Category Archives: Leadership

Articles, Leadership, Leadership Development, Mentoring Program

Master Mentoring: How to Shape Success Through Culture and Continuous Growth

Shaping Success Through Culture and Continuous Growth 

Creating a thriving workplace culture is often seen as a daunting challenge for leaders. The pressure to balance financial performance with maintaining a positive environment can be overwhelming. Yet, as Shelly McElroy, founder of Dream Culture, reminds us, businesses must put as much value on culture as they do on their profit and loss (P&L) statements. 

In a recent episode of the Moving Beyond Being Good Podcast, Shelly shares key insights on what it takes to become a master mentor and develop a high-performance culture. Drawing from her personal experiences and consulting work, she reveals how leaders can drive better outcomes by fostering environments where employees feel valued, heard, and safe. 

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21st Century Leadership, Leaders, leaders. leadership, Leadership

It is possible to be…

Life and leadership are rarely black and white. We often operate in the subtle shades of gray, where seemingly contradictory emotions and states coexist. Have you ever felt truly capable but somewhat adrift? Or found yourself smiling on the outside while managing internal struggles?
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Culture, Engagement, Leaders, Leadership

Australia’s employee engagement is 23% – this is a leadership problem

Given Gallup’s recent report that employee engagement in Australia is only at 23% (matching the global average), increasing it is vital not only for your organisation’s success but for the staff and their success and, therefore, the success of our society.

What is happening in organisations has a MASSIVE impact on the world we live in.

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Articles, Leadership

A counterintuitive plan for 2022

There are many names for what is described as The Great Resignation.

Michele Hunt from DreamMakers.Org calls it The Great Soul Searching. Employees are asking, “Is this organisation worthy of my commitment?” When the answer is, “No”, they are leaving (up to 50% of these folk are doing so even if they don’t have a job to go to). A record 3.98 million Americans per month quit their jobs in 2021, up from the previous record of 3.5 million per month in 2019. This figure does not include redundancies or people “sacked” from their job, and many other countries are experiencing a similar phenomenon.

 

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Engagement, Leadership

The true value of the move to working from home

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Within a matter of days, millions of workers transitioned from on-site offices to working from home. In many instances, people overcame extraordinary obstacles to be able to continue to contribute to their organisation. It’s time we paused and recognised the value of that effort by so many people.

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Leadership

Is your leadership helping or hindering?

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Michele Hunt said, “Leadership is a serious meddling in other people’s lives”.

There are rare moments in time when the power that comes with leadership so poignantly aligns with Michelle’s comments, and we are experiencing one of them right now. The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting who can lead, and who can’t lead.

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Business strategy, Career Success, Communication, High Performance, leaders. leadership, Leadership, Servant Leadership

Cash is King. Clarity is Queen.

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In the mid-1990s, I was introduced to the term, “Cash is King”. It means that, in business, you can never forget that accountants and finance rule the day. All of us, no matter where we live and work, exist within an economic reality that is ruled by the mighty dollar.

Everything that we do as leaders, ultimately, will be judged by its economic impact. Yet, I preach Servant Leadership which is about recognising the full potential of people and enabling them to shine.

How does Servant Leadership marry with “Cash is King”?

Read on if you’d like to discover how the two are related.

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