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How Elite Swim Coach, Joanne Love Reinvigorated Our Goal Setting Techniques
Every quarter each member in our community reviews their goals and aspirations for the coming week, month and year. We did it the same way every year until I met Joanne almost five years ago.
How To Find a Mentor to Lift You Higher
Learning how to find a mentor is vital for your practice. Good mentors inspire you, stretch you and open up your mind. Learn more.
8 Personal Branding Trends of 2021
2021 has been the year to shake off the 2020 doldrums and put a laser sharp focus on your personal branding. Here are our top 8 personal branding trends of 2021.
8 Traits for Strong Leadership Presence
Leadership presence. It’s a phrase that’s often bandied about but is rarely understood. But your leadership presence determines the opportunities you get. And the opportunities you get, drive your personal growth and success.
Leading with Intentional Influence in 2021
Every year about this time some choose a word for the year. Not New Year’s resolutions, but instead, choosing a single word that becomes the focus for the new year. This word becomes the lens through which we see everything through. This year, I want to talk about intentional influence.
How to have good mental health while building your personal brand
Having good mental health in business (in any business!) is important and that includes when you’re building your personal brand. Here’s how to keep your mental health strong during that process.
How to Maintain Your Personal Brand Authenticity
I recently spent a week’s holiday on North Stradbroke Island. I grew up in Lismore in Northern NSW so I’m not overly familiar with ‘Straddie’ as it’s known here in Brisbane. But after spending time exploring, there were a few things that I noticed about Straddie that make it absolutely unique.
The Power of the Prolific Expert (What is Prolific and How to Get There)
Tori Amos is a singer-songwriter, composer and accomplished pianist from the US. She began composing music on the piano by the time she was three years old. At the age of five she was admitted to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University with a full scholarship,
The Power of Calm Communications
COVID-19 has been a time of massive disruption for teams and leaders. But as we’re coming out the other side, rather than finding a return to business as usual, leaders are finding that their teams are going through a second wave of disruption.
The Power of Belonging: How to Meet Your Team’s Need to Belong
When I was 16, I went overseas and lived with a family in Toulouse, France. It was a beautiful country with an incredibly rich culture and the family I lived with was absolutely lovely. But they spoke almost no English.
Leading a Remote Team
Millions of people across the globe are now working virtually. This makes for an interesting and sometimes challenging situation for leaders who are trying to understand how leading a remote team can work well from behind a computer screen.
What Business Are You Really In?
As many of you know, my partner Mark and I will be married next year. In preparation for the wedding, we met with the wedding planner at our venue a few months ago. She was new to the role, having come from another venue, but had helped plan hundreds of weddings in the past.
The Space to Lead – Holding space in business is the leadership skill for the new world
On Friday I was speaking with an executive team of around 40 people. I was due to deliver a workshop for them a few weeks ago and it has now shifted to online. I asked her what challenges they were having around productivity, team connection and communication. Her response was interesting.
The 7 Gs of Self-Management: Tips for Working From Home
With millions of people now working from home it’s a massive adjustment for the bulk of the Australian, and even global, workforce. Entire multinational companies have closed their doors, but continue to run their businesses remotely.
How to Put Yourself Out There in Your Content
2012 was a disaster. I started my business in 2009 but in 2011 we had the Brisbane floods and business went quiet. Then in 2012, 17,000 jobs and all training was cut from the public service for almost two years. 80% of my contracts were with government departments.
New Year’s Removals, Routines and a Ruckus- Create Success in 2020
It might sound a bit odd, but I cut back on anything that would generate too many new enquiries, such as videos, speaking events, travel and client load. I started to assess some bigger questions so I could create a life by design.
What Type of Content Creator are You? How to Become Prolific in Your Content Creation
I recently worked with Megan, who came to work with me on her content strategy and creation for her business. She said, “I’m really struggling. I want to create content like videos, blogs and podcasts, but I just feel like I’ve lost my creative mojo.
Lighthouse Leadership and Keeping the Vision Clear | Visible Leadership
One of my favourite places in the world is Cape Byron Lighthouse at Byron Bay. I have fond memories of climbing up to the lighthouse with my sisters and cousins on weekends to take in the view over the New South Wales coast, at Australia’s most easterly point.