By: McCrindleIn our recent book Work Wellbeing: Leading thriving teams in rapidly changing times, we have an entire chapter dedicated to leadership.We know from our research that leadership is key to people thriving at work. Leaders either create or inhibit a culture of wellbeing. We’ve...
By: Michael McQueenOver my years of working in the business world around ideas of innovation and leadership, one lesson I have learned is that there is a lesson to be learned in most places. I must admit though, when I sat down to watch Frozen 2 with my son, I did not expect it to be one of these...
By: Michael McQueenThink back to your teachers at school. What characterised them? In schools, the approaches to teaching and authority tend to group themselves into four key categories. These categories apply just as readily to forms of leadership that we come across in workplaces, teams and the...
By: McCrindleWork. It’s a big part of one’s life and always has been. But over the last few years the always-on technologies and office-in-our-pocket has made it harder than ever to switch off and distinguish the difference between work and rest. The devices we carry allow many of us...
By: Michael McQueenFor those in the corporate or educational world, the idea of a Growth Mindset has been front of mind in recent years.In many of my own books and articles I have explored what constitutes a Growth Mindset, what differentiates it from a Fixed Mindset and how it can be fostered in...
By: Alex CookIf you’re in business, you want it to do well right? I love to see businesses grow, but better still I prefer to see them multiply!Multiplication is one of the greatest biblical concepts is the principle of multiplication. In business most people just focus on addition,...
By: Michael McQueenA number of years ago, a team of researchers conducted a fascinating and somewhat callous experiment in an effort to understand the process of conditioned behaviour. As part of the experiment, scientists placed five monkeys in a room with a staircase in the centre and a bunch of...
Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash.By: Alex CookHandy Hints to improve Cash FlowThere are many ways you can improve your cash flow. For this to work it needs to be as ‘automated’ and ‘systemised’ as possible. Furthermore key people in the organisation must ‘own’...
By: Michael McQueenWorking from home has certainly been far from bliss for many of us. Attempting to do our office work within the clutter and distraction of home, navigating complex online modes of engagement and doing so within the stress of such an uncertain time has made this new work form...
By: Michael McQueenEverybody loves an ego boost. The word of encouragement from the colleague, the compliment from the spouse or the pat on the back from the boss work wonders for our sense of self-esteem. Self-esteem is a very modern idea and one that is talked about abundantly within schools,...
By: McCrindleThe future of work is defined by more than just technological change. It is also impacted by sociological change.As of 2020 there were more Australians born since 1980 than before it, meaning that Generation Y (born 1980 to 1994), Generation Z (1995 to 2009) and Generation Alpha (born...
By: Michael McQueenAutomation is a word that often strikes fear into workers who cannot help but feel threatened by its emergence in the modern world. Most of what we hear about automation surrounds the ways it will take our jobs and force the everyday worker into irrelevance. However, there are...
