In this post I reflect on the life story of Bob Brown as shown in documentary The Giants (currently screening) and what he teaches us about leading change. This photo was taken on a family visit to Tasmania’s Styx Valley in 2022 which is the home of Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest flowering plant on Earth. To stand in the presence of these giants, which have stood for more than 400 years, is nothing short of magical. They can’t help but to widen one’s perspective. I am deeply grateful to know that these beautiful trees are no longer under threat. Humans and nature are inextricably linked. One ..read more

This post highlights the importance of space and time to reflect away from the ‘noise’ of life to refocus on what matters so that we can see different perspectives, shift energy and beliefs that are stagnant and move forward with a clear and healthy intention that can restore connection. This week I am working remotely from Bright in north-east Victoria. It’s become the space that I take to regroup, reflect and refocus a few times a year. I never really know what is going to surface at these times but have learned to just create space and get out of my own way. What surfaced on day one this we ..read more

A trusted friend and colleague (and incredible coach) asked me a beautiful question at the start of the year to ask myself – What’s my unique offering as a coach? I have been coaching leaders for over a decade now, mostly as part of leadership 360 assessments and broader organisational leadership development programs. I love this work. It is an honour and a privilege – especially supporting those leaders who are ready to embrace the opportunity of 1:1 leadership coaching. Whilst I continue to offer this work, what has also emerged is a new coaching offering where I get to explicitly bring the ..read more

When you arrive at graduation day and can’t get into the room because participants are getting everything set up for the presentation of their learning it’s a good indication that our job was done! What an absolute privilege it has been to work alongside my dear friend and colleague Hamish Riddell to support leaders with taking the next step in their own evolution through our Leading Change Program. We were blown away at the level of commitment of these leaders to learning, living and embodying the Six Keys to Leading Positive Change. To work with these leaders and to witness the gro ..read more

Self Leadership Series – Part 1 #8 “What if we could put down our iPhones, our gadgets, our laptops and spend a little time just settling in?… Settling in to paying attention to what lies inside us. To see our troubles as a knock on the door to an invitation” – David Whyte The Door Beneath Everything July 2022 This blog series began close in – sharing the personal circumstances that I found myself in my mid-thirties. This was at its core, a deeply internal experience that would fuel my own self-leadership journey.  So, for this final post I wanted to touch briefly on how I came to be awar ..read more

Self Leadership Series – Part 1 #6 This sixth post introduces the idea of ‘mental real estate’ as a way of thinking about how you are allocating your energy and attention. You are invited to reflect on the things that matter most to you and consider the alignment or misalignment of that with your mental real estate to sharpen your focus on what needs to change. ‘Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.’ – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe This post continues the theme of the personal story that I shared in the introduction to this series – that period in my ..read more

Self Leadership Series – Part 1 #5 This fifth post in the series self-leadership is defined as a being both a choice and a practice which helps us to honour ourselves and engage more consciously in life which positions us well to positively influence our own lives and the wider eco-systems of which we are a part. Every thought we have, decision we make and action we take either moves us toward the life we want to live or away from it. Each of our decisions and actions are also either helpful or harmful (directly or indirectly) not only to ourselves but to the wider eco-systems of which we are ..read more

Self-Leadership Series 1 – #4 What’s your personal motivation for attending to self-leadership? This post invites the reader to reflect on their current experience of life and the deeper motivation that might drive the decision to bring greater attention to self-leadership. There are many life circumstances and experiences that can precipitate us making a conscious choice to bring greater attention to self-leadership. Perhaps some of these may also apply to you? Are you stuck in a rut of reacting to the expectations and demands of others? Do you regularly feel overwhelmed with everything work ..read more

Self-Leadership Series 1 – #3 This post shares a personal story of a client who made a significant change in her personal and professional life when she decided to focus on self-leadership. It also looks at how focusing on self-leadership equips us with the foundational skills and tools to better navigate being a human! Emica was a highly capable and well-regarded engineer working in key roles on multiple large and complex projects. However, she was desperately unhappy in her private life, finding herself with full responsibility for the running of her family’s household while also havin ..read more

Self-Leadership Series 1  – # 2 of 8 This post shares some the sense making that I have made along the way about self-leadership including about how self-leadership is the key to taking care of ourselves and is the foundation for doing our best work and making our greatest contribution. I did not ever set out on a deliberate path to explore and understand self-leadership but alas that’s what much of my personal growing and learning has specifically been about. It has also become, the central focus of much of the leadership development work with my clients. What I write and share here is t ..read more