Leading Teams Blog
An amazing year at Leading Teams
Just over one year ago, I left my job at Cricket Australia. I had worked in the sport I loved for 10 years. In my final week in the ... read more
Is Your Team Working in Silos?
Often in our line of work, when we go in to meet with CEOs, managing directors and business owners to help them improve performance, we read more
How do the changes in Women’s Sport affect team culture?
Having played in and worked with several women’s elite sporting teams, I have certainly noticed a shift in team culture. read more
How long does it take to build a strong relationship?
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Recruiting for your team – why not let your candidates decide who gets the job?
We have recently recruited a new facilitator in Sydney. I found the experience both rewarding and inspiring, so I thought I would ... read more
Rebuilding Southport Sharks in just one season
The Southport Sharks have been the most successful Australian rules football team in Queensland history. They had won 22 premierships ... read more
What’s Your Legacy?
Leading Teams facilitator, Tim Ferguson, reflects on how your personal trademark can help shape the legacy you leave as a leader and as read more
Would Your Team Pass the Pressure Test?
The real test of your team culture is how you behave under pressure. Leading Teams client Thomas Foods International faced the greatest read more
Choosing Your Own Leaders: How to Select Your New Executive Team
Leading Teams facilitator, Justin Peckett, and MD of Plan B Group, Peter Brenchley, share their experiences of selecting a new ... read more
Culture and Leadership: Their Impact on Performance
Facilitator Justin Peckett uses the Leading Teams Cylinder Model to explain the impact that team culture and leadership can have on ... read more
How Do You Respond to Feedback?
Facilitator Jake Bridges reflects on the importance of feedback and his own experiences receiving feedback in a recent peer review. read more
What’s Your Leadership Style?
Facilitator Simon Fletcher explores the need for leaders to adapt their style, using the Situational Leadership Model as inspiration. read more
What Leadership Traits Do You Admire?
Following a recent discussion about how to be a good leader, Leading Teams facilitators share the leadership traits they most admire. read more
Self-Talk: Whether You Think You Can or Think You Can’t, You’re Right
Facilitator Clara McCormack explains the concept of self-talk, its relevance to leadership and why constructive self-talk is so important. read more
Counterproductive Behaviour: Address It or Avoid It?
Counterproductive behaviour is common in teams. Tim Ferguson discusses why you must acknowledge and address this behaviour to improve ... read more
What Does a High Performing Team Look Like?
Every leader wants their team to perform well. What do these high performance teams look like and how can you build these attributes in read more
Behavioural Frameworks in Business: What, Why and How?
Behavioural frameworks are a cornerstone of the Leading Teams model. When executed correctly they can drive high performance in any ... read more
The Different Levels of Relationships
Research shows us that having friends at work is important. What kinds of relationships do you have at work? And are they working for ... read more
Can You Really Change Your Employees’ Behaviour?
You need to be able to influence shifts in behaviour in order to enact effective change in your organisation. Can leaders change their ... read more
The Importance of Happiness in the Workplace
For a long time, work and happiness weren’t strongly associated with each other. Work was a place where you were ... read more
3 Common Obstacles to Organisational Change and How to Overcome Them
Change is an inevitable, but challenging, part of any business's lifecycle. Martine Harkin discusses obstacles to organisational change read more
Are You Committed To Your Team, Or Are You Just Involved?
What separates a good team from a great team? The level of commitment. Facilitator Tim Ferguson explains the difference between ... read more
Checking In With Your Team
How often do you check in with your team to see how they're going outside work? Facilitator Simon Armstrong explains why it's a vital ... read more
Character vs. Competence: Which Would You Choose?
I recently read an article by Amy Cuddy, a Harvard psychologist who specialises in first impressions, in which she defines that people ... read more
Australian Organisations’ Mission Statements Fail to Inspire their Staff
Nearly half of Australian employees don’t know their company’s mission statement and set of values, the findings from a new read more
The Importance Of Having Strong Professional Relationships
Building relationships allows you to begin to create an organisational framework and, ultimately, your culture. In organisations where ... read more
Develop Your Own Personal Trademark
It’s nearing the end of January and, inevitably, we have formulated some new years’ resolutions – things we want to ... read more