What a Bunch of Kids Can Teach Us About High-Performing Teams
The Ballkids of the Australian Open 2025 can teach us a lot about high-performing teams.
The Offsite: Your End of Year Cheat Code
We often think of a team offsite as a highly structured snooze fest with forced "bonding". Instead let's design them to create real momentum and uplift for the team. Here are 4 elements to make an offsite rock.
Let Me Entertain You
A common myth that keeps popping up in the world of leadership is the idea that Training equals Development.
It goes like this: send someone to a training session, and voilà—they magically become a better leader. But as many of us have experienced, it’s not that simple.
This happens because we use events as a form of "edutainment," the type of training where the staff is stoked to get a day or two off work to do "leadership training," but they really are just being entertained.
Embrace Your Golden Shadow
How often do we look at "what is good?" and "what is working well?". Carl Jung's concept of the "golden shadow" highlights our positive traits and potential that are unclaimed or disowned.
Rethinking Leadership Development Programs: A Fresh Perspective
By focusing on personalised learning, real-world application, behavioural change, and sustained support, we setting a new standard for what leadership development programs can and should achieve.
It’s Not About Knowing
Today’s leaders thrive by letting go of the illusion of control and welcoming the unpredictability of the journey ahead. It's about understanding that in the midst of uncertainty lies the opportunity for innovation and growth.
The Art of Learning
Recently we visited the David Hockney exhibition at the NGV. Amazing explosions of colour and vibrancy made even more fascinating by the adaption he has undertaken.