Getting to know you, getting to know all about you...

April 10, 2019

Getting to know people helps to build trust, confidence and relationships, especially in change. Here’s why it really matters.

Change - it's always personal

February 12, 2019

I’ve found that there’s heaps we can learn from our own reactions to change in our personal lives, that can help support us at work in communicating and managing change – and vice versa. Here’s my most recent, top four observations of where the personal and work connect.

10 crucial considerations when communicating any major change

January 7, 2019

When you’re embarking on any major change, these top 10 tips can help set the right communications approach.

7 Dangerous assumptions to avoid when communicating change

January 1, 2019

We see quite a few assumptions being made about communications in a change environment; dangerous assumptions that will always come back to haunt you.

Stepping back isn’t a luxury — it’s a leadership necessity

Mar 27, 2026

Leadership, Wellbeing & Resilience, Resilience

Stepping back isn’t a luxury — it’s a leadership necessity

Life has a way of reminding us of what’s most important, but when leaders are faced with so many priorities, we can lose the space we need to think really clearly - and avoid reacting…

What happens when there’s just not enough thinking space?

Mar 6, 2026

Change, Resilience, Leadership

What happens when there’s just not enough thinking space?

As the weight and volume of decisions increase in line with the level of uncertainty we’re juggling, leader’s abilities to make rapid and accurate decisions is really being tested. It’s not just you.

When influence matters so much more than authority

Feb 20, 2026

Change, Leadership, Communication, Resilience

When influence matters so much more than authority

When uncertainty is everywhere, it can feel easy to share messages and assume that everyone has taken the same interpretation of what you’ve said. But when you get a team together, it can often become very clear that everyone has a different view of the same thing - and that means they can’t move forward. Influence and giving people the space to make sense of things together, can make a big difference in understanding how and where different perspectives are having an impact.

It's not generations that cause problems in change – assumptions do

Feb 7, 2026

Change, Communicating Change, Leadership

It's not generations that cause problems in change – assumptions do

When we need to introduce tricky change and it doesn’t land how we’d like, we can sometimes blame generational differences. But there’s so much more to consider than age when we want to deliver successful change that supports and doesn’t alienate people.

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