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Why does this problem come back to haunt us?
Read MoreEver wondered why do the same problems keep recurring? Well there are two good reasons for this annoying and often expensive problem. Firstly, problems often appear in the first instance as symptoms or problem effects. For example a headache is...
Need to bust problems down to size? Use “the force” to help!
Read MoreProblem Buster © uses an array of effective problem solving tools to assist in determining the root cause of problems that don’t seem to go away. Until the problem-solving group can identify the root cause of a problem it is...
Lost in the wilderness? Self-leadership is your road map out!
Read MoreSo, you’re (reasonably) well paid and have a job title that demonstrates you’ve been progressing nicely through your vocational journey, and you’re now reaping the fruits of your labour. Life it seems, is under control, yet for some strange...
Leading and managing team courses – Ballarat
Read MoreWe’ve just released two new Leading and Managing Teams public courses for Ballarat (see below). This 5-day course can be considered as a foundation for emerging Leaders or a refresher for those looking to “sharpen the knife” and keep their...
Problem Buster: new online problem solving tool available!
Read MoreWherever variation occurs in a process, out of specifications results will also likely occur. At a recent Root Cause Analysis session I facilitated we discovered 38 possible causes to a problem occurring in a food processing plant. The multi...
Is Your Organisation Really a Learning Organisation?
Read MorePhoto by krakenimages on Unsplash Some years ago, Peter Senge wrote his seminal work, ‘The Fifth Discipline’. It was subtitled The Art and Practice of The Learning Organisation. I am not entirely sure what a learning organisation is but I...
Can’t Find a Good Leader? Try Leading Yourself!
Read MoreCan’t Find a Good Leader? Try Leading Yourself! In the Leadership and Management Development space we often lament the lack of authentic and effective leadership. Since the Karpin Report of 1995, study after study keeps tossing up the same theme....
Howzat!
Read MoreWhen will we ever learn? As a keen cricket fan and follower of the Australian Cricket Team I had finally convinced myself to come back to support the men in the baggy green hats in their battles against the Indian...
Australia Day: Is the date really the issue?
Read MoreThe issue regarding Australia Day goes much deeper than the date 26th of January. Much of the rhetoric (noise) has been dominated repeatedly by the extreme views put forward from both ends of the spectrum: (either it’s a very good...
The Inverse of Followership
Read MoreWe need REAL Leadership – not delusional followership! I’m a slow learner, I’ll admit it! My first gig as a leadership and management consultant occurred in New Zealand exactly 40 years ago (I landed in New Zealand the day...