As we move towards 2025, I want to take this opportunity to thank you and all the other remarkable leaders and teams I’ve had the privilege and pleasure to work with and learn from this year.

The best advice I ever received from a mentor was to, “be the leader you wished you had.”

Ultimately, every decision is a choice between either-or.

To gossip is part of human nature – it’s how we connect, bond, and relate with others.

How often do team members hold their answer as being all knowing and more right? How tightly do you hold onto your answers?

When you implement a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) with a team member, what’s going through your mind?

These times call on us as leaders to turn the headwinds into tailwinds and bring about new possibilities.

Lead with insight, not just information.

If management is about results, leadership is about relationships. Results and relationships are the two hands that wash each other.

Here 3 ways to help you access more of your potential and lead with greater impact.

Over the years I’ve coached executives, I’ve come to recognise that CEO’s and executives who are assessed to be ‘consistently effective’, share something in common – they embrace the unspoken secrets of success.

It’s natural when others criticise you to react defensively, especially if you assume they intend to undermine or disrespect your sense of worth and value.