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Boards, are you truth seeking, or weight throwing?
When you are the consultant working on developing strategy for an organisation and the CEO says, ‘please take out the negative comments received through the staff consultation from the report prepared for the Board’ – you know the system is broken. Depending on your perspective, you might say that the CEO isn’t doing their job properly, however, this request is the result of a set of circumstances that have meant the CEO doesn’t feel like they can deliver the truth, and then more importantly ask for support to address the issues at hand. This goes on and on until unresolved issues bubble to the top and a crisis ensues or, it…
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Why your culture is affecting your bottom line
How are things done around your workplace? How do you manage challenges and celebrate successes? What do your bosses’ and colleagues’ behaviour, language and expectations say about your work culture? And if you found something you wanted to change, how would you go about it?
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Why some people fit in certain companies and others run a mile
If you held up a large lens that allowed you to look at your company’s organisational culture, what would you find? What would your colleagues’ behaviour, language and expectations say about your organisational culture? And if you found something you wanted to change, how would you go about it?
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It’s about how you celebrate your wins
In 2012, James ‘Missile’ Magnussen caused a media storm when he did the unthinkable; he came second to the US’s Nathan Adrian by a single hundredth of a second in the 100m freestyle at the London Olympic Games.
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Managing Organisational Culture through Communication in Not for Profit organisations
If you held up a large lens that allowed you to look at your organisation’s culture, what would you find? What would your colleagues’ behaviour, language and expectations say about your organisational culture? And if you found something you wanted to change, how would you go about it?
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The courage to change
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Nelson Mandela Making the vital changes in our businesses and event models is probably one of the hardest things we all wrestle with. When the strategy has been written, the consensus engaged and the mandate drawn, there is often a quiet pause as the person in charge hesitates over the metaphoric red go-live button, everything grounds to a halt and the energy dwindles. Everyone just sits and waits.
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The top 3 challenges facing leaders of business leaders in 2016
As 2016 kicks off, the challenges leaders will face this year have a distinct flavour. As the power of digital continues to dominate, standing out in a crowded market place remains critical and the importance of team heats up.
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Using your history to communicate the future
Everyday whether it feels like it or not, we make history; a project completed, a relationship over, a new job or a milestone birthday. Often when these events take place we only get a few moments to reflect on how we got there, what the chain of events were that led to that point in time.
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Making Meaning through Communication
Whether you start your day with a freshly home-brewed espresso, a long haul commute or walking out into the fields, the tasks of your day, your responsibilities, the decisions made and relationships you make are an expression of who you are and what you see as important. Due to this connection, most of us care about the meaning of what we do.
