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Reflecting On Everyday Accomplishments
As I mentioned, last weekend I was sitting at my dining table in Jindabyne looking out over the beautiful lake feeling immense gratitude for my life. Even though the season hasn’t been fabulous Helmut and I skied 20 days and…
Posted in On Balance
Appreciative Inquiry
The brain is a funny thing. We are hardwired for survival – to look for threats and notice what doesn’t fit with our values. What is really fascinating is that when we begin to notice and appreciate the ordinary as…
Posted in On Running Your Brain
Having Fun!
One of the great joys in my life is being able to spend time in the mountains both summer and winter. We have a holiday home on the lake in Jindabyne and every morning I wake up when we are…
Posted in On Happiness
Australia’s Best WorkPlaces
Attracting and retaining great staff has always been something that keeps employers awake at night. BRW has just published a report on what makes a great workplace and how this contributes to attracting and retaining fabulous people. One of the…
Posted in Australia's Best Workplaces
The Responsibility of Leadership
Last year I was reading a book called The Three Laws of Performance (Zaffron and Logan, 2009) which presented 3 laws that describe where people and organisations are at and how to “lean into” change and create preferred “new futures”…
Posted in On Leadership
Carpe Mane
I’m not sure about you, but I am a morning person. This hasn’t always been the case. I used to happily sleep in to anywhere between 8-11 am. As I have become more focused and disciplined in my behaviours and…
Posted in On Balance
Let’s Celebrate
Last weekend Canberra celebrated her 100th birthday with a weekend of festivities and activities to inspire and delight all ages. Celebration happens across the world for lots of different reasons. In the western world we follow the Gregorian calendar and…
Posted in On Happiness
Mental Rehearsal – Creating in Advance
I received an email today from James Nikolaidis from hrmweb.com.au, a star graduate of our Executive Intelligence program. He sent me through today’s Seth Godin’s blog on mental rehearsal saying that it clearly reminded him of what he had learnt…
Posted in On Success
Attitude… is Everything!
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. Dalai Lama Last week I…
Posted in On Success