Strategy, Leadership and Impact

This past week I had the opportunity to attend and speak at the Northern Territory State Conference for the Australian HR Institute (AHRI).  During the conference, I was able to interview the CEO of AHRI, Lyn Goodear.  Throughout the interview, Lyn gives us great insight into the professionalization of the HR profession, the value that well-developed HR can bring to organisations, and th...

I've heard a lot of people say 'that's not my job.' There are various reasons why someone might say this but at the end of the day it is self-limiting and leads to you being marginalized.  If you want to be successful and grow in your career, then you need to do the complete opposite.  Instead of saying 'that's not my job', look for additional tasks that will challenge you.  

We all have relationships, both personal and professional.  The types of people we keep in our circle can have a major impact on our lives and careers.  If these relationships are toxic it will hold us back.  However, if they are positive and supportive they can be beneficial in our journey to success. 

There are a number of leadership principles that apply to the company director, executive, or anyone in a leadership role.  In this episode we discuss these principles as well as my recent experience attending the Company Directors Course with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).  

Communications sucks, in most organisations.  This week we talk about communications.  The main focus is communicating within organisations but we also discuss communicating to stakeholders and others outside the organisation.  

In this episode we briefly discuss what is a leader.  There is not a universal definition of what makes a leader or what exactly leadership is but there are common themes or qualities.  

Over the past few weeks many people have commented that they either want to move up in their career or move into a new career altogether however, there is always something holding them back.  In this episode, we talk about overcoming obstacles that may be holding you back and put things into perspective about reinventing yourself to achieve what you want.  

In this episode, we discuss taking care of ourselves and some principles about how to look at our personal lives.  We can all get busy and focus on things that don't make us happy or lead to positive outcomes.  However, this does not have to be the case!

In this episode we discuss some of the outcomes from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Hayne Commission).  Particularly, we discuss culture and how boards need to focus on monitoring culture.  Additionally, we discuss how leadership should be looked at has a hard skill and not a soft skill particularly for senior exec...

The topic for this episode comes from a listeners request.  This week we discuss having confidence in yourself, taking advantage of opportunities and living a life without regrets.  

In this episode we discuss what is culture and how to identify a bad, or toxic, culture.  We also talk about how it is an executive's responsibility to ensure that the culture of an organisation is positive.  

In this episode, we discuss the ability to work across multiple industries.  There are a number of skills that someone can successfully apply to any organisation regardless of the industry they operate.  

In this episode, we talk about what strategic thinking is.  There isn't a generally accepted definition of what strategic thinking is or what specifically constitutes strategic thinking and, at times, it can be a bit ambiguous.