Five Podcasts for the Busy Leader
As managers we lead busy lives! Between working from home or in the office, potentially managing a remote team and fitting in time to consistently work on personal growth becomes a challenge – especially when you’re already juggling the pressures of work, family, health, stress of the current world situation and just generally trying to enjoy life. However, one […]
How to Keep Your Culture Alive With a Remote Team
As flexible working arrangements continue into the new year, how do we utilise our leaders to champion our culture and ensure it remains strong during this transition? It wasn’t so long ago that if there was a business goal to be met, we would look at the behaviour we needed to change to help accelerate its achievement. We would drive very specific […]
Are You Neglecting Your Personal Life at Work?
2020 was the year of working from home. It saw co-workers becoming familiar with your home décor, knowing your pet’s names and being sympathetic when you share the difficulties of home schooling your child (or better yet, your children!) It was the year getting to know everybody a little bit better, even at a physical distance, because you […]
Preserving the Benefits of Your Break
A new work year is the perfect opportunity to reset the year that was. From introducing new ways of working, new planning strategies and maybe even a new approach to something, a new year means a new lease on your professional life. After a much-needed break, you return to your responsibilities and duties as a […]
Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals in 2021
Do you fall in the trap of setting goals yet never managing to meet them? We’re all guilty of this especially after the rollercoaster that 2020 was, it possibly ruined your plans. With 2021 rolling in, now is the perfect time to get “SMART” and set your new year goals. Like most people, you would have certain aspirations you wish to achieve in your lifetime. These aspirations […]
L.E.A.D.I.N.G. Into Christmas
Does it feel like you are dragging yourself towards Christmas and the end of year holidays, instead of excitedly anticipating its arrival? Do you feel like December is flying by and it feels like you haven’t taken a breath? And is your to do list is getting longer and longer by the day? L.E.A.D.I.N.G is our Christmas gift […]
Six Books You Must Read to Inspire Success
There’s a common bond that the world’s most successful leaders and CEOs share – and you can find it on Amazon or the local library. Think it’s a coincidence that the most successful people are obsessive readers? Over the past 30 years, Steve Siebold has interviewed 1,200 of the richest people in the world. The one common […]
Three Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness at Work
Picture this. You’re back at work after a much needed (and deserved) break after the crazy year that was 2020. You took time off, you sat on the beach, you got a little bit sunburnt, you finished a book, you spent time with your family and friends, you relaxed, you switched off and you come home just before you […]
2020: What This Year Taught Us
2020, what a year! The beginning of a new decade and not one we’ll forget anytime soon. Less happened in Y2K and we were much better prepared for that one! For a lot of us, we are excited to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror getting smaller and smaller as we drive off into a beautiful summer sunset and 2021. Despite its flaws, 2020 has offered us […]
Moving On and Growing in Business
Many organisations are using this time, as we come to the end of the year and as the pandemic proves less of a threat to our everyday lives and business, to focus on and think about how we’re going to move forward and grow. The question we’ve been asking ourselves is: what is our strategy for growth moving forward? Although there are many, there […]