I’ve lived in Aotearoa New Zealand for most of my life. I grew up in Gisborne, a small East Cost town that felt plenty big enough. Networking wasn’t something I was taught.…

The biggest leadership challenge and opportunity facing organisations, and New Zealand itself, is harnessing our ever-increasing diversity. That’s the view of the majority of leaders we interviewed for our book Leaders Like You.…

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.  Aristotle Our daily lives are a series of habits played out through the day. How did you get up…

It’s human nature to want to look for what’s wrong and try to fix it. Some of us do this more than others! So, what’s wrong with that, you might ask. Well,…

When we ask participants in our leadership programmes to identify the four things they most want in a leader – being inspiring is always one of them. Why? Because we want to…

We believe that while some people may be more naturally inclined to lead, good leadership can be learned. One of the things that gets in the way of many people leading is…

There’s the obesity epidemic, now it seems there’s a busyness epidemic.  If you’re like most of the leaders we work with, time is the currency you most crave.  As one senior manager…

In the New York Times this year, Ivar Kroghrud, CEO of management consulting company QuestBack, tells how his one page user manual helps people get the best from him.   Kroghrud developed the…

What’s the best leadership style to have? The good news is there is no one best style. It depends on the situation. Goleman* came up with six classic leadership styles: The pacesetting leader expects and…

It’s the end of the year and it’s not unusual to feel you’re limping toward Christmas on an almost empty tank of fuel. To help top up the tank it’s useful to…