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Explore the concept and practice of authentic leadership, and why it has become a central focus for employee engagement.
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To address the current talent shortage, taking a 360 degree view is key to unveiling, and retaining, the critical talent...
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Our thought leadership articles on beating workplace burnout are featured in AICD's Company Director magazine. We have distilled the big...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter The global pandemic has been a test of leadership like never before: what we have...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter In the midst of an unparalleled environment of uncertainty, there’s one thing that’s certain… How...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter As we continue navigating our way through the COVID pandemic, leaders need to ensure that...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Health experts say they are now confident that a COVID-19 vaccine will be developed within...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter There are few signs of immediate relief to the human and economic distress associated with...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter As leaders, never before have we faced such rapid change and uncertainty, nor had to...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter We are at a point in the COVID-19 pandemic, where leaders now more than ever,...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter As we change the way we live and work to adapt to our new reality,...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter How to Seize Back Control in an Existential Crisis This worldwide Coronavirus crisis is...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter There are many qualities that make an outstanding leader – the ability to inspire others...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Here we are on the threshold of not only a new year but also a...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter The concept of ‘leader as coach’ has come of age – and it’s been a...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter In this month’s newsletter, we continue exploring the themes emerging from our major study of...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter One of the major themes coming out of our recent research into executive coaching is...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter As a business we are shifting our focus to the importance of data and analytics....
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter When an organisation is rife with disorder, dysfunction and chaos, it is easy to overlook...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter With the established role models for trust dropping away, one by one, it seems there’s...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Facing the challenges of the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) business environment requires leaders...
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One of the most important outcomes from the Hayne Royal Commission was a mandate on culture. Organisations need environments in...
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The Art of LeadershipNewsletter The Fourth Industrial Revolution refers to the technological paradigm shift that is fundamentally changing the way...
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The Art of LeadershipNewsletter In case you hadn’t noticed, this month saw the publication of Kenneth Hayne’s final report into...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter 2018 has seen challenges for many businesses; the Banking Royal Commission – one such example...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter By our calculations there’s a little over 200 working hours left for 2018. It’s at...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Companies around the world who invest in their leaders through coaching have always been looking...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Day after day, the Banking Royal Commission seems to be chipping away at the edifice...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Blink and you may have missed it … but we are already at the start...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter It was an absolute delight to see our last blog – on the organisational impact...
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In the wake of the Financial Services Royal Commission, the industry has found itself in some turbulent waters. As the...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Who would have thought? Donald Trump meeting Kim Jong-un is relegated to page 8 of...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Can you believe we are now into the last quarter of the financial year? As...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter Stephenson Mansell Group (SMG) recently joined with Management Research Group (MRG) to host a presentation...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter To be able to move forward and optimise our impact in the workforce for 2018,...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter The office chatter is back, holidays are being compared and new year resolutions the focus....
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“I started work with Virginia Mansell 18 months ago with a clear objective of working out how I could better...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter As December 31st fast approaches, we take time to appreciate the opportunities the new year...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter CEO Update How often have we all walked out of meetings feeling utterly frustrated either...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter CEO Update We hope you enjoyed the first of our “The Art of Leadership Newsletter”...
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The Art of Leadership Newsletter CEO Update So much to stay on top of……..so little time to do it. That’s...
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Workplace culture is a slippery concept. We can’t see it. It is difficult to name. But we sure feel it...
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PowerPoint was not the go-to tool for Dr Dimity Dornan when she prepared to meet with her board to request...
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Learn from two of SMG's experienced Executive Coach Mentors on how organisation can best prepare their senior leaders for the...
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In this month’s feature article, we look at how the best leaders balance the need to create a performance edge,...
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The ability to build internal and external relationships has emerged as the number one focus area for in a snapshot...
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As he steps into his newly appointed role of SMG CEO, David Wallace shares his view on some of the...
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Senior HR leaders will need to drive "high trust, high transparency" cultures in 2024, as their roles continue to evolve....
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This month we examine how Leadership behaviours need to be reassessed by examining how reward and renumeration systems are driven...
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In this article, two of SMG’s most accomplished executive coaches—both specialists in leadership behaviour-change—address why we label some conversations as...
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What differentiates the teams that outperform their competitors on profitability, operational resilience, organisational health, and growth?
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Presenting online can be uniquely challenging. What can the world of broadcasting teach us on how to maximise our presence...
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Striving to be the best organization in the world is no longer good enough. You need to be the best...
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Incorporating neuroscience into a coaching conversation can be problematic. Here are some do's and dont's.
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Internal mentoring programs have proven to boost engagement by up to six times. We look at success factors and how...
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Maintaining resilience in times of change and volatility are key factors for personal, team, and organisational success. Part of achieving...
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At the beginning of this year, to help leaders successfully navigate the complexities and uncertainties of a post pandemic world,...
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Richard Deutsch’s appointment to the Chair of the Board of SMG is the perfect alignment of passion, purpose, and professional...
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Crucial to creating a high-performance organisation is to enable more effective meetings, and to have decisions made at the right...
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Coaching is a powerful mechanism for lifting engagement, retention and wellbeing. Here’s how to make it work for your organisation.
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In understanding the neurological basis of our responses to threat during uncertainty, leaders can employ these two strategies to facilitate...
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Many Australian companies are struggling to fill critical roles. Leaders need to respond rather than react to the challenge.
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Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine has triggered the biggest humanitarian crisis since the second world war.
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COVID 19 has created a huge impetus to the adoption of digital technologies. In effect, a decade’s worth of change...
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SMG special leadership insights report. Will 2022 be the year that defines you as a leader?
