What Matters

I've been reflecting on what matters, lessons learned, practices to experiment with and ideas worth exploring.

Should I stay should I go?

Uncategorized Mar 22, 2024

Are you spending this weekend wondering if you should stay or if you should go?

Try to get to somewhere you can find perspective - spend some time in nature or somewhere with a view you can look out to see a bigger picture.

Make a list of pros, cons and considerations about making a move.

Try not to get stuck in a binary bind with only two choices. Generate a list of at least 10 options so that you aren't torn between two.

Think about your strengths and what you already know (and who you know) - could this take you in a different direction?

Connect, connect, connect! Talk it through with...

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Culture is doable

Uncategorized Mar 15, 2024

Over the 25 years that I have worked in, on, and around culture and leadership, what has struck me is that while nearly all leaders believe culture is important, too few feel confident and competent to change it.

Many leaders think of culture change purely as a big organisation-wide thing, separate from their everyday.

This is a culture myth I am pretty passionate about busting wide open.

Culture is actionable. Culture is doable. You don't need a big program of work to shift your culture.

How you lead - your everyday actions - can shift the culture around you.

#culture #shiftyourculture...

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G.R.A.S.S

In my book, Shift: Everyday actions leaders can take to shift culture, I share my GRASS model.

GRASS was born out of my frustration with culture models that were either too stuffy or too fluffy for leaders who just wanted to know what to do.

After synthesising decades of research, I narrowed the list of moments that matter most down to 8.

The three most well known are first impressions, when things are going well and when things aren’t going well. These are all moments of truth for team members and leaders. I call these the groundwork. We need to work on these in every relationship.

GRASS...

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Is it a habit?

Is your day full of meetings that are old habits?

People form habits, but so do teams and organisations.

Try a calendar review this week - how many meetings will you find that are no longer required? Just hanging around like old habits?

#oldhabitsdiehard

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Culture is your day job.

Uncategorized Feb 21, 2024

Are you forgetting an important part of your day job?

Are you leading your culture?

Culture is not something extra that you do on top of your day job. Culture is not something you do once a year when it’s engagement survey time.

Culture is the cumulative effect of your leadership:

* How and why you bring people together (or not).
* What rituals you and your team share- how you greet, celebrate and farewell.
* What you do and how you do it. Your actions, even when you think no one’s looking (and someone is always looking).
* What people see - the symbols and signs, the unwritten rules.
*...

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Shift your culture

My mission is to make culture simple and actionable for leaders.

I work with executives, CEOs and leadership teams to shape, shift, strengthen and lead cultures.

Having led culture at the Executive and Board level for more than 15 years, with ASX10 and global teams, I now work as a strategist, speaker, and mentor, building cultures that work.

#culturesthatwork #cultureshift #leadershift #teamshift #culture #shift #leadership

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Is your team all at sea?

There's a lot going on at the moment. Disruption and uncertainty. Rethinking plans and strategies. Leaders and teams are feeling a bit at sea.

I'm working with some great teams at the moment on cohesion, alignment and playing to their strengths. It’s a mix of masterclasses and workshops for various clients.

With one client, I’m coaching multiple members of one team.

All different ways of working on team culture.

If your team is all at sea, reach out to see how I can help.

#leadershipteams #leadershift #nevernormal #cultureshift #teamshift #shift #navigating #allatsesa

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Belonging invites us to be who we are

Does your culture invite belonging? Or is it a culture of fitting in (even if the norms have shifted)?

#workplaceculture #belonging #fittingin #cultureshift #leadershift #culture #rulesofbelonging #brenebrownwisdom

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Cultures that work have a clear sense of purpose.

In a McKinsey survey with a representative sample of more than 1,000 participants from US companies, 82 percent agreed on the importance of purpose, but only 42 percent reported that their company’s stated “purpose” had much effect.

Having read plenty of purpose statements, that's not surprising!

Many organisations’ purpose statements are so generic that they do little to inspire or challenge business as usual. At some point, they blur and all start to sound the same.

More than a vision and a strategy, a purpose elevates performance. A strong vision and strategy...

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We all contribute to culture

Culture isn’t someone else’s job. We all contribute to culture.

How you show up in your team and your workplace impacts those around you.

We’ve all worked on teams where one person has shifted the culture around them - for better or for worse.

Don’t wait for someone else to tackle your culture. Share some good vibes and contribute positive energy to your team culture.

#workplace #work #culture #contribution #cultureshift

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