Sing your way to a great Easter
Sing your way to great Easter Walking through Woolworths last week, I looked at the Easter displays and found myself asking, ‘Why the bunny symbol again?’. It turns out the rabbit’s association with Easter stems from its ancient symbolism of fertility and new life, particularly in the context of spring. Oops, there you go. Here in […]
Audience Engagement
Audience engagement at your event Tainted by an experience I witnessed recently, I am prompted to think about how we can manage events better. Last week I had a briefing for a 1.5 hour leadership event, where usually there would be 20-25 attendees. But for this event the client wanted to get as many people […]
Interpersonal Skills
Interpersonal Skills This morning I read an interesting article about the The Smartest CEOs in the United States. What was fascinating was they also measured the least intelligent CEOs. Who wants to be on that list!! And there’s more. . . Using a program call Preply, researchers analysed hours of dialogue from over 100 American executives, […]
The word ‘I’
The word ‘I’ This morning I read an interesting article about the The Smartest CEOs in the United States. What was fascinating was they also measured the least intelligent CEOs. Who wants to be on that list!! And there’s more. . . Using a program call Preply, researchers analysed hours of dialogue from over 100 American […]
Easy Gravitas Tips for Earning Trust
Easy Gravitas Tips for Earning Trust Oh, my heavens! Last week, the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer results were startlingly bad. Something is going dreadfully wrong and I think we are missing the elusive obvious. Edelman summarised the findings with the word ‘Grievances’, the solution for which was to ‘Read the room’. However, Edelman does not […]