New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is a role model who leads with compassion, kindness, empathy and love. She shows what real leadership is all about. There are many eyes watching New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. And of those watching her, most do so with astonishment and respect. She is showing what real leadership looks like. Jacinta Ardern is a role model who leads with compassion, kindness, empathy, and love – yet is strong, determined and brave all at the same time. Her leadership has made us stop and pay attention. We’ve long suffered under poor or half-hearted leader ..read more

To live the life you really love, you need to control your destiny. Be brave, be courageous and be the best version of yourself. You only need to watch the news or scroll through a few social media posts to see it. People blaming others for their misfortunes or lack of success.   “My parents didn’t let me…” or “nobody informed me…”  These are the people who will never be happy. They will never create the life they want.  The problem is that these people need someone to blame when things go wrong. If they can’t blame their misfortunes on others, there is no one else to ..read more

The turn of a decade is the perfect opportunity to make positive changes – but how many people start with their wardrobe? Find out how a wardrobe makeover can help get you on track and feel great for the new year! We have reached a crucial period…the end of another decade! Every end of the year we find ourselves reflecting upon the year that has past and begin creating resolutions for the year that is to come. As we all know, these resolutions often have a very short life. But why is this so? Perhaps we didn’t want the change badly enough or did not plan well enough to make the change stick. E ..read more

The popular cliché ‘dressed up and nowhere to go’ is the phrase of the moment and it has never made more sense than it does now.  As we all deal with the need to work from home during this difficult time, it is all too easy to lose motivation and not pay attention to how we are presenting ourselves. It is very important that we make the effort to dress as we normally would at work and create a healthy routine to counteract the possibility of becoming complacent with our appearance. It has been demonstrated that the way we dress can have an impact on our productivity as well as our mood.&n ..read more

Personal brand can play an important role in helping to influence decision makers and boost your career. Image matters. If you still think that how we show up is not relevant in the workplace, think again. In a perfect world, you’d be evaluated only for your professional skills and abilities. However, appearance has been listed as second only to qualifications and ability to do a job by CEOs of the Fortune 500 companies as a factor in hiring and promoting employees. Your image is a powerful asset. How you are perceived plays a huge impact in your career advancement. The difference between port ..read more

We are moving leaps and bounds towards parity and there is no better time to foster the growth of ambitious women. Equality will be reached a lot sooner by creating a pathway for leadership at the very beginning. There is a pathway to leadership, and it starts at the very beginning of our career, from the time we enter the workforce after finishing what can be years of formal education. It feels like there is constant focus on diversity at the top level. But, it’s time to collectively take a step back and be considerate of the pathway to the top. Right now, we are moving leaps and bounds ..read more

If you are serious about becoming the best leader and the best person you can be, you need to be open to opportunities for continuous development. Personal improvement is an ongoing process so choosing the right opportunity is important. It is time to discover how online learning can help. Social and online learning can help you to not only perform better at work and in life, it will boost your career and help overcome challenges you face along the way. Learning in general increases your knowledge, but it also improves your thinking, creativity and adaptability.   I believe that one ..read more

Personal brand is a matter of continually crafting and curating your presence both digitally and personally. But, most importantly, it is about keeping it real.  Long gone are the days when you could get away without having a well-developed personal brand. With the gaining popularity of several social media channels, more and more people are investing heavily in both developing and refining their personal brand to optimise their exposure through their online presence and profile. But, how seriously do you take your personal brand? Well, first things first – just what is a personal brand ..read more

Identity safe workplaces remove bias from culture and process, benefitting organisations through talent which may generally have been overlooked. Read more about how to nurture an identity safe workplace here. When you hear the term “identity safety” you might think of something along the lines of protecting your personal details from identity theft. It’s not quite the same, although both involve a threat to personal identity. Let’s take a closer look at the threat first.   Stereotype threat In this article we’re going to use gender as an example of stereotyping although it can be applied ..read more

New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is a role model who leads with compassion, kindness, empathy and love. She shows what real leadership is all about. There are many eyes watching New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. And of those watching her, most do so with astonishment and respect. She is showing what real leadership looks like. Jacinta Ardern is a role model who leads with compassion, kindness, empathy, and love – yet is strong, determined and brave all at the same time. Her leadership has made us stop and pay attention. We’ve long suffered under poor or half-hearted leader ..read more