I have been asked to talk to a group of Human Resource managers involved in the current amalgamations of NSW Councils.  The request was broad and my colleague simply asked that I speak on how to maintain a positive culture during the coming months and years of the amal...

Adapted from Business Coaching Wisdom and Practice, Unlocking the Secrets of Business Coaching: Sunny Stout-Rostron (2009)

Confusion exists in most organisations about team coaching and group facilitation.

Anyone coaching teams or groups needs to be skilled not just in f...

Daniel Goleman and Daniel Siegel discuss brainpower and how understanding the brain can impact on your leadership.

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Leaders who understand growth at the brain science level can better target leadership development t...

Using the right selection tools can identify candidates work style, understand their core drivers and recognize patterns of behaviour that could get in their way.

With research showing more than half of new employees fail, and a bad hire can cost 150% of his or her annu...

The term  Groupthink was coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1972).

Groups can enhance our progress but they can also apply pressure that can lead us to avoid evidence and abandon critical thinking.

Groupthink occurs when a group makes faulty decisions, surrender...

Fit for the Future amalgmations will have an impact in the coming months and years for many NSW Councils.

There will be many and varied steps of change both for the organisation and for staff.

This will create uncertainity, mental stress, greater workloads and challenges...

Do you have a revolving door of Managers?

Are your Senior Executives and Managers not performing as you expected?

This is a very common problem when selection is made through interviews only.

So how can you eliminate some of the risk of poor selection?

We can help with  Ps...

How positive are you in your workplace?

Is the glass half full or half empty?

Or does it really matter?

When Martin Seligman became president of the American Psychological Association, he decided that his legacy would be How Psychology could enhance our lives rather than...