What is the root system supporting your leadership?
Our values and beliefs form the root structure from which our leadership capability grows. Leadership skills and techniques are the...
'Raise The Bar' is a half day workshop introducing the characteristics and behaviour required in high-performance organisations.
RICHARDSON HPS
HUMAN PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS
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Jason Richardson
- Nov 1
- 1 min
Run towards the threat.
Run towards the threat. David ran towards Goliath; he ran towards the threat. Goliath was an immensely capable and highly trained...
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Jason Richardson
- Oct 10
- 1 min
Technical skill or leadership ability?
After we receive our initial promotion (usually quite early in our career) our performance is subsequently judged on our team's results....
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Jason Richardson
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Leadership Characteristics: Self Awareness
Exceptional performers in every domain have very high levels of self-awareness. Over their career, they actively seek methods to ‘unpack’...
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Jason Richardson
- Sep 14
- 1 min
A leader is like a conductor...
A conductor’s role is to create an environment which allows her individual musicians to excel. A leader’s role is to create an...
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Jason Richardson
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Don't confuse 'digital leadership' with actual leadership.
If you are a leader in 2022, you may be feeling increasing pressure to become a ‘digital leader’. Don’t let this ‘buzzword-du-jour’...
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Jason Richardson
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Why documenting your core processes is so powerful!
“If I think they can do the job 70% as well as I could, then I delegate it.” This is a rule of thumb used by a very successful friend of...
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Jason Richardson
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Documenting your core processes...
"How do we know what processes to document?" Great question! If you are aiming for constant improvement, it is critical that you document...
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Jason Richardson
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Are you content with your current trajectory?
How do you define then achieve your next 'big thing'? One of the main roles of a performance coach is to help clients with this process....
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Jason Richardson
- Aug 22
- 2 min
How to move closer to flawless execution...
If you work in a highly functional team (or if you are really fortunate, a true 'high performance team'), you will know the power of...
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Jason Richardson
- Aug 18
- 1 min
Silence is not golden.
Our team sits around the table. They are intelligent, creative and motivated. One of them may have the answer to our firm’s biggest...
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Jason Richardson
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Meetings; a legal way to torture your staff.
1328. Sarah files into the board room; mug of coffee, notebook and head filled with dread. Re-scheduled to 1330 by the boss from its...
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Jason Richardson
- Jul 28
- 2 min
The air force weight loss program: 3kg in 80 minutes.
RAAF base Pearce, late January 1997. I put the 5 safety pins into the ejection seat and climb out of the cockpit 3kg lighter than when I...
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Jason Richardson
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Does your business need a FRAGILE label?
"What is the opposite of fragile?" Nassim Taleb opened his *2012 bestseller by posing this question. If you are a native English speaker,...
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Jason Richardson
- Jul 21
- 2 min
Task management tools from airline pilots.
You pick up your phone to check your calendar. The screen unlocks, and you see a red notification bubble on the FaceBook icon. What...
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Jason Richardson
- Jul 18
- 3 min
Performance Hack: Prioritise like a fighter pilot
If you are frequently overwhelmed and seem to be running around in circles without achieving much, then a great way to regain a bit of...
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Jason Richardson
- Jul 15
- 2 min
Are you spending enough time visualising failure?
“You should spend time visualising success. Picture yourself living the life you want.” I have used long-term ‘strategic’ visualisation...
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Jason Richardson
- Jul 12
- 1 min
Should the boss empty his own rubbish bin?
In this photo, we see my ex-Commanding Officer cleaning a jet (specifically, the fins of a sidewinder heat-seeking missile) alongside one...
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Jason Richardson
- Jul 7
- 3 min
Honestly, most people don't care about high performance.
Coming to this realisation has been a slow and sometimes painful process for me as I climb the mountain of building a business based on...
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Jason Richardson
- Jul 4
- 4 min
Performance Hack: Increasing tenacity
A few months ago I wrote a blog about the importance of tenacity, and it prompted a question from a friend: how do we increase it? Before...
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