People At Their Best Christmas Newsletter with a special shout-out to the great teams at Flavour Creations in Brisbane and Forico in Launceston Dear Friends and Colleagues, Albert Einstein said, ‘We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.’  As we move into a new phase of rampant escalating […]

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On November 5, I gave a presentation to the Global Transformation Festival, an international conference focused on positive action to connect and unite us all.  I was asked to speak for 15 minutes on Leadership. When I considered what it is that I care about and am passionate about and, what is relevant today, I landed on: […]

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Our Obsession with Consuming & Poor Leadership is Derailing Our Response to Covid-19.  Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything Every day, for the last 13 weeks, I’ve thought of these words from George Bernard Shaw and wondered how on earth are we to move towards a […]

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“The cultural characteristic most closely correlated with organisational high-performance is ‘adaptability’.  Not surprisingly, adaptability stands out as a key theme in this year’s State of Australian Leadership Report.  After 18-months of uncertainty, fear, turmoil and strife the need for leadership adaptability and agility has almost become a cliché …  … Many leaders reported pivoting their […]

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As another lock-down bites hard in Sydney, I am really proud to have helped the band, The Conformists, to record and release a defyingly celebratory song, one that is wistful and longing and yet bright and optimistic.  That’s what art does, throws up contradictory emotions that arrest us and give us pause to look at the […]

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People keep asking us: ‘What do you do; what is People At Their Best?’ As we journeyed into a new financial year (2022), I wrote this heartfelt manifesto – jumping to the final line, ‘Helping all organisations and all people to be their best is what drives us.’

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