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How to Captialise on Complaining Employees There are genuine complaints – based on valid points of view, considered and aimed at the betterment of all. And then, there are individuals, who complain instead of taking responsibility and doing something about their concerns. Such individuals emit low intensity, high frequency complaints that are a substitute for genuine thought.... > Read more

 Not Sure How to Develop Your Leaders? Seven Simple Suggestions I was camping over the weekend with two other families (including parents and young children). The highlight of the weekend was the 'Walk of Importance' ceremony for Ben, an 11 year old boy. A 'Walk of... > Read more

The Equation that Unlocks Our Potential Our talent/ability + what unlocks that talent = fulfilled potential Conventional wisdom says fulfilling our potential (or brilliance) is heavily reliant upon our talent/ability. (Some would call it intelligence and, yes, there are multiple... > Read more

Harnessing the Power of Engaged People There’s another excellent article in December 2011’s Harvard Business Review on harnessing the power of highly engaged people. Professor of leadership, Douglas Ready, and PhD student, Emily Truelove, report on how companies like the... > Read more

Hi there Happy new year. New years hold all the promise of writing the first entry on the first page of a new exercise book - a clean start. We set off with the best of intentions – usually written to ourselves as New Year’s Resolutions. Turn Resolutions into Reality Five... > Read more

The One Word that Focuses Your Year I have spoken before of humans being dual aspected – Being and Doing. We are human beings AND we are human do-ers. The Being side of us is our inner world (of feelings, intuition, purpose, imaginings, consideration of the essence of things…... > Read more

You sit at your desk first thing in the morning and prepare for the day. You make a list of activities, and as you reflect on these, you will feel more drawn to some and a subtle (or not so subtle) avoidance of others. You may even prioritise, then start work on the top priority –... > Read more

I was caught by a question Chrissie Lightfoot (the Entrepreneur Lawyer) asked the audience at a legal annual conference we were both speaking at. She asked the attendees what their PEE-factor was. What rating (out of ten) did they give their own levels of Passion, Energy and Enthusiasm... > Read more

Download the brochure for this powerful, new 90 min-workshop the flicks the switch on energised workplace performance. I am co-presenting with Lee-Anne Wann - NZ's most recognised TV fitness specialist (from the top Health & Fitness TV series, ‘Downsize Me’) and... > Read more

I received this 2 min. video in my inbox today and wanted to share it with you. In it, actor Kevin Spacey shares his insights on success and how to have it. It’s a vitally important context for you to keep firmly planted in the front of your mind. As you continue to... > Read more

Point 1: Business has two aspects: people and processes. Point 2: Humans (at one level) have two aspects: Their ‘Being’ (inner self) and their ‘Doing’ (outer... > Read more

What is curiosity? Why is it directly relevant to leadership? Why is curiosity identified as one of the top five strengths most highly associated with life fulfillment? What has it got to do with... > Read more

In reports from this month’s earthquake in Christchurch, residents said things like, “We’ve seen things in our community that you’re never meant to see. In a war zone, yes.... > Read more

Leaders swim against the current. What is the current? Negativity or more precisely, habitual thinking - which hates being interrupted. And leadership is all about driving new... > Read more

If you condense the thousands of books written on leadership, the hours of analysis, podcasts, ponderings and practices down to one word, what would it be? Influence? Hope? Results? Character?... > Read more