By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW Whilst the world spun in panic this week over the threat of the Coronavirus, Australia drained its supermarkets of toilet rolls. Knives were drawn (literally), elbows were sharpened and supplies were stripped from shelves and squirrelled away to enable creature comforts...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW ‘Giving something up for Lent’ remains popular in many countries, regardless of religion, or a lack of it. It is a little negative, however, and perhaps ‘taking something up for Lent’ – a new habit – would lead to...
By Juliet Hammond, LIW Business Impact Consultant This month there are predictions for the year ahead: Blanchard highlights coaching, building trust, and listening as the top 3 leadership skills; and Forbes identifies L&D trends for 2020 including closing the learning doing gap, mobile learning, democratising leadership...
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW Assistance comes in many forms for team members. This week, a moment was captured when an orangutan offered a hand to a man clearing snakes from a river. However, the man in question knew a useful fact: orangutans can be unpredictable. He...
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW The Corona Virus outbreak is currently dominating every corner of our media. A recent article by Peter Hartcher focused on the impact of our actions in either fanning the flames of fear or containing them. The proactive management of people’s potential...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW The news this week of the death of Clayton ‘Clay’ Christensen, author, business consultant and, by all accounts, really nice bloke. By his own measure (how many individuals you have helped become better people) he lived a successful life. The...
By Dan Hammond, Chief Disruption Officer, LIW In leadership circles we often talk about ‘humility’, ‘curiosity’, ‘vulnerability’ etc. to encourage people to be less concerned with ego. However, we can fall into the trap of using these in an egocentric way. Who hasn’t heard someone say ‘I’m...
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW In the midst of a crisis, you don’t want the words of Dad’s Army’s Corporal Jones ‘Don’t panic’ ringing in your ears! Whilst the national political leadership of the Australian bush fire crisis has been highly questionable, those leading on the front...
By Juliet Hammond, LIW Business Impact Consultant This month, there are some predictions from leading thinkers – Ken Blanchard puts teams at the core, seeing technology and personalised learning as the future. LinkedIn predictions talk of mental health at work and focus as a core skill...
By Pia Lee, CEO, LIW As we gather round the festive table to reconnect, celebrate and spread the cheer, it’s sobering to hear from the Australian Bureau of Statistics that one in eight of us will be suffering high or very high psychological distress this season. Johann...