Dear Friends and Colleagues, With only one day of summmer left, I am genuinely shocked at how quickly 2023 is flying by.  What a unique time we are in; most people I have spoken with have noted that their businesses have had a quiet start to the year and yet time seems to be sped […]

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21 September 2022 – Tasmanian Forest & Forest Products Network Forum – Launceston, Australia Wonderful to be part of a panel discussing ways to attract and retain the right workforce in the Tasmanian Forestry Sector. Thanks to Therese Taylor and all the team at the Tasmanian Forests and Forest Products Network (TFFPN) for the opportunity. […]

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When organisations do not act congruently with their Purpose and Values, then, for these organisations, it is a race to the bottom! I have seen it so many times in large and small organisations, in schools and sporting teams – the place starts to implode – performance declines, selfishness ensues, people turn inwards and sometimes, lives […]

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Believing you can improve you mental health actually works – sure, doing things to improve or maintain your mental health is critical but whether you take action or not, people who believe they can do something to keep mentally healthy have higher mental wellbeing than those who do not have such belief. This could be explained […]

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Celebrating a lovely piece of feedback, I recieved yesterday from a business manager within the education sector: “My good man, if imitation is the highest form of flattery, you may be delighted to know that at our Leaders Governance meeting on Saturday, you and your work was referenced by me and the CEO. So gratitude and […]

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Next month, People At Their Best will conduct its 50th large-scale engagement survey. To our clients who have trusted us over the past 10-years, we would like to say, ‘Thank You’ Whether we are talking about employee engagement or customer satisfaction, what we have found is those organisation who look after their employees and their customers, enjoy […]

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As 2021 turned into 2022, I was asked by Storm Magazine in Singapore, to define what it meant to be living a full life. In response, I said: “Involvement in things which I find meaningful, the things I care about. At the end of the day, having the ability to determine how to spend one’s time […]

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WHAT IS THE GOAL OF A LIFE – IT IS TO CREATE YOURSELF A SOUL In April 2022, I gave an address to Steiner Education Australia, titled: Ethical decision making in an unscrupulous world – How leaders can still make principled decisions. I was then asked to build the presentation into a paper, which I […]

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