We can’t see what we can’t distinguish. The distinctions between functioning and flourishing teams are subtle but significant.

Why is it that 80% of leaders claim to spend 60% of their time in teams, yet only 20% of teams are high performing, collaborative teams?

A sure sign of a troubled team culture is when team members fear challenging each other and feel it pointless to do so.

To create a culture of high performing, collaborative teams requires discipline. Talent is no guarantee of sustainable success.

Much has been spoken and written about the fear of failure but less about the fear of success.

(Originally published in CEO World on 31 March 2022)

Last week, Kim and I hiked part of the Cape-to-Cape trail in the Margaret River – a place to nourish one’s soul.

As humans, we are biologically inescapably emotional beings. We are never not in mood. Moods predispose us to take care - everything we say and do is because of the mood we’re in.

How often have you or others suggested you ‘fake it until you make it’, only to be disappointed when not making it?

In the work I do with leadership teams, team members believe the main reason teams flounder is because members don’t feel safe to speak their truth.

Last week on my first business trip to Melbourne for 2022, I had 20 minutes to spare before my next coaching client meeting. I found a shaded park nearby to sit and collect my thoughts.

My best wishes to you for 2022 and may the year be all you would hope and wish it to be.

On Tuesday this week, I was invited to speak at a client’s APAC Regional annual kick-off conference on ‘growth mindset’.