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Strategists get whatever they want
You can have literally anything you want - and it's astonishingly easy to do it. Learn the strategist secret.
Do you want to be CEO?
If you're wondering how to become a CEO, think about the outcome you want - not just the achievement.
3 ways to rediscover purpose at work
Almost 500 New Zealand professionals told me the three most important things you can do to rediscover a sense of purpose and meaning in your work.
Should you change? A helpful tool
How to decide what kind of change you need to move ahead with.
Own your outcast status
Odds are, to survive professionally or socially, you've dampened some of the most interesting things about you. Those are the things that offer the most value to the world. Own your outcast status.
Wear and tear
Anything worth doing for the long haul is going to require renovation at some point. Keep a maintenance budget and be prepared for bust ups.
Greater Wellington Regional Council: Strategic Public Leaders
Over 100 Greater Wellington Regional Council managers have enjoyed Strategic Public Leaders training with Alicia McKay.
Inciting incidents
The Queen's death is a powerful inciting incident. An opportunity to ask important collective questions about our history and the kind of society we want to live in. Is it time for you to muse?
Find your why journey update #2
Ask meaningful questions about your purpose with Questions Of The Day. Rediscover what drives you and what you care about as I travel alongside.
Use your big voice
It's time to stop shrinking, find your big voice, and use it. The world needs you.
Unwinnable games
Some games can't be won, and need the rules need changing. Stop trying to optimise yourself and start tearing down the structures that keep you trapped.
Find your why journey update #1
Ask meaningful questions about your purpose by joining in with this Question Of The Day experiment. Find your why alongside me as I make sense of things.
Alicia McKay hosts 1,000+ Mayors and CEOs at ALGA's NGA in 2022
The ALGA National General Assembly in Canberra, July 2022. Keynote, MC and workshop presenter. Watch the videos!
No more Ms. Nice Lady
It's time to stop being so nice and start standing up for what you deserve.
Boundaries, burnout, business and #bigrantenergy
Juicy free resources to help you set boundaries, tackle burnout, take the plunge into business, reject professionalism and rail against the system.
Alicia McKay speaks to female founders at the SODA Rise Up event in Hamilton, August 2022
Alicia McKay tells women in business why they are made for this.
Good people and bad systems
Stop pointing fingers at people when you talk about change and focus on the systems that need shifting instead.
Strategic Public Leaders Masterclass in Canberra, Australia
Alicia ran a sold-out masterclass for Mayors and Chief Executives at the ALGA National General Assembly in 2022. Watch the recording.