Category: leadership
How to Incorporate Mindfulness into Organisational Culture
Over the last 20 years I’ve experienced a major change in the acceptability of using mindfulness techniques in organisational culture. I can remember hearing from people in the 1990’s that it was a spiritual practice and was not suitable in a professional workplace. I also worked in some Catholic organisations and heard people say that…
People love an Organisational Culture that matters
When people join an organisation, there’s usually some reason why they want to be there. Sometimes it’s just a job, but often it’s about connecting to the purpose, the values, and the organisational culture. The big WHY – why does this organisation matter, why does it do what it does? Those things can be attractive. But…
Winding up a Not For Profit
I was surprised when I was reading the Australian Institute of Company Directors report recently, it was a report on Not For Profit Governance and Performance in 2015. The report was saying that one of the factors was that 8% of all boards in the non-profit sector have discussed winding up in the last year. …
Seek the rewards of using your strengths at work
How can I as a leader be kinder to myself, and allow my strengths to shine through? There’s a part of me that seems hardwired to focus on deficits rather than strengths in myself, despite being able to see strengths in others. Having worked in the social service industry for the last 25 years I…
How did I get here?
It’s easy to forget why I’m doing what I’m doing here – what’s the overall reason behind it. If I’m not on the path I thought I was, I might be experiencing “mission drift” – that slow creeping compromise, bit by bit, where you end up somewhere quite different than you had intended. “mission drift”…
Does sharing power make me a better leader?
Why would a leader want to give away some of their power? And if they do so, what works in its place? Maybe there are some new technology solutions, and organising approaches that could be part of the solution. I had an experience as a young leader that has influenced the way that I think…
Are your work boots left at the office door?
Do I bring my whole self to work each day? Do I really want my colleagues to bring all that they are to the workplace? If your answers are no to these questions we might be missing out on a lot of engagement and productivity. I had a pair of pull-on work boots that I…
If you want something to change, change how you think about it
It’s an illusion to think that I can change the people around me and get them be just as I want them to be. But what I can do is change my thoughts and thinking and create a way of being that may create a different outcome. There are many sayings that reflect this way…
Standing Up for what is right
In June 2014 I delivered the President’s address at the ACOSS Conference and spoke about standing up for what is right. Here is the text of what I said. Welcome to the 2014 ACOSS Conference “Global problems, local solutions: Tackling inequality in Australia and beyond”. Thank you for making the commitment to come along to…
Confessions of a social activist
I’m not sure that I’m really a social activist, but it’s a good title for this blog entry. My confession is that I am not really sure what works in achieving change in this world. I know that I am involved in lots of things and that there have been little wins along the journey.…
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