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Do you need to see your team at their desks to trust they’re doing the work?
Be honest, are you a tiny bit uncomfortable with your staff working from home, out of sight, where you can’t see them? You wouldn’t be the only one. Let’s face it, many of us come from an environment where our time behind the desk equals our value as an employee, how productive we are, etc. …
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Do you ever feel like an impostor?
Welcome to the club. To be clear, feeling like an impostor doesn’t mean you are one. On the contrary. Some of the most successful, accomplished people suffer from it. Think Michelle Obama, Sheryl Sandberg or Tina Fey. So you’re in great company. In all seriousness though, impostor syndrome is not a helpful feeling. Described by…
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Break through the same-sameness of working from home
Working from home, connecting with your team, with your colleagues and stakeholders, all of it mostly via your computer screen…it gets a bit lonely and demotivating, doesn’t it? There’s no easy replacement for those accidental encounters we have while we’re making a cup of tea in the kitchen, or grabbing a coffee or lunch together.…
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What happens to work culture when we can’t pop by to ask a quick question?
There’s been a lot of talk lately (and rightly so) about virtual and hybrid teams. What do you think? Are they just a temporary workaround? Or are they here for the long haul? I think they’re probably here to stay for a while. But the real question is…what happens to the way we work, AKA…
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Self Assessment Tools
I wanted to talk to you about something that is within your power as a leader (unlike lockdowns). Something you can use to effect change in your team. And that’s self-assessment tools. What’s your take on them? Have you used them with your team? There are many out there, like Myers Brigss, DiSC, or the Team…
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Is it possible to manage team performance when faced with so many challenges?
I’m going to take a guess here that managing your team’s performance is not one of your favourite things about being a leader. Add to that directing your team orchestra from behind a computer screen, and it can pretty quickly feel like a mammoth task. And you’re not just dealing with teams moving from the…
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Team Motivation
No matter where you are in Australia, some level of lockdown or restriction is probably impacting your team. It’s all starting to feel like 2020 all over again, isn’t it? And the truth is, it can be hard to motivate our teams in these circumstances. But motivation is not something you can do to people.…
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From work to bed in 5 mins
Have you found your work flowing into your home, into your spaces of rest, this past year or so? You’re not the only one. Working from home has meant for many of us that there is no clear delineation between work and home. Because of that, people all over the world have been working at…
