You can also listen to this article 🔊 I spent last week working with a client in Europe that is committed to doing the right things when it comes to building and maintaining a vibrant global culture. …

You can also listen to this article 🔊🔊🔊 Whenever I start working with new clients, I take the time to understand the issues that they are facing in their culture so that we can resolve them once and for all. …

‘Who’s responsible for toxic culture?’ It’s one of the questions I get asked the most in my line of work and frustratingly for most, there’s no one simple answer because on some level every single person involved in that culture is responsible. Let me explain. Culture in its simplest form…

Opposite where I live there is a running track and every other day I go for a run. The running track is ideal; it’s flat, has a gentle rise but nothing more taxing than that. The sun rises over it early morning and sets on it early evening. …

Mediocrity is lurking everywhere in your working life. It’s waiting to grab you when your energy, engagement or excitement is low and drag you to a place that’s hard to return from. Mediocrity is easy. It’s the road most travelled, the path of least resistance, no steps from greatness.

In a recent Microsoft survey of over 20,000 people, 87% of employees said that they were more productive when they were working from home, whilst 80% of managers disagreed. In the endless narratives about whether people are or aren’t more productive, one question is often forgotten: ‘What defines productivity?’ Of…

Over the course of 2022 I’ve been fortunate to work with all types of cultures in all types of places. Start ups, not for profits, government, engineering, retail, finance and FMCG to name but a few industries. I’ve also worked with some sports organisations and teams. The latter are just…

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🔊 Listen to this blog instead of reading it! I was sitting on a tram into Melbourne city centre a few weeks ago and I heard a couple of fellow passengers talking about work. I don’t remember the conversation exactly (if truth be told I was trying not to listen!)…