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 […]
The Executive Presence Tactic You Need
The Executive Presence Tactic You Need This week, I was the proudest coach on earth to have two clients in London as part of a round table meeting of world leaders in mining, while another was speaking at a global medical conference in India, and many others were in Board Room meetings and on panels […]
‘Man up’ with your Communication
‘Man up’ with your Communication OK, I’m being provocative here in the week of IWD with that title. So let me share the definition: Man up = to ‘be brave or tough enough to deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation’. That’s exactly what we need to do with our communication in a very disciplined […]
The Demise Of Diplomacy: Causes And Global Implications
The Demise Of Diplomacy: Causes And Global Implications Welcome to Married at First Sight on the global stage. I hear the talk: “It’s awful to watch”. “The behaviour is just too dreadful”. And who would have thought these would be comments about world politics viewed in the international media? To summarise, imagine the family Christmas […]
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 […]