Live your true life
The power of suggestion is real and it IS powerful. We all have a natural tendency to internalise the words, messages and meanings of the things we hear other people say. Tell a little kid that they aren’t good at…
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Hey! I’m having a pity-party and you’re invited! We all have pity-party people in our lives. And well, let’s face it: we are these people at times. You know the kind. They just want to talk about their issues, their…
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When you know that you aren’t living your true life – when you are in the wrong career, the wrong relationship, with the wrong friends, or in the wrong location – you can spend all your time and effort looking…
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People who are in businesses or jobs relatively unaffected by a year of lockdowns are finding themselves cashed up. Those who love to travel, well, they have found themselves with money to spend. And spend they do. The pandemic has…
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This month I want to touch on a very serious subject: Gaslighting. This is something I was the target of 10 or so years ago in an organisation I was with. At the time, I didn’t know that’s what was…
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There’s no denying that throughout life, stuff happens. Events happen and they aren’t always what we label as ‘good’. The company we work for restructures and we lose our job. We become ill. Our spouse leaves. Someone we love passes…
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Many years ago I went to a conference on corporate communications and I remember that one of the speakers asked us brainstorm a list on all the possible ways to get employees who were resistant to organisational direction or strategy…
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This week, Victoria’s Premier shared the roadmap to shift Victorians from our current Stage 4 Lockdown to a moving population and functioning economy by the end of the year. Now, whether you are supportive of the details of this particular…
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You know an organisation has done a good job in embedding their vision when you hear their leaders and their employees all using the same language to describe their company and its future. Written communications and conversations with leaders all…
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What do you get when you squeeze a lemon? Lemon juice, of course! So, what do you get when you squeeze a person, or in other words, put them under some level of pressure? You get whatever is inside of…
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