Virtual Leadership and the Optimal Hybrid Work Week
Virtual Leadership and Optimal Hybrid Work Week
Key findings from a recent Ipsos report suggest that the optimal number of days in the office is […]
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08, 2024
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08, 2024
Career Ladders, Lattices and Progression
Historically, career progression was like climbing a ladder: linear and predictable, which often meant climbing that ladder from entry-level to mid-level roles that eventually culminated […]
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03, 2024
How do you respond to the inevitability of career chaos?
How do you respond to the inevitability of career chaos?
Chaos has an oversized influence on both the world of work and the careers of individuals […]
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02, 2024
Early Influences on the Career Aspirations of Children
What are the early influences on the career development, career choice and career aspirations of children?
“In research, 36% of children from as young as seven […]
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02, 2024
Career Development Over the Lifespan
Are you ready for 17 jobs and five careers over your lifetime? A young person entering the workforce is set to have a portfolio career of […]
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05, 2023
Mental Health and Leadership
“Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge.” Simon Sinek
A pre-Covid study in the US suggested that […]
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10, 2022
Leading With Cultural Sensitivity
Leading with cultural sensitivity isn’t easy, so what does it mean to be a culturally sensitive leader?
First, it means that leaders have cultural […]
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10, 2022
A Solution-Focused Approach to Leadership
A solution-focused approach to leadership is generally future-directed, strengths-based and action orientated. A core premise of this approach is that a deeper […]
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10, 2022
Get your Vision “off the wall”.
“Strategic leadership refers to a manager’s potential to express a strategic vision for the organization, or a part of the organisation, and to motivate and […]
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08, 2022
Leadership Humility and Emotional Intelligence
Humility comes from the Latin word humilitas, which could be loosely translated as grounded. In the leadership context, this is about being the opposite of […]
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07, 2022
Stop Anxiety and Fear – The 5-4-3-2-1 Technique
How to stop anxiety and fear is a key area I’m often asked about, so I thought I’d share another technique that helps you self-regulate […]
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06, 2022
Developing Team Cohesion
“Leadership is not about being in charge. It’s about taking care of those in your charge and creating a sense of unity and purpose that […]
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06, 2022
Cultural competence and humility are essential leadership attributes.
Cultural competence and humility are essential leadership attributes. Cultural competence is about having the right skills, knowledge, experience, and desire to work effectively with culturally […]
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05, 2022
Developing Ethical Leadership
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08, 2021
The 5 Key Predictors of Team Performance
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08, 2021
Integrity is Not a Word
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08, 2021
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08, 2021
Problem Talk in Solution Focused Coaching
Problem Talk In Solution Focused Coaching
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08, 2021
The Miracle Question in Solution Focused Coaching
Solution Focused Coaching Part 2 – The Miracle Question
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08, 2021
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03, 2019
The Coaching Relationship – 5 Key Factors
The Coaching Relationship – studies from coaching psychology or psychotherapy tell us that:
1. The quality of the relationship between coach & client is key to […]
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03, 2019
How to STOP Anxiety & Fear – Part 2 – A Simple Approach
Hi. A couple of weeks ago, I covered off the difference between fear and anxiety, and as part of that video, […]
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12, 2018
Why Words Matter: Why I Hate the Word “CAN’T” & Love the Word “YET”
In this video, I explore WHY WORDS MATTER and discuss the impacts of the word CAN’T on your potential success and its connection to a […]
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12, 2018
You Asked: How to Stop Anxiety & Fear- The difference & why it matters
In this video, How to Stop Anxiety and Fear – Part 1 – The difference and why it matters, in my new series of videos […]
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11, 2018
How to Have Difficult Conversations
How to have difficult conversations, is linked to my previous video in this series, where I explained why difficult conversations usually play out […]
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11, 2018
Difficult Conversations – Part 1 – Why So Difficult?
Difficult Conversations – why so difficult?
In this series, I’m […]
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11, 2018
The GROW Model: A Simple Guide for Leaders – Coaching Part 2
In Part 2 of this series of videos on coaching, I’ll cover off the well known GROW model of coaching, which I think is a […]
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11, 2018
How to Coach – Part 1 – A Basic Definition and Purpose for Leaders
How To Coach – Part 1 of this series on Coaching Basics For Leaders, I define coaching and its purpose from a leadership perspective.
