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Time to Travel!

A Journey to somewhere unknown… It is Time to Travel now that we have less COVID than we used to… Booked in today for a …

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Finding Sustainability through connectivity

How do we find Sustainability in a VUCA world? IMHO, there is not one thing that definitively creates a sustainable organisation – there are many. …

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Gotta get out of your comfort zone!

Gotta get out of the Comfort Zone! My youngest left home last Sunday on the adventure of her life – university studies in Melbourne, two …

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Leading the way

So, Leading the way – important for Board and Directors and anyone who wants to be seen as a leader. And in the wake of …

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Leadership in C21

Leadership in C21 So, what does that mean? Well… I am pretty sure that what Crown Resorts has been up to does not fit the bill …  …

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Stakeholder Engagement

Something for 21st century directors to think about. I bought a #NAIDOC shirt online last night. I was wary – I have wanted an indigenous patterned polo for …

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Diversity

Diversity A big part of C21 leaders running C21 organisations. But what does it mean? Does it mean “Headlines” like making sure that there are …

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Change is in the Air…

Change, as they say, is in the air, and all around us. And is just getting faster and faster, accelerated by the events of 2020. Someone told …

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Disruption … My candidate for the Word of the Year…

Disruption. If there was an award for the Word of the Year (which there probably is), Disruption  would have to win. It is all over …

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Launch Day

Today is about my journey. 3 years ago, I put my foot on a path that has led to now. I have spent the last …

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Board Circles – the First Part

There is lots of commentary out there about boards and management – all of it good, relevant stuff. But how to organise all of this …

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Board Circles – the Second Part

The core skills – finance, people, technology, strategy, risk, and culture – like the Trivial Pursuit Pie. Basic organisational skills that we all learned at …

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Board Circles – the Third Part

The Core Skills circle – fundamental and easy – finance, people, technology, strategy, risk, & culture. The inner Power-Up circle – a bit challenging – …

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Board Circles Diagnostic Tool

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