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Showing up to work with a broken arm is often easier than showing up with debilitating anxiety. For many employees, they find it incredibly difficult to talk to their supervisor or leader about their mental health challenges, out of fear and stigma. You’d think that the professional...
It’s not every day that a CEO of a company with over 900 offices sits down and shares his inner workings, his leadership pillars and his approach to developing leaders within his organization. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of having a leadership conversation with Steve...
Leading others doesn't start with others, it starts with you. We are taught that leading others is all about inspiring, motivating and directing others to help us achieve a common-goal. Well, you can't leader others until you lead yourself.
Self leadership is an area of business and sport...
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of tasks you have to complete? Maybe your inbox seems to relentlessly fill up. Or your to-do list is never ending? If you're a high performer, then you'll likely put high expectations on yourself - it's one of those catch-22 scenarios. To achieve...
As a coach to high performers in sport and business, I often get asked about how I approach time management. I sat down with former CEO of Taco Bell, Greg Creed, last week and it really got me thinking again about the whole concept of time versus focus.
Regularly, people will get in touch and...
In life we sometimes respond to external stimuli in ways that don't sit well with us, or with those around us. Maybe you're at work and somebody criticises your work or challenges your honesty. How does that sit with you? Do you respond with poise and control, or does it get the blood boiling...
Learn about the art of self-mastery from one of South Africa's leading artists, Ari Hersch. In this weeks episode he shared his story about how he became an artist - and the journey of challenges and rewards. His humility shone through, and he said he doesn't feel like a master, and is...
I had the pleasure of welcoming New Zealand's former Prime Minister, Sir John Key, to the Leaders' Mastermind™ in Queenstown. We had a ton of fun with my mastermind members up in the sky, out on the water and we also found time for a great conversation with Sir John.
Take a moment to...
Do you ever have that feeling of tiredness after a days work? Or maybe you wake up still feeling fatigued. Perhaps its the lower back pain that you've come to accept as normal. Or the itchy skin, extra weight, IBS... and the list goes on.
In todays society we have started to normalise dis-ease....
As humans, we all experience fear at different points in our lives. And from the outset, I think it's important that we agree that fear is a very natural experience - and one that has kept the human race alive for many a century. If we didn't have the fear response, we would have ended up further...
Have you ever experienced anxiety or overwhelm? If you're human then you will most likely say yes. Did you know that over 270 million people suffered from anxiety or depression in a study from 2017 - I imagine with the covid pandemic that things have worsened.
Suffering and pain are...