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11, 2018
How to stop procrastinating and make better choices – Goals Part 4
How to stop procrastinating and make better choices is Part 4 in my series of videoas about goals. In previous videos I’ve talked about setting […]
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10, 2018
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SMARTER GOALS : Goals Part 3 – How to Set SMARTER Goals for You and Your Team
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Check out Part 3 of my series on Goals, in this video I […]
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10, 2018
Ingredients of Successful Goals – Part 2 Goals: How to Set Successful Goals
Ingredients of Successful Goals, in this part of my series on goals, I’m going to focus on the ingredients of successful goal setting. Please subscribe to […]
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10, 2018
Why Set Goals? Part 1 of How to Set Effective Goals and Achieve Them
Why Set Goals? In the first video in this series of videos on Goals, I answer this question. I’ll also be covering, how best to […]
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10, 2018
Strengths Spotting – How to Spot Strengths in Yourself & Others
In this video, I’m going to cover off how to spot strengths both in yourself and in others. Please subscribe to my channel for more content […]
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09, 2018
Leadership Strengths – 5 ways you can develop your strengths
As I mentioned in Part 1 of this Leadership Strengths series, a focus on developing your leadership strengths, rather than just a focus on fixing […]
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09, 2018
Strengths and Weaknesses – why focusing on strengths is a leadership advantage
Strengths and weaknesses can work for you, but only if you focus on using and developing your strengths.
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09, 2018
LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES
In this video, I discuss the Leadership Challenges most often faced by leaders in 2018.
In the coming weeks and months, I’ll focus on tackling these […]
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09, 2018
Be a Better Leader
Here’s my latest YouTube Video, where I cover the content and purpose of my new channel, which is ultimately about Being A Better Leader. […]
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05, 2018
Coaching Basics for Leaders
As per my previous article on coaching were I explore the question “what is coaching?”, I use the general definition that “Coaching […]
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03, 2018
What is Coaching?
Whether you are an expert or academic in the field or a professional coach, a simple and at the same time all-encompassing answer to the […]
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10, 2017
How to Change Careers
My take on How To Change Careers in 2018, which includes my top five tips to stop dreaming and start doing. https://www.mydeal.com.au/blog/post/changing-careers-in-2018
There’s a big difference […]
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09, 2017
How to Work Smarter, Not Harder
time management, https://www.mydeal.com.au/blog/post/work-smarter-professional-advice Some useful advice on Time Management, including my advice on why you shouldn’t (read CAN’T) multi-task and how uni-tasking is the way […]
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09, 2017
A balanced take on Millennial’s…..
This Sinek interview, went viral and it’s no wonder why, take a look and challenge your thinking about Millennial’s, technology and social media. […]
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08, 2017
Five Ways to Be Your Best Self
For me being your best self is all about authenticity and the alignment of an individual’s purpose, values & strengths to their personal and professional […]
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12, 2016
Authenticity, is it the real deal?
Gary Zukav suggests that “Authentic power is the real deal, you can’t inherit it, buy it, or win it. You also can’t lose it. You […]
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12, 2016
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11, 2016
Mindfulness, is it a fad, ‘woo-woo’ thinking or a game changer?
Some see it as a fad or just the latest ‘woo-woo’ thinking, but there’s nothing ‘woo-woo” about strengthening your focus and more effectively leveraging […]
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11, 2016
The advantages of being happy
Shawn’s book The Happiness Advantage – The 7 Principles that Fuel Success and Performance at Work, is an absolute cracker of a read or just […]
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10, 2016
A positive approach to performance discussions
The science (and common sense) suggests that regular coaching discussions are far more beneficial than some types of traditional performance discussions. When regular coaching sessions build […]
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10, 2016
A story by the ABC’s Catalyst program on the science of Mindfulness
Whether you believe in the positive effects of meditation on your well being and physical health or not, this is worth a watch, it might […]
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10, 2016
A strengths based development approach for improving performance
People have been trying to fix me for my whole career, not because I was broken, but because traditional thinking was focused on finding weaknesses […]