Conquer Self-Deprecation: Elevate Your Performance and Confidence

Conquer Self-Deprecation: Elevate Your Performance and Confidence This week in Brisbane, Billie Eilish, in front of tens of thousands of fans, played a shocking bad note on her guitar. Not a soul on earth doesn’t want to beat themselves up after such an incident, but this is where she had an opportunity to sort out […]

Do we really need Body Language? Pages from the Age of Doubt book

Louise Mahler – contributing author Check My Flipbook! In 2025, the Edelman Trust barometer in Australia has indicated a decline in trust in our society. I have recently been a contributor to a chapter in the upcoming book, Age of Doubt: Building Trust in a World of Misinformation, edited by Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang.   This […]

Eliminate the ‘UM’ for Powerful Communication

How on earth do you stop saying “um”?  Work with me here. This is an old problem and I have a solution that is totally different, but highly effective.  So many of us say “um” ad nauseam during presentations, meetings, or any situation that causes stress.   It is ugly.  Firstly ‘um’ is just a meaningless filler and detracts from […]

How Great Leaders Inspire Action and Drive Change

Gravitas measurement model shows where you need to be in order to be a great leader who inspires change

“In organisations across the globe, meaningless unstructured interpersonal engagements are occurring. In Melbourne City, there is a dedicated coach who investigates these vicious felonies, helping victims who need more gravitas. These are their stories.” As you begin 2025, it’s so important as a leader to express things in a motivational way for your organisation or […]