Archive for the ‘Trusted, Engaging Leaders’ Category

    Leaders, bosses, and bastards: we all know them, we’ve been them, and we’ve probably been all three at some point in each of our lives. What sets a leader apart from a boss or a bastard? Mickey and Colin dive into the distinguishing pair of features that lead in conjunction with one another:…

Changing the Brain

June 13th, 2014 by Sally Rundle

During the Australian AMP “Igniting our spark” sessions, I experience a sense of wonderment as the actors from The Jump (Conversant Asia Pacific corporate acting troupe) transform the mood, the space and the energy of the group during role plays, interludes and playback. The effect of their activities creates a positive mood that sustains peoples’…

“Boats aren’t designed to live in a harbour.”

This quotation, often used by my brilliant colleague Jim Motroni, is intriguing… it makes the obvious point boats are designed and are at their graceful best under full sail on wide oceans working with tides, wind and waves.

Trust is Built, Not Granted

March 17th, 2014 by Mickey Connolly

When people think about trust, they very quickly leap to thinking about someone’s character.

Stretching…

January 26th, 2013 by Mickey Connolly

I like quotations, and I have a quotation site I especially like full of nuggets I often find timely and relevant.  Earlier this week, one showed up right at the end of a two-day strategy meeting: “Set a goal SO BIG that you can’t achieve it until you grow into the person who can.” As…

Leading Healthy Organizations

October 19th, 2012 by Mickey Connolly

Leaders create the conditions for positive organizational health, and are a product of them.  Yes, you heard me right.  Leaders make organizations healthy or not, and they are made by them. This can occur as an irresolvable paradox—how can I be responsible for making something if it is also making me at the same time? …