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When I ask people what they look for from an effective leader in their world of work, terms like ‘respectful’, ‘engaging’, ‘empowering’ and ‘has a positive impact’ often come up. Notwithstanding the volumes and volumes of thinking and research about leadership and management that have been published over many years, for many of us, particularly in a workplace, leadership can be as simple as: respect who we are and the capability we bring and enable us to get things done and make things happen. We know that when leaders operate above the line – choosing to take personal responsibility rather th ..read more

In Tim Winton’s autobiographical book The Boy Behind the Curtain, he describes, as a nine-year-old, being in a car with his father one night when they came upon a motorcycle accident. His father was a police officer, a ‘traffic cop’, and Tim describes the memory of how ‘businesslike’ his father was, how ‘calm and unhurried’ he was in coping with the situation. This is generally the way we experience all emergency service workers approaching their jobs. There’s none of the ‘panic-tinged’ drama we see in the movies. Rather, there’s a trained acceptance that whatever caused the emergency has alre ..read more

We are very pleased to introduce five members of the Global Leadership Foundation family who we have invited to become either Global Fellows or Community Fellows. Our new Global Fellows Since 2003 we have been in the company of an amazing group of people who continue to raise the emotional health levels of the planet – these are our Global Fellows and there are now over 30 of us across the globe. This month, we are honoured that Chiara Pasquali in Italy, Janelle Joseph in the USA and Melinda Maddock in Tasmania have accepted invitations to become Global Fellows. We are so pleased to have them ..read more

Regular readers of our monthly newsletter Global Connections will be aware that this year has seen us take further steps in our long history of involvement with the global park ranger community. Our work with rangers is a wonderful example of the practical application of the concepts around emotional health to ‘real world’ situations. Around the globe, rangers play a critical, and often under-appreciated, role in preserving, protecting and sustaining the landscapes, flora and fauna that make our planet the unique and precious place that it is. Rangers’ roles vary with the countries they operat ..read more

I was recently talking with Tim O’Brien (CEO of Purpose Made) who has such insight, expertise and experience on purpose-driven strategy and the impact it can have. Tim has founded and run a number of companies, each with a very clear purpose linked to a strong focus on impact measurement. Tim was also one of the early adopters in the Australian B Corp movement. Perhaps unsurprisingly, our conversation soon moved to the topic of ‘purpose’. As I wrote in this blog a few years ago, when Malcolm and I established Global Leadership Foundation back in 2003, we were never asked what our new business ..read more

Regular readers of our Global Connections newsletter will be familiar with work we’ve done with the global ranger community. Last week, I again had the opportunity to present with Pete Cleary of the ARCV, this time at the Oceania Ranger Forum in Rotorua, New Zealand. The forum was inspiring and a very significant cultural experience. There is something about rangers and the passion they have for their work and our planet that draws you in. At this gathering there were 180 rangers from Australia, New Zealand and many Pacific island nations. Many of the rangers from smaller countries do the ..read more

This month we feature a guest post from Tamsin Jones, Head of Mastery of Business and Empathy and Co-Director of Programs, Small Giants Academy. Tamsin is an impact entrepreneur and business strategist who has lived and worked in Africa, Europe and Australia. She has a background in government policy and business in fields such as inclusive innovation, gender balance, public health and conscious governance towards healthier societies and a thriving natural world. For too long, business leadership has focused on top-down power and cognitive intelligence. These traits alone have not and can ..read more

What is passion? How can we harness our passion to help identify and pursue our purpose? What role does passion have in the leaving of a legacy? Should we, as many motivational speakers and writers suggest, prioritise the pursuit of our passions as a personal priority – even if that means changing careers? I recently explored the role of passion in the contributions we make as leaders at a leadership conference hosted by Tasmanian Leaders. When I asked my audience to define passion, they came back with examples ranging from the uncontrolled emotion we see in the (mis)behaviour of tennis player ..read more

Eight years ago, I wrote about the cultural renewal challenges facing not-for-profit organisations we had worked with over the previous decade. What’s remarkable about re-reading that article today is just how little has changed in the almost another decade since. If anything, things have only become more difficult – particularly in light of the upheaval wrought by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic – and not only in the not-for-profit sector. Adapting to what seems like yet another new reality, it is tempting for leaders to look for ways to transform their organisation’s culture, the intention bei ..read more