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The Joys and Benefits of Literature

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During the uncertainty and struggles of 2020, as our lives have become more constrained, there has been a return to simpler pleasures. People I know are finding more time for the hobbies they enjoy – painting, music, games, puzzles and more. For me, 2020 has helped me rediscover my love of literature. In recent years […]

Filed Under: Personal Effectiveness, Happiness, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Happiness, Empathy

Leadership in the Time of Coronavirus

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When I was 8 years old the world was gravely concerned about the prospect of a nuclear war, as global superpowers the USA and USSR were locked in a Cold War staredown. Then, when I was 28, approaching the year 2000, there were serious worries about the Y2K computer bug, which some experts said would […]

Filed Under: Capable Leaders, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Human Workplace, Leadership

Want to Enjoy Your Work More? Then Remember This.

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all organisations are imperfect

During my very first economics lecture at the University of Queensland in the late 1980’s, my lecturer Dr Gunton made an observation that I have never forgotten.  “All organisations are imperfect”, he pronounced with gusto from his academic pulpit in front of the crowded night time lecture theatre. I wrote this down, underlined it and filed […]

Filed Under: Change Management, Happiness, Followership, Healthy Teams, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Career, Happiness

Yes it is Lonely At the Top (But it Doesn’t Have to Be)

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When we commence our careers we usually work in the fat bit of the organisational structure triangle, somewhere near the bottom, where it’s anything but lonely.  Everywhere we look there are people we can talk to, people to ask questions of, people to have a whinge with and people to share a laugh with.  Very […]

Filed Under: Happiness, Capable Leaders, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Happiness, Relationships, Leadership, Human Workplace

Humility for Leaders (with Lessons From Donald Trump)

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Donald Trump’s approach to leadership saddens me, never more so than when he shoved past the Montenegro president at a NATO meeting.  If you missed this you might like to check out the short video below.  This behaviour would be inappropriate in a schoolyard, it would be inappropriate in a workplace and it is highly […]

Filed Under: Personal Effectiveness, Capable Leaders, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Kindness, Leadership, Human Workplace

Giving Before Getting

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A few days ago I dropped in to a bakery and asked for half a dozen breadrolls.  I was a little embarrassed to find myself a couple of dollars short of the $3.60 I needed.  The lady who was serving (and who didn’t know me) said to just give her what I had and give her the […]

Filed Under: Personal Effectiveness, Customer Service, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Kindness, Relationships

How to Really Enjoy Mondays

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  Ever noticed how musicians give Mondays a bad wrap?  The Boomtown Rats sing that they hate Mondays so much they want to “shoot the whole day down”.  Not quite as extreme, but hardly positive, the Bangles describe Mondays as “manic” and lament that Sunday is over.  The Easybeats are more forward thinking but admit […]

Filed Under: Happiness, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Happiness

Small Gestures of Appreciation

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  Last week I facilitated a workshop to help a management team examine its functioning and consider some ways to improve. It was a real pleasure to work with this team.  The conversation was rich, all participants contributed actively, and the session set a useful platform for the team to grow together. The next day, […]

Filed Under: Personal Effectiveness, Capable Leaders, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Kindness, Leadership

A Less Obvious Form of Diversity

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Over the past few months I’ve been having a slow binge watch of “Mad Men” on Netflix.  With the show’s clever scripts, enigmatic lead characters and fastidiously detailed depiction of the 1960’s I’m really enjoying it.  There’s one thing that makes “Mad Men” hard to watch though, and that’s the way the male advertising executives […]

Filed Under: Human Workplaces Tagged With: Diversity

Starting Team Meetings with a Human Moment

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  Here’ a question for you if you’re a manager or a team leader.  How do you spend the first 5 minutes of your your weekly/ fortnightly team meetings? We get straight down to serious business (e.g. we share project status updates) We talk about something work related but fairly light (e.g. we share good […]

Filed Under: Healthy Teams, Human Workplaces Tagged With: Leadership, Teams, Human Workplace

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