Leadership Is An Attitude
Attitude, Not Aptitude Determines Altitude Zig Ziglar A few months ago I was speaking about Leadership and Confidence to 200 University students. It was one of the best days I have had this year. What struck me was not only their commitment to being there, listening and really being involved in the presentation, but their […]
Hiding Behind Leadership Mask
Always Be Yourself, Express Yourself, Have Faith In Yourself, Do Not Go Out And Look For A Successful Personality And Duplicate It. Bruce Lee If you are a new leader in the present-day world, you may find it natural to adopt a new identity that will help you hide your vulnerability and uncertainty. Everyone […]
Decoding Leadership Effectiveness
Creating Leadership That Works! So much discussion centres on leadership. We at LeadershipHQ know as well as anyone, because of course we add to it! In all the sentences, articles and conversations, it can be difficult to assess what appears to be most important in terms of skill and behaviour, for you personally as a […]
Fast Track Leadership
I remember when I was little driving from Brisbane to Cairns with my family. I was sitting in the back being my inpatient self (this hasn’t changed) and saying to my parents literally every 5 minutes – “Are we there yet?” This is an interesting memory for me when I started my career as I […]
Are You A Responsive Leader
Are you a responsive leader? I used to hate it when I’d make a suggestion or recommendation to my team leader and have no reply or acknowledgment at all. Without the feedback, I felt as though my suggestions were worthless (which I knew they weren’t.) I soon learnt not to bother offering ideas for change […]
Designing Leadership Learning Neuroleadership Summit Blog Part 3
When it comes to designing learning experiences we need to know how to make certain that the learning is understood and retained once the training program has ended. David Rock presented the AGES model as a tool which will help make learning “sticky”. A stands for Attention. It seems logical that we are more likely to […]
Holistic Leadership
What is it about Leadership in the 21st century? I rarely hear the term management, even though it is as equally important and you can’t ignore the fact that the two work together to form a whole approach. As John Kotter once stated, “Leadership and Management are…two distinctive and complementary systems of action”. However, this […]
Frustrated Leadership Development
Do you think we have too many leaders on this planet? I think no. Lately, we have been bombarded with questions and discussions around leadership and what is happening in the banking industry and Royal Commission. Yes, it comes down to leadership, however, there is a lot to think about when it comes to developing […]
Inspirational Female Leaders Ali Sherry
Today’s inspirational and exceptional leader featured in our “Inspirational Female Leaders” series is Ali Sherry. Ali Sherry works in HR and is passionate about gender diversity. She has over 20 years’ experience in the human resource field across a range of industries including mining and energy. Ali is known for striving to improve HR processes […]
Leadership Role
Henry Ford was right on the money when he famously said “If you always do what you’ve always done you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Ford had no idea of the innovation that was to come in his lifetime and beyond, yet his words continue to have relevance decades after his death. In any […]