How to hold people Accountability without shame or blame

What role do leaders play in increasing resilience at work?

Have you noticed that every second webinar on LinkedIn is about 'resilience' at work? Is this ...

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I want to introduce you to a new way of thinking about the workforce. Generally, we think about our ...

People at the Heart of Transformation

Our goal at SynergyIQ is to create a new way of consulting. Driven by our values - grit, optimism, ...

How CEOs can build a resilient workforce post COVID19

COVID19 is the word on everyone’s lips. Even when we want to discuss something as mundane as the ...

COVID Vax - to mandate or not to mandate?

I've had the privilege of speaking with many HR Leaders in the last few weeks who are helping their ...

COVIDsafe Plans for Returning to Workplaces

“Are you ready for people to come back into the workplace post COVID19 restrictions?”  

Life Is Messy… Enjoy It! Keeping Calm And Balanced Whilst Running A Business

“The middle is messy, but that’s where the magic happens.” Another brilliant quote from my girl ...

Digital Transformation is about People’s Choice to Change, not Technology

We’ve all been there.

Steve Jobs: “Your Work is Sh!t”. Key Insights To Improving Your Business

Have you seen ‘Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview’? It gives fascinating new insights into the tech ...

Grief: We’re in Crisis and it Hurts. Dealing With Business And Personal Uncertainty

I don’t know about you but I’m feeling the pain of COVID-19. 

How To Use Your Mistakes To Improve Leadership And Business Outcomes

I drove my 6yo daughter to the doctors this week, pulling up into diagonal parking on the street ...

COVID19: Your business and uncertainty – your questions answered

Well, that turned quickly, didn’t it? A few months ago we were like ‘corona-what?’ Now it’s on ...

Is Pride A Deadly Sin… Or Necessary For Great Work Outcomes? How Pride Is Useful For Business Success

Is pride a deadly sin… or necessary for great work outcomes? 

Create a High Performing Culture In Your Business

Many business owners I know tell me that they want a performance culture. That is they would like a ...

What’s On Your Mind Culture Warrior? Using Culture As A Tool To Accelerate Your Business Development

What’s on your mind?

COVID19: This is VUCA in Action – Business Leadership Through COVID

If you haven’t heard the term VUCA, then that’s the first question we’ll answer. 

The Challenge of Remote Working when you’re not Home Alone

Over the past few weeks, many of us have been finding our rhythm as to how we best work remotely.  ...

COVID19: Managing Virtual Teams In Your Business

Fortunately, virtual teams is not a brand spanking new concept and that means we have the ...

What do people really need right now? How to remain calm and focused leading a business in our current world.

Logging in to your social media channel of choice and your certain to access a multitude of people ...

He’s doing his job but…

Back when I was finalising a change management qualification, I was talking with the people in the ...

Time for a New Leadership. How To Lead Your Team To Success

The digital disruption of the past 10-15 years means that everything we know about customers and ...

5 ways to stop wasting your money on Staff Turnover

Companies all over the world are interested in the Staff Attrition metric. If the attrition metric ...

Culture Change through the eyes of an exhausted leader

Just imagine for a moment that you are an exhausted leader. For many reading this it won’t be a far ...

Do you Dare to Lead?

In today’s clutter of leadership definitions, it’s hard to distinguish what defines leadership. And ...

Why are you wearing that suit of armour to work?

A big part of workplace culture is how we navigate relationships. It’s not the only thing but it’s ...

Do you have what it takes to be a leader? How to thrive as an executive or business director.

What defines leadership? Is it a title someone bears? Or is it something more intangible, a sense ...

Let’s kill SMART goals and leadership training… for good!

There are many great ideas, there are many great thought leaders, and there are many many many ...

Culture and Human Resources are not interchangeable

Culture is not just a capability, it’s not just about the workforce; it’s not just about the ...

Who’s the control freak in your business?

If you can’t think of a person in your business that is the control freak… then it’s probably you!

How to Get into a Good Habit of Leadership Reflections

Reflective practice is important for leadership.

2020 Was a Year for Learning

When I woke up on 1 January 2020 I thought about the things I wanted to achieve that year. I hadn’t ...

How to Get out of the Habit of ‘All or Nothing Leadership’

Do you engage in all or nothing leadership? 

The power of self-talk

When you speak to yourself, are you being your own best friend, or are you your worst enemy? 

Culture change happens through evolution… not revolution

What is culture? 

What does ‘Benefits Realisation’ mean in a change project?

What is benefits realization? 

Innovation Culture

One of the areas that we get the most questions in is how do I change my culture so that people ...

Dale Carnegie’s 30 Principles To Win Friends & Influence People

In 1936, Dale Carnegie’s very famous self-help book“How to Win Friends and Influence People”hit the ...

Don’t ask the question, if you don’t want the answer.

Many businesses engage change practitioners (internal and external) to give them advice about ...

What is Culture Transformation?

If you’ve ever worked in a corporate environment the chances are you’ve heard the term culture ...

Are you an authentic leader? Grab these five books and find out…

Authenticity… it’s a buzz word that we use in organisations. What we’ve found to be true is that ...

Introverted Leaders

The terms introverted and extroverted have been around for many years. Most people have heard those ...

Your ego is stopping you from being an authentic leader

Eckhart Tolle tells us, the ego is part of the mind that tries to control our thinking. The ego ...

What is all the fuss with Stakeholder Management?

What is stakeholder management, and why do change people bang on about it all the time? 

How to have quick corridor coaching conversations

As a “busy leader”, said in sarcastic quotation marks, because let’s be frank… we’re all busy. Why ...

How to Have a Real Conversation at Work

Having meaningful and authentic conversations at work is a topic that comes up a lot when talking ...

There’s no such thing as an Internal Customer

Why are we persisting with the terms ‘external’ and ‘internal’ customers?