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June 3, 2025

What vertical development looks like in practice

Vertical development plays an important role in the growth of leaders as they move away from the more technical roles in which they started their working lives. What are some of the specific areas that any leader can work on to build their emotional health through vertical development?
May 6, 2025

The challenge of technical expertise for new (and not-so-new) leaders

We all come into an organisation with some form of technical expertise. Sometimes that comes from a formal qualification, sometimes from experience, sometimes from a combination of these. However, the centrality of our expertise starts to shift as we move into leadership positions.
April 8, 2025

Introducing our brand new website

Over the last few months we’ve been working on improving access to our resources and more through a complete re-build of our website, and we’re very pleased with what we’ve been able to come up with. We invite you to explore the new site.
March 4, 2025

The unique impact of Leadership Experiences

Later this month we will be hosting a brand-new Leadership Experience on the Mornington Peninsula outside Melbourne. As we have prepared this Experience, which is centred around The Revillaging Project, I have been thinking about just how unique, and powerful, these programs are.
February 4, 2025

Remembering Joy Gillies

Right at the end of last year, we were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Joy Gillies, a Global Fellow, dear colleague and friend of many years. I last caught up with her at the end of November when she was still able to summon the energy for a chat and a hug. A month later, she was finally relieved of the constant pain of her cancer.
January 12, 2025

The nine levels of emotional health

Having learned something of the concept of emotional health, consider the following list of descriptors we use for the nine levels of emotional health.
December 6, 2024

The power of observer created reality

Have you ever had the experience of buying, or looking to buy, a particular brand of car and then start to notice examples of that car all over the road?
November 5, 2024

On navigating change and asking silent questions (part 2)

In my last post I introduced the concept of the ‘silent question’ that each of us holds at the back of our minds when confronted with change.
October 1, 2024

On navigating change and asking silent questions (part 1)

Navigating change and overcoming resistance to change are two of the most popular topics that come up in leadership discussions. Humans, like most living beings, tend to like stability and can have a deep-seated distrust of change.

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How to see disagreement in a whole new light

‘Either…or’ thinking is very common. It comes from a mechanistic view of the world in which the general response to a situation of conflict or debate is that someone will win and someone will lose. In contrast, ‘both…and’ thinking means looking at a situation from the perspective of abundance.

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Behavioural freedom and emotional health

One of the powerful aspects of emotional health is that is supported by a number of principles, each of which can be very valuable even on its own. This time I want to look at another of these: behavioural freedom.

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Self-centredness and emotional health

The principle of self-centredness – along with topics we have discussed including the line of choice, the inner observer, the centres of intelligence and behavioural freedom – is an important concept to understand as you continue your journey towards raising your level of emotional health.

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The nine levels of emotional health

Having learned something of the concept of emotional health, consider the following list of descriptors we use for the nine levels of emotional health.

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How do I move above the line if I realise I am below it?

‘How can I move above the line if I realise I am below it?’ Part of the answer to this question lies in the question itself: you can move above the line if you recognise, from what you have said or done, that you have moved below it.

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How to see disagreement in a whole new light

‘Either…or’ thinking is very common. It comes from a mechanistic view of the world in which the general response to a situation of conflict or debate is that someone will win and someone will lose. In contrast, ‘both…and’ thinking means looking at a situation from the perspective of abundance.

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What vertical development looks like in practice

Vertical development plays an important role in the growth of leaders as they move away from the more technical roles in which they started their working lives. What are some of the specific areas that any leader can work on to build their emotional health through vertical development?

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The inner observer and the inner critic

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Culture change: See it, Own it, Do it

Culture change will always bring out the best (and sometimes the ‘not so great’) aspects of people and teams. It can be exciting, challenging, frustrating, stimulating, risky, scary and fun all at the same time. Ambiguity waits on every corner.

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Cultural renewal: the keys to success

‘Renewal’ is an opportunity to look for ways that regain the involvement of others in the organisation’s direction and ways of working. What is important is determining what the current priorities are in making it a reality and not ending up in the same place.

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Direct or blunt? For authentic leaders, there is a difference

Being ‘authentic’ is an important aspect of leadership. Many leaders recognise the need to ‘be yourself’ in the way you ‘show up’ as a leader. However, amongst these views there is some variation in what leaders regard as authenticity in practice.

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The power of observer created reality

Have you ever had the experience of buying, or looking to buy, a particular brand of car and then start to notice examples of that car all over the road?

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Governing bodies and the art of working together

Governing bodies are inherently complex groups. They are usually made up of a diverse range of people from different personal and professional backgrounds. Their experience in governance and ways of engaging with others also varies.

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The shifting tide of leadership development

Back when I embarked on my career in the wine industry, it’s fair to say that conversations about a business’s role in the world beyond its own market were rare. Since then, there has certainly been growing interest in and commitment to seeing business as having a larger purpose.

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Our changing world

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Stepping up for the ‘greater good’

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