No Worker Left Behind: The Change Management Idea Every Leader Should Follow (and Share)


A few months ago, I was working with a group of CEOs in the healthcare industry, and we were talking about what it takes to attract and keep the best talent in their workplaces. Most of our discussion was about the top talent – smart, passionate, driven, and highly motivated – but one C...

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The #1 Thing That Gets in the Way of Flexible Work


LinkedIn recently published its “2019 Global Talent Trends” report, which identified what it calls “the 4 trends transforming your workplace”. They compiled this report based on surveying over 5,000 talent professionals across 35 countries, and also incorporated vast amounts...

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The Single Best Change Management Technique Most Leaders Skip


A few days ago, I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, presenting to a group of leaders in an organisation that’s going through a lot of change. Together with Dr. Shaun Ridley (from the Australian Insitute of Management WA) and Dr. Jenny Brockis (an expert in brain fitness and future thinking), we ...

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It’s Both an Evolution and a Revolution


I’ve just come back from a short holiday in Singapore, where we spent some time eating, shopping, walking, sightseeing, and enjoying a few days of warmth after a cold winter in Perth. One of the amazing things about Singapore is the way it has transformed itself over the last 15-20 years. I remem...

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We’re Getting Innovation All Wrong


I’ve been speaking to a lot of organisations recently about innovation, and I reckon we’re getting this whole innovation thing wrong. Smart leaders know they need to change and innovate, but their efforts just don’t get traction. Why? We’re not talking about the simple and o...

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Use If-Then Thinking To Make Innovation a Habit


How do you find time for innovation in a busy world, when you hardly have enough time to meet your normal day-to-day goals, let alone think of innovation and change? Use the powerful “if/then thinking” process to make innovation a habit. ...

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Disrupt Yourself


You’ve done everything right, played by the rules, and built a solid business, but the world has changed and everything you valued is shaken to the core. So how do you continue to be successful in a fast-changing world? In a nutshell: Disrupt yourself. Listen To the Episode More Resources The ...

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Decisions, Decisions: The Fast Track to a High-Performance Team


When you start coaching your team members into more senior roles, you will ask for their input into decision-making. This is important, because you eventually want them to make their own decisions, and your role now is to help build their judgement. But don’t wait for them to be operating ind...

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Change and Disruption: You’ve Got This Covered


I read with interest last week that the USA is considering extending its laptop ban to flights from Europe as well as the Middle East. And here in Australia, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed the Australian government is “looking at it very closely” to determine whether to follo...

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Are You Ready to Lead in a VUCA World?


I heard somebody say recently that you don’t know what real pain is until you step on a piece of Lego on the floor when walking barefoot from your bedroom to the bathroom in the middle of the night. OK, it’s a First World problem, I know! But anybody who has had that experience can symp...

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