I recently received an email from an ex-military colleague. He was expressing his frustration with some aspects of leading in a...

‘Consistent high performance requires a perpetual search for weakness’. For the moment, assume this statement is true (it is). I...

For me, like thousands of others around the world, the 1986 blockbuster ‘Top Gun’ was the start of a long journey towards becoming a...

Think of the last time your organisation celebrated something. Did you pop the champagne because the ‘arrow hit the target’, or was it...

In my early 20s, I sat in a briefing room with 6 other 'bograts' (a 'bograt' is a junior pilot) and began what the corporate world would...

For those of you not familiar with my 'three hats' way of explaining our role as 'the boss', a short summary: As a 'boss' (or any other...

Gallup's monumental 2021 study of Global Workplaces found that Hong Kong has the third worst employee engagement on the planet! Only 7%...

These dots represent 100 randomly selected employees in Hong Kong. Gallup's 2021 'State of the Global Workplace Report' found the...

Low employee engagement is epidemic! Gallup’s 2021 worldwide survey found global engagement at an appalling 20%. But it gets worse for...

Our leadership is largely manifested through communication and it follows that, to a large degree, the effectiveness of our communication...

What percentage of your workplace performance is based on YOUR technical ability, versus the output of your TEAM as a whole? Think about...

One of the standout features of high performance teams is the concept of ‘team over self’. The All Blacks rugby team knows that everyone,...

Usually, we gather our people together for two reasons. Either to plan, or to brief. And these require us...the boss...to use VERY...

A lot of corporate mission statements are no more useful than the one pictured. Someone spent hours (and possibly a lot of money)...

Your staff will return from COVID restrictions wanting to continue flexible work practices, but don't make the mistake of believing...

RAAF Base Newcastle; Australia's Fightertown. A warm, sunny Friday afternoon in the spring of 1999. The smell of fresh cut grass,...

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Find your micromanagers. Limit their potential INSIDE your organisation, or they will limit the potential OF your organisation. What’s...

I’m just starting to thaw out after a very moving dawn service on a chilly Melbourne morning. Walking away from the Shrine of...

How impulsive are you? How impulsive is the organization you lead? Think back to the times where you have made ‘snap decisions’…did you...