Tag: blog
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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…
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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. …
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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…
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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”…
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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…
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We can’t afford “Unaffordable Housing”
It seems that there is much in the media about house prices, interest rates, tax systems, and how these conspire to make housing unaffordable. Perhaps there are other elements that we should be factoring into the equation. I have always had a bed to go to each night. Mostly, that has been somewhere of my…
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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…
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Ending homelessness! Do you want fries with that?
There are “wicked problems” confronting the Australian community, like homelessness, and domestic violence. Until now it has mostly been governments and community organisations that have taken the lead in tackling them. Can private corporations play a major role, not just in service delivery in these issues, but in actually solving them? I had a cycling…
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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…
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Abuse of Power
In mid 2014 I watched the film, “Calvary“, which is a compelling exploration of relationships, loss, pain, and abuse of power. It’s one of those films that left the audience silent as we left the cinema, and also one that my thoughts returned to repeatedly over the next few days. This is a film with many…
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