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31 March 2025
What can a 70.3 Ironman Triathlon teach you about work (and life)?
My 19-year-old daughter Ruby is currently training for a 70.3 (or Half) Ironman Triathlon. This will be her fourth triathlon and the first step up to the longer distance. As... Read more...
26 September 2024
WFH vs. Return to the Office: Finding Value
I found Amazon CEO Andy Jassy’s recent article on strengthening culture and teams both compelling and thought provoking. Unfortunately, most of the press and commentary around the article centred on... Read more...
10 February 2021
Transformation…one day at a time
I caught up a with a good friend for the first time in 2021 this week, and he asked me if I had a New Year’s resolution. I had to admit... Read more...
17 September 2020
Gender Balance: Is it Necessary? Is it Achievable?
I couldn’t help but ponder those questions as I kicked off some research to help a client with some market intelligence to support their external succession planning. Right up front... Read more...
29 July 2020
Turning to the Stoic Philosophers in Covid Times
I first discovered the ancient Roman Emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius about 12 years ago vis the book “Meditations” and have carried it with me since. Written around 180AD, mostly... Read more...
19 May 2020
Working From Home – Tips and Tricks For Leaders
With all the uncertainty created by the pandemic, one thing that seems to be set in concrete is that working from home more regularly (if not all the time) will... Read more...
18 September 2019
Vulnerability as a Leadership Art
With the increased focus on emotional intelligence, leaders have been encouraged to show their vulnerable side. But can showing vulnerability actually work against you? Co-founder of Accelerating Leadership Presence (ALP)... Read more...
19 June 2019
Deloitte’s 2019 Human Capital Trends in 1,000 Words
Each year, Deloitte publish a well-researched study of trends affecting HR. This year’s report pack runs to 107 pages, plus videos. What, you haven’t read it all yet? Each year,... Read more...
31 October 2018
The Rise of the Flexible Workplace
Who came up with idea that 5 days a week, and 40+ hours is the way ‘work’ should work? A lot of us grew up in the world where this... Read more...
22 October 2018
Meet our new partner in Melbourne, Josh Hollway
Josh is a Partner in the Melbourne office and brings over 20 years of global commercial and consulting experience. Having worked extensively in Europe and Asia Pacific for more than... Read more...
