Recently Tracy and Maria went to see Brené Brown speak in Sydney. Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor who has spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. She speaks passionately about leadership and what it takes to be powerful leaders. She is the author of five books including Dare to Lead and…
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How often do you stop and do nothing? Nothing. No phones, no TV. Just nothing. Do you stop and give the mind and body a rest and time to recover and regenerate? Maybe you grew up like we did with hard working parents who were always working hard. Sitting around wasn’t really an option. But…
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You know you are in a hole when your team is missing deadlines, the same mistakes keep happening, relationships are fracturing. As the leader you may feel ‘there is no way out of this hole.’ Knowing how to get out of the hole is often a big challenge in itself. We are currently working with…
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On 29th July Maria and Tracy spoke at the Food Industries Association of Queensland (FIAQ) annual conference in Brisbane. Our topic was ‘Leading Change in a Food Safety Culture – How to Avoid the Five Deadly Mistakes’. We spoke about how to ‘make change stick’ based on our experiences working with clients in the food…
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If only many businesses would think like this. Burning people has huge impacts on their health, their confidence and it just isn’t a positive environment to set them up for success. How have I seen businesses burn people? Poor processes, poor leadership, poor teamwork and poor culture. And the most common one is actually poor…
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Do you have challenges with getting everything done? Is your ‘to do’ list overwhelming and you feel like you are sinking? I have found when I am sinking my output drops and this impacts my confidence. A few weeks ago we were working with one of our clients and this very topic was high on…
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Are you on LinkedIn? LinkedIn is a great business tool. The obvious benefit is connecting with people and building our network. For example, if I am looking for a contact in a particular company, I go to my current contacts to see if there is someone who can introduce me. There isn’t much point collecting…
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Are you executing your strategy? Are you having some challenges getting your team to engage and deliver? Over the last 18 years of working with our SeeChange clients, I have watched many leaders struggle with this challenge. You are not alone! Often leaders want to know ‘how’ to engage their team and help them deliver. If…
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Here is a video about solving leadership challenges. Leaders consistently share with us two issues that concern them. The irony is that Issue 2 is a result of the impact of Issue 1. In this short video, Tracy shares some ideas why these issues could be happening and will tell a short story about how…
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Imagine having this positive culture in your workplace …… no one is perfect. Mistakes do happen. We all make mistakes. However, a learning culture will help reduce the same mistakes happening over and over again. Of course, there are some jobs where making mistakes have major implications – even people’s lives are at stake….
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