In our last post for the time being in our series about leadership, Catherine Burrows looks at what we have learned from the leaders she interviewed, as well as adding some thoughts of her own. Catherine is a founding partner … Continued
Kate is the Regional General Manager, TAFE NSW West region. She is responsible for a region which is larger than France, stretching from Broken Hill to Lithgow and up to Queensland. Her region has 40,000 students, many in small, remote … Continued
Jai Waters is Principal Consultant and Executive Coach for the Chandler Macleod Group. She has extensive senior executive experience working in the NSW Public Sector where she was responsible for state-wide end-to-end customer services, including student and business systems. … Continued
In this post, the second in our series about leadership, we spoke to David Riordan. David is the Director of City Operations for the City of Sydney and manages 1,000 people. David Riordan: Leaders must be authentic, decisive, brave and … Continued
Many of our clients want to work with us on leadership. So, we decided to start the year by asking leaders we know about the foundations and challenges of leadership. We begin the series with an interview with Rod Towney. … Continued
For me, what keeps executive coaching fascinating is how much I learn from the process and how inspiring my clients are. As the year draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the lessons I’ve learned this year. In 2017, … Continued
How do you know when to speak up? How do you know when it’s better not to? What are the rules? Photo: Dawn Arlotta This is an issue many of our clients seem to wrestle with. It’s often difficult to … Continued
If you need your team to step up, you need to show them how. In the previous post, I introduced the topic of educational scaffolding, a method that enables a student to learn how to carry out a task independently … Continued
Once in a while, you come across an idea so profound it changes your thinking forever. This was my experience when I learned about scaffolded pedagogy and the Zone of Proximal Development, when I was teaching English to adult migrants … Continued
We’ve been working with aspiring leaders on developing their ideas of the most important traits of good leadership. Their lists included: Having a vision and being able to share that vision Articulating and achieving objectives Calmness under pressure Being inspirational … Continued