unprecedented amount of time and been able to create and train people in [...]
Your Resume is not enough
Yes, Yes, Yes, we are always talking about how important your resume is; and it is, but your career is so much more than that. A great resume (and more importantly the thinking behind a [...]
Managing my own career
Many times, I am asked ‘what are the key things I can do to take control of my own career’? It is an interesting question and like anything there are several view on it. I [...]
25% increase in productivity within your grasp
I was speaking to two senior HR leaders this week and there’s a common theme starting to surface around demands in their marketplaces. In a broader and broader range of industries, goals are being driven [...]
Time to Rethink Your Strategy
For the last 40 plus years I have been involved in Martial arts, the last 25 in a very specialist area of Swordsmanship. Swordsmanship is unique because it has a long-recorded history in many different [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: