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Your engagement scores look great. Your leaders are drowning

Dave Banks looked at his engagement survey results: 84 per cent—well above the 78 per cent industry benchmark. His internal consulting team at NAB had slashed the business bank cost-to-income ratio significantly over six years. By every traditional metric, they were winning. Yet Dave couldn’t shake what he was observing in meetings. The energy had […]

3 questions every team member is secretly asking

Think about the best team you’ve ever been part of. Not the one who had a compelling strategy. Or the one that had massages and fruit bowls. The best. Picture their faces. What do you feel? I’ve asked this question to thousands of people in live presentations, and 95% give me the same three answers: […]

How to increase your probability of high life satisfaction by 300%

How can we build our strengths, effectiveness, and sense of contribution at work? Developing our talents can lead to greater life satisfaction. We all know that having a good manager is crucial to being productive and engaged in the workplace. After all, as the saying goes “people don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad […]

My webinar with Mike Schneider, CEO, Bunnings – about building a mentally healthy culture

It is always a great day when I meet a leader who shares my vision for building a caring and resilient workplace. Last Tuesday I had a live steam conversation with Michael Schneider, the CEO, of Bunnings. Mike has approximately 44,000 team members under his care, and he is passionate about their mental wellbeing. He regularly live broadcasts […]

Covid 19: 4 daily connection questions to ask a remote team

Loneliness is a greater well being threat than the virus for the vast majority of your team. A good mate of mine, Bernie Orenstein, has been leading a remote group of developers in the Philippines. He has built great engagement by having a 10 minute ‘stand up’ Zoom meeting at the start of each day. […]

How to Build an R U OK?365 Culture

R U OK?365 is about always being ready to have authentic and genuine conversations to help others. BUILDING A MENTALLY HEALTHY CULTURE CHECKLIST – DOWNLOAD HERE These conversations can change lives, teams and workplaces. And there’s incredible advantages in having that culture in any organization. The CSIRO has already identified that rising work stress, and […]