International Talent To Re-Design and Uplift Your Team
Australia is forecasting 650,000 immigrants by the middle of 2024, lots of international talent! My wife is the daughter of Greek...
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Apr 12, 20232 min read
Reduce the Probability of Becoming Stuck Mid-Career (Career Management)
It’s late afternoon turning into early evening and a hand goes up from a student in the group I have just finished addressing as part of...
Apr 5, 20232 min read
Mentoring – When to Ask and When to Advise
The more senior and experienced people become, the greater the expectation of advice. Particularly in mentoring relationships. As I have...
Mar 31, 20232 min read
What to Consider When Engaging a Professional Coach
Over the past 18 months, I have observed professional coaching become more popular with various online coaching services. Those being...
Mar 24, 20232 min read
Defining What You Love, Exploring its Potential and Building Your Brand
My phone rings: it is an executive industry peer I haven’t heard from for a while (it happens every fortnight). I answer. Many times the...
Mar 17, 20231 min read
Growing Your Leadership
Many of us will take on leadership roles within organisations as we progress in our careers. Often, our previous role will have been...
Mar 10, 20231 min read
Is Randomisation Eroding Your People's Potential?
What do I mean by Randomisation in the workplace? Randomisation is when an employee becomes involved in too many activities. Sometimes...
Mar 2, 20231 min read
The Differences Between Mentoring, Coaching, and Counselling
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog about my latest book (read about it here), which will explore mentoring, coaching, and makes...
Feb 24, 20231 min read
Conversations are Critical to What is Possible
Throughout my career, I have seen extraordinary achievements, “recovered initiatives,” and some things that didn’t realise their...
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Extraordinary Stories By Ordinary People
As well as time with my family, and plenty of yoga, what else did I do over the Australian summer holidays? In January, I wrote over...
Feb 9, 20232 min read
Graduate Positions - Thoughts and Tips
Last year, I spent time talking with a close family member who was proceeding through their graduate interviews for a graduate position....
Feb 2, 20232 min read
CIO Priorities for 2023
Welcome to 2023 😊 I have had a fabulous summer spending close to three weeks with my family and doing things I love … a vacation to...
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Christmas Giving - One Girl and Educating Girls
Season greetings! While working at Microsoft within International IT, I learned how the Gates Foundation was ending the poverty cycle...
Dec 15, 20223 min read
2033 - Three Predictions and a Big Fear
Last week, a follower asked for my 2033 predictions (thanks TJ). They are... PRECISE PREDICTIONS We can now gather data, an extraordinary...
Dec 9, 20222 min read
If I was a CIO NOW - This is How I Would Approach 2023 - CIO Leadership
This year I have been very fortunate to connect with CIOs and other CXOs from around the world, and as the year draws to a close, I have...
Dec 1, 20223 min read
Your Life "In Headlines"
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow...
Nov 24, 20222 min read
Working at a Start-Up!
Over the last four years I have been engaged by a range of organisations - some ‘traditional’ and some just starting up. I have enjoyed...
Nov 17, 20223 min read
My Blogging Journey
This week is a milestone – my 100th Mailchimp blog – which my social media team became very excited about. Since 2019 I have employed...
Nov 10, 20223 min read
Chief Procurement Officer Priorities - Set Foundations for 2023
Coupa Software has continued with its virtual event series. The latest included their CIO Eric Tan (who is a Monash Graduate by the way)...
Nov 3, 20223 min read
I am off the ICE and EV-olving in a Model Y - Initial Thoughts
Wednesday this week, I collected my first-ever electronic vehicle (EV), a Tesla Model Y, here are some initial thoughts. I no longer own...
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