Rebecca’s Thoughts
How to make Remote Leaderships Work
Remote leadership can be hard to get right whether you are leading a team remotely or a team member part of a remote team. I was talking to a lady who I sat next to on a plane a couple of weeks back and she said her off-shore manager very rarely called her, there was...
Is your leadership team in fire-fighting or future-proofing mode?
I was reviewing the top 5 issues for Directors in 2019 (with reference Institute Of Directors - 22 Jan 2019 ) and wonder how many of these will still be listed in January 2020. Here's the snapshot of the top 5. 1. Culture and Conduct - acceptance of poor conduct -...
When did tick-boxing people become ok in our workplaces?
I read an alarming statistic yesterday while researching and writing my white paper on LEADING in trauma mode. According to Stats NZ, New Zealand's population is 4.9 million. At the end of 2018 there were 425,700 people on antidepressants. That’s 1 in 8 people and...
Decoding fear of failure and why we should care
Fear of failure has been the number one driver to success across my corporate career. In fact, when I think about it, it's been there from the age of 7 where I got second place in my class instead of first. Every year in primary school, other than one year where I was...
BAU Leadership doesn’t work anymore
I have been working in leadership roles for the last 25 years as CEO, sales executive, professional executive coach, business owner and teacher and I believe there are a lot of things that no longer work. The world is broken because it is just so complicated. Today's...
Growth and Performance
Personal growth and performance go hand in hand. It’s logical to think that in order to operate at a high performance level, then also achieving high personal growth must play a role in success.