A hot topic in organisations is employee engagement. What does it mean and how can you achieve it? Is it worth the effort? You bet! I once overheard an employee say “my care factor is zero.” My heart sank. I had been working with the management of the organisation to improve culture and we decided …
I reckon most people want to better at leadership, but don’t know where to start. That’s why I wrote my book, Road Rules for Leadership. It’s a simple, practical guide to effective leadership. Since launching it a couple of years ago I’ve shared the content with thousands of people, giving them the guidance and confidence …
A really simple, yet valuable investment in your time over the holiday break. They say the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result. What are you going to do differently in 2018? What are you going to start doing? There are plenty of things that we …
“So, Greg – Mr Leadership Guy, what can we all learn from the next LEADER of the free world?” I have been dreading writing this blog. I almost wimped out. I am sweating and uncomfortable as I sit writing it. I don’t have any clear thoughts or lessons or objectives for this blog. I am …
I hope you’ve had a great year and are looking forward to a well earned break. But before you sign off, let me ask you an important question. What decisions have you made about 2016 that will make it your best year ever? Maybe you haven’t thought about it yet and will when you get back …
Malcolm Turnbull wants more Australian businesses to risk failing. He said so in his ‘Ideas Boom’ announcement recently. Here’s why I mostly agree with him, and also, some advice on how to make sure you don’t fail. “Innovation is our future”, spouted the PM in his $1.1 billion policy announcement. What comes with innovation is …
Possibly the biggest story in Australian sport this year is about National Rugby League player, Jarryd Hayne, who has just been signed by the San Francisco 49ers to play professional football in the USA. Even if you are not a sports nut there are plenty of leadership lessons to learn from the man they call ‘The …
You might be surprised just where I get leadership insights from! Take for instance celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay. Here’s what I see when I look past the rudeness. 1. He is passionate. He cares about what he does. He wants to help people be more successful in their businesses. 2. He knows his stuff. He …
It would be wrong to say that leadership in good times is easy. It’s our actions, though, in tough times, when the chips are down, that may define us as leaders. Where I live in the Hunter area of Australia we have just had a once in a generation severe weather event. Destructive, cyclonic winds, extensive rainfall leading …
Call me weird, but I want people to be happy to go to work. It worries me that what seems to be a majority of us dreads going to work.When you think that most of us spend half of our waking hours at work, it is important that we find work a happy place. A …