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9 Things to Look for When Researching a Leadership Coach
So, you’ve decided you want some leadership coaching? That’s great! But where do you start? How do you find a leadership coach who is the right fit for you? What qualifications should a coach have? How will I know if…
Women on Boards Australia Celebrates 20 Years of Success
Women on Boards is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, starting this evening in Sydney, with its first of seven gala dinners across Australian cities. I will absolutely be in attendance and am so looking forward to hearing a range of inspiring…
How Leaders Can Develop Team Ownership Thinking
One of the biggest shifts you can make as a leader is moving from assigning work to creating ownership. There’s a big difference. Weak leadership sounds like:“Here’s what I need you to do.” Stronger leadership sounds like:“Here’s the outcome we…
Client Story: How Coaching Can Help You Level Up to Leadership
I recently interviewed my client Jen about her leadership coaching journey. I am always so delighted when a client is happy to share their experience because so much of a coaching partnership is very personal to the individual client. However…
Mentoring for Corporate Women in Sydney
I love being a Business in Heels mentor. Not only are you able to support other incredible women in their career (and life) journeys, you also learn as much as you share in these sessions. Lisa Sweeney has created such…
The Primary Job of a Leader: To Develop Others
What is your primary role as an emerging leader? Or… Is leadership actually about developing people so the team can consistently perform at a higher level and behave autonomously? In this post I will explore why the most effective leaders…
What Have People Learned to STOP Doing Around You?
“What have people learned to STOP doing around you?” This is a question I sometimes ask in my leadership workshops. It always creates an immediate ripple of nervous laughter. And then you see the tentative smiles erode, it goes quiet,…
How Effective Leaders Work on Their Blind Spots
It was a privilege to speak yesterday at the Future of Events Summit in Sydney. A huge thank you to Stephanie Cassimatis of Pink Caviar Events for the invitation to present, and for bringing together such a diverse group of…
Confident Self-Promotion, Without the Wince
Self-promotion has an image problem. In many corporate environments, especially for women, it can feel like you’re choosing between staying visible or staying likable. But talking about your impact doesn’t have to feel like a cringe-worthy, inauthentic performance. The shift…
How to Give Constructive Feedback in 6 Easy Steps
I am constantly amazed how little feedback my individual leadership coaching clients get at work. Perhaps in a coaching session, they’ll talk to a challenge they’re dealing with and how they’re trying to solve it and I might ask them…
Personal Branding in the C-Suite in an Era of Leadership Complexity
I am speaking on 6 August at the Future of Events Summit in Sydney on the topic of effective Personal Branding in the C-Suite. Corporate leadership has always involved navigating complexity, but the demands on today’s C-suite executives are significantly…
Why Some New Leaders Fail to Build Team Engagement
Picture this: a newly appointed leader who inherits an existing team and then struggles to establish credibility. This is one of the common reasons organisations bring me in as a leadership coach. On paper, promoting this person to a leadership…
A Practical Guide to Confident, Natural Networking
I got asked by a client this week for insights into more effective networking. Seeing as most people find networking awkward, I thought the best approach was to think about how networking can come to us more naturally… and this…
Leadership Coaching is About Finding Solutions – Not Staying Stuck in the Problem
One of the things I believe strongly about leadership coaching is this: a good coach doesn’t keep their client stuck in the problem. Of course problems need to be acknowledged. People need space to identify their challenge, reflect and feel…
7 Curious Questions for Better Team Thinking
As children we ask the question “Why?” a lot, because we are trying to make sense of the world. When my son was a toddler I remember him asking me, when we saw a snail clinging for dear life to…
