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...

Our team sits around the table. They are intelligent, creative and motivated. One of them may have the answer to our firm’s biggest...

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...

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...

"What is the opposite of fragile?" Nassim Taleb opened his *2012 bestseller by posing this question. If you are a native English speaker,...

You pick up your phone to check your calendar. The screen unlocks, and you see a red notification bubble on the FaceBook icon. What...

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...

“You should spend time visualising success. Picture yourself living the life you want.” I have used long-term ‘strategic’ visualisation...

In this photo, we see my ex-Commanding Officer cleaning a jet (specifically, the fins of a sidewinder heat-seeking missile) alongside one...

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...

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...

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...