3 Things I’ve Learnt, 2 years on from Cyclone Gabrielle

Two years ago, my husband and I were up on the roof of our home, with our cat, hemmed in by fast flowing muddy water. The rainfall from Cyclone Gabrielle made our local river burst its banks and suddenly we were surrounded and had to be rescued on the front forks of a tractor. It was a surreal experience. A … Read More

Stamping out Wellbeing Shaming

Have you heard of Wellbeing Shaming?  In my latest book Thriving Leaders Thriving Teams, I wrote about how it can creep into cultures and undermine staff wellbeing. Wellbeing Shaming = where staff, either directly, or passive-aggressively, belittle their colleagues for looking after their mental health and wellbeing. It can show up as snide comments about you taking your full lunch … Read More

3 Keys to Deliver Effective Praise

This is an excerpt from Lauren Parsons’ book “Pitfalls and Positives of Remote Work: How to maintain a thriving connected team even when you’re spread apart.”

Practical Ways to Build a Connected Team Culture

Creating and sustaining a close-knit team is a challenge especially if some of your team work remotely all or part of the time. It’s also more difficult to know how your colleagues are really doing when you’re not meeting in person. You miss a lot of the body language cues.