A business with a strong culture performs better, period. Yet, through the work I do and throughout my travels across the business world, I’ve noticed that a strong culture can be one of the most mystical things to identify, and certainly, one of the hardest things to deploy. The reason so many businesses commit so …
This takes practice and humility. Practice, practice and practice some more. Why? For no other reason, other than to be better. When we take care in our performance, for no other reason than to perform, we feel good about what we’re doing. We like ourselves, others like us and we are good to be around …
At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, I experienced a horrible sporting moment, which saw both myself and my doubles partner, suffer terribly as a result. At the heart of this horrible sporting moment, where I had gone into the Olympic Games considerably under prepared and raced poorly in a pressurised environment, was low levels …
Good habits support so much more than just goal achievement. I was out paddling in the ocean recently, off the coast from my local surf club at North Burleigh, when I noticed something different about my surroundings. I head out early in the morning most Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, which over time has become a …
We all make excuses for not being at our best When confronted with a significant challenge or goal, one of the things we all do as humans, is make excuses for not being at our best. Here are five excuses to be mindful of that keep us small and stop us from striving for levels …
Busy is not a badge of honour and your professional commitments should never become an end unto themselves. Selfishness is not justified through the accomplishments you might achieve along the way. I learnt this lesson in 1996 when my entire being, at the behest of all else, was to win a medal at the 1996 …
Regardless of the industry and times, leaders continue to ask the same people and performance questions they always have. With the context now different, we’re going to get different answers. Whether you’re in an industry that’s taken an absolute battering due to being shut-down overnight or an industry that’s needed to massively scale-up to meet …
When leading performance, for the most part, your work and the work of your team fits into two large buckets. Both of these buckets are essential to progress and in turn, the performance and success of your business. The first of these buckets relates to structured work. Structured work should fall directly in alignment with …
When we create mastery in our lives, we create bandwidth to realise new potential, whilst still attracting significant returns on our initial investments. The only way to do this however, is to ensure that we’re very clear on what we choose to focus on. Initially, this will require a sacrifice of both time and effort. …
No business risk management plan could have envisaged how quickly and brutally the workplace would have needed to adapt over the last six months in response to COVID-19. Post COVID-19, leaders around the world are working with their people to transition them in support of a blended workplace, quickly trying to re-establish the role of …
