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Is Kindness a Lost Art – A Further Perspective

For 20 years, I have been trying to define the DNA of performance and have written extensively about curiosity, empathy and grit as organisational and personal superpowers. For all my research, I had not thought about how these three qualities overlap with ‘Kindness’ or more so, how empathy, curiosity and grit empower kindness, and in […]

Resilience, Mental Health & Wellbeing: What Could Be More Important?

Most people recognise that our bodies have an automatic stress response. It always surprises people, however, when they learn we have no instinctive relaxation response. To de-stress, we have to actively and deliberately work at relaxing ourselves. This matters, because in any year, 20% of us will suffer from a mental health condition. That’s a […]

Why Personal Brand Must Matter To Data Professionals

I very much enjoyed writing the paper linked below, about how professionals can build an enduring career. More importantly, I hope it reminds us all that living our values is the short-cut to an authentic and rewarding life. Why Personal Brand Must Matter to Data Professionals.

Is Kindness A Lost Art?

Contributing to this article, ‘Is Kindness A Lost Art?’ was difficult and left me feeling vulnerable. There is a terrible sadness in witnessing the head-long rush into narcissistic individualism, rampant consumerism and dog-eat-dog competition. More so, the loss of the ideals of the Enlightenment and its democratic institutions, is truly heartbreaking. While it might not […]

Hopes for 2025 – Storm Asia Article

Wishing everyone; ‘Wisdom & Peace of Mind’ for 2025. Kannan Chandran from STORM-ASIA asked me and others about our hopes and wishes for 2025 and the full article is linked below. My modest contribution is reproduced here: Bertrand Russell said, ‘The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatsoever that it […]

Anti-Social Media

I was very happy that the team at STORM-ASIA sought my perspective on our (Australian) legislation around children using social media – It is nice to think that Australia is showing leadership on this and it is pleasing that people in Singapore are reporting it without bias or prejudice See the published article here: Anti-Social […]

News From The World Of Emotional Intelligence

A shout out to Benjamin Palmer and the team at Genos International – following their international conference, they have surfaced some very important developments in the world of workplace performance: The need for emotional intelligence has never been more important, after years of rapidly changing work environments, high levels of stress, burnout, and weakened interpersonal […]

Lessons From The Penrith Panthers Success

Despite the standard sensational stuff in this piece, like rifts and sackings, it is a great read about an amazing personal and professional leadership journey. I like hearing how close some ‘successful’ people came to giving it all away before outcomes turned around – the value of grit and perseverance. What is also clear is […]

Almost 50% Of Workers Are Unhappy With Their Job

Great research has been released – Almost half of Australian workers are unhappy with their job! https://www.9news.com.au/national/almost-half-of-australian-workers-are-unhappy-with-their-job-new-research-suggests/e9c7b1dc-7ffb-412b-8176-21e2b5a3883d This new research is spot on with what we have been saying for years about ‘Purpose’ and the ‘Relationship with the Boss. The new study showed there was one clear factor driving workplace satisfaction – having a purpose […]

State of Australian Leadership Report – 2024

We are pleased to release our 2024, State of Australian Leadership Report. As you read the report, we hope it gives you some comfort, that the tough environment we are facing impacts us all. In fact, the most common response we received is, ‘Times are tough and it is difficult to know what to do.’ […]