In order to grow and develop in their roles and increase their value to the organisation, people need to receive feedback. However, all too often, leaders struggle to do this well and avoid feedback conversations, missing opportunities to provide valuable input to team members or colleagues. In this article, Technology Leadership Coach, Caroline New, explores an alternative way to look at feedback conversations, highlighting the opportunity they afford for growth and development.

Do you dread giving or receiving feedback?

Creating a productive and effective team that thrives is a goal that is high on most business owners’ priority lists. But more often than not, it isn’t something they can tick off as accomplished. Why? Because most business owners don’t know how to create their dream team. What’s the magic formula? In this article, business consultant Anthea Stevanovic explores the key ingredients of a thriving team and reveals how to create the most productive and effective team possible for your busine...

How to create and build your dream team

Derailment of a project can lead to unexpected costs and losses, even more so when it appears to come out of nowhere. In this article, leadership facilitator and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Dr. Ehssan Sakhaee, looks at how project managers can encourage healthy relationships within their team, facilitate honest communication without fear and address any issues before they become major problems.

Inauthenticity and project failure

Resentment can be loud and targeted or sly and stealthy. If left unchecked, it will destroy healthy relationships, be it in a marriage, team, community, corporation or government. In this article, Ontological Coach, Thrive Master Coach and facilitator Louise Smallwood explains how to uncover where resentment may be taking hold and the steps you can take to address it.

Building healthier teams and organisations without resentment

Do you lead a team and struggle with talent retention? How do you react when a team member decides to leave? Do you generally see it coming? Or does it come as a shock? In this article, leadership coach Lucy Faulconer shares the key areas to look into when a team member resigns unexpectedly. She also offers a simple yet effective strategy to reduce staff turnover and build a mutually beneficial partnership culture within the organisation.

How to powerfully deal with employee turnover and improve retention

Workplace transgressions and personality skirmishes can trigger fight and flight responses. Some people quit on the spot. Others soldier on, stressed or resentful at work. Either way – if these reactions become habitual –people can get stuck. In this article, Leadership and careers coach Anna Carr examines why it’s important to reflect and respond instead of reacting to every challenging work circumstance.

I’m over it! Should I quit my job?

In order for leaders to be effective and grow high performing teams, they need to communicate in ways that build trust and inspire their people to bring their best. Many leaders think this just means telling people what they want, however the reality is that communication is a multi-faceted process that involves far more than just words. In this article, Technology Leadership Coach, Caroline New, explores some of the key elements that contribute to effective communication and how to leverage the...

Becoming better at communication: It's far more than what you say

Humans are social beings by nature. So it is only natural the people we hang with will have a significant impact on our lives, personally and professionally. This article, written by John Williams, an experienced ontological leadership coach, explores the anecdotal and scientific evidence around partnership and examines how to find and keep great people in your life.

Who do you surround yourself with? Why no man is an island.

Assertiveness is a quality most of us want to have, but it’s also commonly misunderstood. Many people think that if they demonstrate assertive communication, they are being assertive. In this article, ontological leadership coach Jeanette Mundy explains that assertiveness as a way of Being differs from acting assertively. She also highlights the cost to a business when the leader has an unhealthy relationship with assertiveness and the advantages of fostering a culture of assertiveness through...

Are you keeping the peace? Learn what this is costing you and how you can be assertive and effective

Dignity isn’t granted or borrowed—it’s earned through mastery of one’s Being. It is the unshakable state where no internal or external force dictates your fate. History is littered with those who mistook proximity to power for real strength—leaders who relied on fickle allies, nations that outsourced their sovereignty, and individuals who sought validation over self-sufficiency. The result? Humiliation, disposability, and collapse. This article exposes the illusion of borrowed strength...

The Naked Emperor's Tailor: When Power Dresses You Down

How Expressing Human Emotion Got You Branded Aggressive in a World Obsessed with Politeness, the Blurred Line Between Assertiveness and Aggression, and the Ontological Cost of Playing Nice

In an age where even a flicker of justified frustration can get you labelled as "aggressive," we’ve quietly rebranded professionalism as emotional repression. This article explores the dangerously blurred line between assertiveness and aggression — and how tone-policing, social conditioning and cultural...