2/7/2024 Just over 18 months ago I had decided to start a business and I was at home with lots of butcher’s paper on the walls deciding on a name for it. My wife, kids and friends were challenging me on each one and the relevance to my business. As have many others. So why Beacon […]
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24/6/2024 In consulting across various organizations, I’ve learned that culture isn’t just an aesthetic—it’s foundational to organizational success. Envision organizational culture as the structural beams of a building, crucial for supporting everything within the company, much like core values underpin every business process and interaction. The essence of a strong culture lies in purposeful work,
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12/6/2024 As a leader and consultant to many different clients, something I have known for a long time is the profound impact of first impressions in the workplace. In fact I used to lead a team at Australia Post, and one of our varied responsibilities was to create awesome onboarding experiences for new starters. Crafting
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11//6/2024 What is Adaptive Leadership? Recently, I ran a session with leaders from the engineering firm Aurecon on Adaptive Leadership, focusing on the intricate, complex challenges that leaders face, especially those involving significant behavioral changes. This session not only reaffirmed my belief in the effectiveness of Adaptive Leadership but also reminded me of my own
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4/6/2024 Apparently everywhere. I recently read “Taming Toxic People: The Science of Identifying and Dealing with Psychopaths at Work and at Home” by David Gillespie which offers a practical guide to recognizing and managing psychopaths in both professional and personal settings. What a fun read! Gillespie defines psychopathy as a personality disorder marked by an
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23/5/2024 Work From Home In my journey as a consultant working with clients large and small, I’ve realised that the backbone of any thriving company is not its strategies or products, but its people—particularly its leaders. The success of most organisational initiatives, hinges on the role that leaders play. Bad leadership, as we often hear,
22/5/2024 After many years in big corporate, big 4 consulting and working with smaller clients, one way to cultivate a thriving organisational culture, is through robust feedback. When people think of feedback, they may think of awkward moments sharing (often negative feedback) that may have varying ramifications. Effective feedback is much more that that. It
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14/5/2024 Not another article about WFH? Well it’s a conversation that I find is repeated, and repeated once more, and we’re still working out the answer. As we navigate the evolving landscape of work in a post-pandemic world, the decision to return to the office has varied widely across organisations, particularly between large and small
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22/11/23 When it comes to driving change with your people or organisational culture, leadership is critical. Whether it’s delivering on your strategy, defining and setting the example behaviours for future desired culture or having proactive or constructive conversations around performance, the calibre of your leaders is paramount. This is relevant for all organisations, but particularly
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21/10/2023 This term High Performance Culture gets thrown around like it is the panacea to all organisational challenges, but what really is it? I joined a management consulting firm 15 years ago and it was the buzz word on speed dial. I question that many then knew what it REALLY was and why it was
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