Wednesday Wisdom

26 October 2022Lead teams with better planning: hit a sustainable paceLeaders set the tone when it comes to planning and time management. When leading teams, your example is much more powerful than your words. 20 October 2022Strategists get whatever they wantYou can have literally anything you want - and it's astonishingly easy to do it. Learn the strategist secret. 19 October 2022Do you want to be CEO?If you're wondering how to become a CEO, think about the outcome you want - not just the achievement. 13 October 20223 ways to rediscover purpose at workAlmost 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. 13 October 2022Should you change? A helpful toolHow to decide what kind of change you need to move ahead with. 22 September 2022Own your outcast statusOdds 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. 16 September 2022Do what scares youIf you keep thinking about it, it's a sign you need to do something. 15 September 2022Inciting incidentsThe 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? 7 September 2022Use your big voiceIt's time to stop shrinking, find your big voice, and use it. The world needs you. 7 September 2022Unwinnable gamesSome 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. 25 August 2022No more Ms. Nice LadyIt's time to stop being so nice and start standing up for what you deserve. 25 August 2022Boundaries, burnout, business and #bigrantenergyJuicy free resources to help you set boundaries, tackle burnout, take the plunge into business, reject professionalism and rail against the system. 11 August 2022Good people and bad systemsStop pointing fingers at people when you talk about change and focus on the systems that need shifting instead. 4 August 2022Beyond busy: ask scary questionsWe're all so busy - but what are we masking with those choices? Go beyond busy and ask yourself some scary questions. 3 August 20223 strategic thinking skills that get you what you wantAchieve more of your goals and get more of what you want with these 3 strategic thinking skills. 31 July 2022Truth is, I'm rash.I'm good at walking out. I make snap decisions on gut feeling, and sometimes that comes back to bite me. 30 July 2022Tell, don't sell: how to get what you want at workConviction beats persuasion every time. Try these tips to get your project or proposal over the line in your next meeting. 23 July 2022Contentious conversations: How to convert outrage into connectionThe potential for outrage is high right now. How can you have controversial conversations without descending into conflict? 19 July 2022It's ok to upset peopleMaking intentional choices about what is your responsibility, and what isn't, means being OK with upsetting people. 30 June 2022I'm not much but I'm all I think about: the risks of social disconnectionWe spend 5x as much time lurking, watching and comparing ourselves to the public versions of others than we do interacting with people we care about. Eesh. No wonder we're trapped in our own heads.