As a high performance consultant, I spend a lot of time exploring how organisations can boost team productivity, engagement and results on a sustainable and healthy basis. Ironically, there are basic steps that can be taken to achieve this vision and yet these are often overlooked and underestimated. So here are three simple and (you’ll...Read More

Here’s some ‘must have’ steps to build and motivate a high performing team How is 2018 turning out for you and your team? With quite a few months under our belt now’s a good time to pause and reflect.  What have been the successes?  Have there been a few challenges?  How good have the team...Read More

Leading a team can be difficult. You have to manage different personalities, different skillsets, and help them work towards a common goal. How can you get your team on side, and enthusiastic about working towards the vision? Read on. Gain Their Trust Gaining the trust of your team members is important. Creating a “them and...Read More

Let’s look at how employee engagement – or lack of it – can impact your team and your business.  Leaders and teams need to use their ‘engagement radar’ Everyone owns their own engagement. It’s not the manager’s sole responsibility to engage people, but leaders and managers still need to have their ‘engagement radar’ on, to...Read More

Can you see the invisible thread running through your team? Of course it’s not invisible, is it? When you work in a team where you are excited, challenged and energised by being part of the team, that feeling doesnt happen by accident. It is like there is an incredible connection between team members and things...Read More

Welcome back to a new work year! As a leader you probably have all sorts of things flying around your head right now about the year ahead – goal setting, planning, development talks, recruitment needs, budget and more. And as much as some of this is your responsibility, the reality is that most of the...Read More

What is your team’s reputation like? How are you perceived as a team? Reputation and how we are perceived matters. So as leaders and team members, we all need to raise our awareness of how we are perceived as a team. And then we need to take responsibility for the team’s reputation and brand, through...Read More

Are you afraid of conflict? Many people are. People avoid conflict like a bad virus, feeling uncomfortable when things get difficult, fearing that addressing issues will create more issues and may even escalate the conflict. But it doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Conflict and tensions between people are very common though. This isn’t...Read More