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International Women’s Day 2022 – BREAK THE BIAS
More than a century later, women and men all over the planet are acknowledging just how far we’ve come, and just how far we have yet to go, on this International Women’s Day. The image above is me striking [...]
When collaborating takes courage
You haven’t heard from me for a while. I live in Melbourne and you probably understand why I haven’t wanted to add to your inbox with more suggestions on “how to cope in a time of crisis”. I have [...]
Leadership Wellbeing and Authentic Relationships
A level headed and beautifully optimistic client said to me this morning that she’s noticing that the prestigious international law firm that she works for is experiencing a sociological shift in the past week. She’s noticed a great equalizer [...]
A holiday wish for you: the courage to be real
A holiday wish for you: the courage to be real Two days ago one of my best friends gave me some advice. He said, ‘you know Mary I think it’s about time you grew your hair long and grey’. [...]
Leadership, who do you Trust?
Leadership - Who do you trust? At the heart of the leadership challenge lies the ability to instill trust, engagement and a sense of belonging to the group, to the cause, to the challenges. The people around you need [...]
As She Speaks Forum
There is no question that our professional lives are changing. The rise of the feminine is now entering the masculine domains of leadership and business and we are experiencing unprecedented uncertainty, change and difficulty as a cultural norm. As [...]
People and Culture Case Study
In 2017 People and Culture approached us to assist in supporting the legal team through a time of excessive workload, pressure from external stakeholders and exhaustive legal proceedings. Initially the request was for ‘resilience training’, but our first step [...]
“Us And Them” Case Study
In 2018 we were approached by the HR department to work with 10 key managers, at various levels of management to work on performance and capability issues that had been increasing over a 3 year period. The members of [...]
Executive Coaching: Presence, Presentation and Gravitas.
One of the partners of a global management consultancy voiced a concern that in mid career he’d recently started to get nervous about presenting; especially in-house. We quickly identified that he’d fallen prey to the Imposter Syndrome. A phenomenon [...]