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From an expert panel discussion on talent and retention, we identified three misconceptions about 'The Great Resignation' and strategies to...
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Hybrid working is here to stay, but are some companies getting the home versus office balance wrong and risking their...
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Exactly a year since social distancing rules came into effect, we present Part Two of the model that helps explain...
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To help our clients take a more holistic approach to burnout, we developed a ‘Diagnostic Crosshairs’ model which we showcase...
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For optimal decision making, leaders need the right balance of confidence and curiosity.
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When a recent study discovered CEOs are getting fired more frequently for their ethical “lapses”, researchers named five reasons for...
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John* had a pretty good idea what he wanted from executive coaching when he turned up for his first session....
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When the only women who appear in business news publications are in the advertisements, or purely as decoration, we know...
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When I was appointed to my first Board position, Elizabeth Proust, one of Australia’s most experienced and respected chairman, recommended...
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Workers think that senior managers are heartless, arrogant and distant. Senior managers think that workers are childlike, blaming everybody and...
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Teamwork: Have you been looking for results in the wrong places? When leaders call me to help build their team...
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When the Westpac group announced Ainslie van Onselen as Head of its RAMS home loans subsidiary last year, it was...
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In an age of anxiety, people reach for strong leaders. If we didn’t already know that, then the election of...
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If there is one thing we are learning in 2017, it is that inequality is dangerous for everyone –...
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Introducing one of the largest independent leadership and coaching practices across Asia-Pacific The Centre for Integral Leadership Asia (CIL Asia),...
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Do you want to make more impact at work? Great leaders are purported to have achieved the alignment of purpose,...
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January can be a slightly strange and disorientating time, getting back to work after a break – but what a great...
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The Centre for Integral Leadership Asia (CIL Asia) is one of the Region’s largest independent coaching and leadership firms....
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If you want to remind yourself how fast the world of business is changing, try posting a letter. I went...
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Are you ready to make some real progress?Great leaders are purported to have achieved the alignment of purpose, passion and...
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There is one vital statistic missing from most of the discussions about what women need to do in order to...
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Our up-and-coming executives are investing a great deal of time, effort and money to develop their leadership skills – so...
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It is surprising how many people at senior levels of organisations lack self-awareness, yet that critical knowledge is one of the...
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It is a parental nightmare. You have spent 18 years cajoling (mercilessly nagging) your children to make the most of...
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It can be a lonely place at the top and executive mentor Virginia Mansell says, like a professional athlete, it...
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One of our Senior Executive Mentors, Gillian Turner, recently authored a very interesting article on Mentoring which has been published...
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The recent events at Qantas offer some important learnings about leadership in difficult and complex circumstances. History will no doubt...
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We have all heard about a disastrous text, sent in haste, or an ill-judged reply-all email, so the idea that...
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Tesla founder Elon Musk is famous for his commitment to the “big idea”, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Meg Whitman,...
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When the Commonwealth Bank announced a change to its executive incentive program recently, it could not have been more clear...
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AFR and ABC last week reported the results of The Study of Australian Leadership by the Centre for Workplace Leadership at the...
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How important is Emotional Intelligence in today’s workplace? In Australia we still have a macho culture where not appearing...
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14 So what does the year ahead hold? More of the same or dramatic change, threats and opportunities? Reading about...
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So, what have we learnt from leadership this year?We all need to be adapting to the opportunities that exist through...
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In November I had the wonderful opportunity to go on safaris in Botswana and Zambia.I was totally fascinated by the...
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Take outs from 'Art of Leadership' breakfastIn September we launched our Public Sector Practice with an ‘Art of Leadership’ breakfast.Gordon...
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If eliminating performance reviews is trending, then organisations really need to upskill their leaders quickly on how to have effective...
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Billionaire Warren Buffett has long espoused the value of Corporate Culture. At the recent Berkshire Hathaway annual general meeting, he...
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Most of us have one, don’t we – the person who gets under our skin, the one we find difficult...
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As the nation recently stopped to reflect on Anzac Day we were reminded of the sacrifices and stories of our...
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Following our last blog on the power of self-reflection, I recently took a day out of work to hear from...
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I was talking with a group of CEOs recently and they all agreed that one of the biggest challenges that...
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For many of us, when we hear the word feedback we think, “Oh no, what are they going to say...
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(Credit: News Corp)The symbol displayed on the Harbour Bridge on New Year’s Eve was a blue heart in a red...
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Virginia Mansell’s 5 Tips to Recharge for 2015.With the shocking tragedy of Martin Place this week, it is a good...
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Tony, a mid-tier executive, told me of the time he was returning from a product briefing interstate. By coincidence he found...
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“There is a huge nemesis in the environment with a massive pace of change, the level of complexity is enormous...
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"It’s an uncomfortable ride for those who don’t continually perform"Li Cunxin, Artistic Director of Queensland Ballet, says he demands toughness...
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"Building resilience takes courage, including hiring people better than you."That’s a point Gordon Cairns made at last week’s Stephenson Mansell...
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Who do people think you are?Just as we instantly identify qualities for big brands such as Apple, Virgin or Chanel,...
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Just as we instantly identify qualities for big brands such as Apple, Virgin or Chanel, we do the same for...
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Talk less, influence moreThere’s a common misconception that senior executives have – the more you talk, the more influential you...
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When was the last time you didn’t bounce back as quickly as you usually do?I was recently asked this question...
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The Easter break is almost upon us and many of us are taking extra time off between Easter and Anzac...
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There's a lot of talk about agility as a desirable trait for leaders - but what exactly is it and...
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‘Tis the season to rest and revitalise!Over the past 15 years as an executive coach and mentor, I’ve worked with...
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