Farewell to Guy Redhouse
This week we say farewell to a much-loved team member, our Head of Business Growth, Guy Redhouse. As always at Leading Teams, this provides us with an opportunity to review, and to highlight one of the key models we utilise – both ourselves, and with teams...
Authoring My Own Future
This time last year I felt compelled to send cards to about 30 young people who were completing their Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) year. I had been their primary school principal and had seen them joyously graduating from our school in 2014. I wanted to...
How to strengthen your resilience muscle
Has anyone been feeling like Andy Dufresne from the Shawshank Redemption recently? Imprisoned, slowly chiselling away, but never losing hope that a better future awaits us. In a conversation with Red, Andy states; “Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things,...
Developing a culture that helps the least abled to thrive
Some months ago, a friend asked me what questions he should ask as he and his partner contemplated which secondary school they would send their eldest son to. Having met with literally thousands of parents over 26 years of principalships I came to realise that...
The sum of my parts: Bringing all of me to a new beginning
I started a new job recently – at a place I’ve wanted to work for over ten years! As I flew to my induction days, my mind was racing… “Have I made the right decision? Will they like me? What if I don’t like them? Am I smart...
The little things that create significant change
Imagine excluding a candidate simply because of gender! Unthinkable now, but prior to the introduction of legislation in Australia in 1984, that happened every day. Now we cannot envisage that form of discrimination....
When is it time?
There are moments in life where things align. I think back to the time I was on faculty for one of the largest leadership programs in Australia. I was coaching a CEO when I received a late-night call from one of the facilitators letting me...
Investing in People and Culture
Reading two articles that our colleagues Lisa Alexander and Ray McLean recently shared with all at Leading Teams reminded me of the incredible significance of all organisations being very clear about their core purpose; that is why they exist. “Hers was the...
The Power of Self Talk
Have you ever had that nagging voice in the back of your head telling you that you can’t do something? I’ve had my very own personal battle with this for the past 30 years. Since I can remember I have been a nail biter, much to the disappointment...Any Given Team
Understand the model that has helped some of Australia's elite sporting teams and corporate leaders achieve success.
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Team Work
Using candid case studies from teams who have implemented Ray McLean’s no-nonsense Performance Improvement Program, this book explains how the program can work for all kinds of teams, big or small, sporting or corporate.
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