Jamie Oliver Leadership

It’s not something we might spend a lot of time considering but the ‘‘why’’ behind what we do has a major impact on the choices we make and the actions we take. What do I mean by the ‘why’? Simon Sinek describes it as “The purpose, cause, or belief that inspires you to do what […]
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 […]
Leadership Ad-Vantage

It Was A Long And Stressful Week. I Was Tired. I Wasn’t Sleeping And I Knew I Wasn’t Operating At My Best. My Pre-Frontal Cortex Was Really Tired And All I Could Focus On Was Negative. Something The Brain Does Really Well When It Is Exhausted And Under Pressure. It Was At That Moment I […]
Leadership And Risk

The weight of leadership derives from many elements when in a management position, but one traditional point of view is the leader’s expectation to take risks – either real or perceived. These expectations come from their own bosses as well as peers and employees, but the simple matter is, it is not risking the leader […]
Leadership Balance Theres Think

Life is full of conflicting priorities, or at least modern life is. We want it all, we expect it all, and the world around us also expects us to be it all. Or that’s how it seems. We often talk about leadership balance in terms of work life and home life. But there’s more to leadership balance than that. […]