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...
Culture follows Purpose
I have always believed that the signs of outstanding leadership will always be displayed in the behaviours of the followers. Given the number of organisations currently undergoing reviews of their culture and behaviour, it seems we are seeing many signs of poor or...
Who can you really trust in your team?
Three weeks after the COVID pandemic hit Australia earlier this year, I had a conversation with Mary Campbell, the CEO at TAFE Queensland, that has stuck with me. They were at the beginning of the process of transitioning a large percentage of their 4,000+ staff to...
We can’t all play a winning game
This article originally appeared in The Ballarat Courier Many parallels between sport and business exist. At Leading Teams we are lucky to work with both worlds, and find important cross-overs between their dynamics. One thing we advocate through our work at Leading...
Quality leaders are essential to improving employee engagement
The strength of relationships within an organisation can have a direct impact on the bottom line. Despite this, many organisations continue to focus their attention on the mechanics of the business instead of the dynamics. Employee engagement rates in...
The first questions that any under performing team needs to answer
I’m not a Queenslander. When I moved here three years ago, it was made very clear to me that it would take anywhere between ten to twenty years up here to never to be fully accepted – all with tongues firmly in cheeks,...
Here, take my annual leave
Pressure can bring out the best and the worst in people. ‘Put my 30 days’ leave in the pot and let’s make sure no one has to take leave without pay.’ That was the response Bond University Executive Director of Sport Garry Nucifora received from...
Where to from here?
Australia has, by most measures, succeeded in “flattening the curve”. While all the reasons for that success are for a different article, one that’s relevant here is: we have proven as a nation that we can get behind a clearly defined purpose. We...Any Given Team
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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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