If your people are not adopting or demonstrating your company values, it’s NOT because they don’t want to, it’s because you haven’t made it safe enough for them to. It's true! People don’t reject company values because they’re being difficult, defiant, or  “just...

Read on to identify if you're in it, the impact if you choose to stay in it and some simple, proven strategies to escape it. Leadership is a balancing act, and if you’re a leader who craves approval, you’ll be trying to balance people’s expectations, emotions,...

If you only ever take one piece of advice from me - make it this one! DON’T put your negative thoughts in charge of your decisions, and here's why. It’s easy to make rash decisions when you’re in flatsville, where the self-doubt screams loud, and the self-saboteurs...

I had someone ask me what this program is about, what's included and who it's for. Here's all the answers in case you're wondering too. Firstly, why did I create it? It's because most of my clients come to me saying things like: I don’t want to feel like this anymore,...

Let’s face it, no matter how high up you are in an organisation, dealing with difficult people, is well … difficult. If we don’t know how to deal with them, we generally don’t, and then as more and more time passes, looking the other way becomes the default coping...

One thing I have consistently found in my conflict resolution work, is that a person’s ability to manage stress is the number one contributor to how productive and reactive they are. People who are proactive, responsive, and able to demonstrate emotional intelligence...

Let’s talk about social anxiety. What is it? It’s awful, you're sick of it, and you wish that you could get rid of it. Oh, and you probably have people telling you “Just don’t worry about it” or “you’ll be fine!” or other very helpful things. What people don’t see...

Hey there, I see you ... hiding your true colours from the world! Come with me ... let's embark on a journey to uncover the dark secrets of the infamous impostor syndrome. Cue dramatic music. You know, that little monster that creeps into your mind and whispers,...

I was chatting to a friend the other day who is reinventing herself after breaking a long-term cycle of entering narcissistic relationships. She was a new person.  She was vibrant, excited and free. Wearing what she wanted, going where she wanted and spending time...

The urge to throw the concept of employee happiness into the “fluffy shit that’s not my responsibility” is one of the leading reasons why resignations are being handed to managers at record rates. Expecting our staff to clock off in their personal lives, as they clock...

Problem staff, we’ve all experienced them, tried to manage them, or been them. So, how do you change them? They’re a stable in every industry, but let’s explore how they impact one of the most common battle fields of all. Education. More than 40% of my clients are...

What’s your Workplace Happiness Score? Knowing it could be the piece of fried gold that skyrockets your business. As humans, we all have the same desire - to be happy! The workplace is no different. When your people enjoy coming to work, get along with the people they...

Making. A. Living. We are so busy creating a tomorrow of our dreams, that we're sleeping through the gifts today is already offering. As a small business owner, it’s expected that, in the first few years at least, that you invest stupid amounts of time at the office,...

I get asked a lot – what makes a great corporate team? Many people think it’s all about the bottom line and others share that their definition of a great team is having hardworking staffers who make minimal mistakes. Some even offer that a great team is reliant on...

Gossip is something we’ve all done, we’ve all participated in and all been a victim of. So, why do we do it? Basically, gossip is a form of social intimacy and, as humans, one of our greatest human needs is to belong. What makes gossip even more tempting for some, is...

Grievance procedure … two soul-destroying words that, according to most people I work with, herald the beginning of the end. In fact, the presupposition of the word grievance is that a) you’re in the shit; b) you’re about to get someone else in the shit; or c) you’re...

The other night, around 9pm, Mick and I were lazing back in our recliners, when, out of nowhere, a mouse ran past us. Nyla, our lightly snoozing moggy leapt up and gave chase, but the mouse ran for cover and bunkered down behind the gas heater, waiting for the cat to...

One of the hardest things about having anxiety is getting people to understand what it's like to have every nerve fibre pinging, your stomach turning, your heart threatening to jump out of your chest and an indescribable urge to flee. It's easy to feel judged,...