The feeling of being not good enough can cripple anyone’s ability to achieve the results they want. It is important not to ignore these doubts but to respond to and acknowledge them in the right way. In this article, leadership, results and effectiveness coach Markus O. Winzer shares his experiences with self-doubt and the lessons that supported him in overcoming them.

“Am I good enough?”: The impact our stories have on our performance

Hitting the ceiling is something that affects most business owners at some point, as running a business is not something that gets taught. You need the right foundations for your business to be sustainable and thrive. This article discusses how to create the framework, documentation, and systems required to take productivity to the next level.

Hit the ceiling in your business? Here is how to break through.

Technical professionals require more than just technical knowledge and skill to be effective. There are many necessary human factors that the traditional education system fails to teach. In this article, leadership facilitator and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Ehssan Sakhaee, shows how accepting and becoming aware of these factors can lead to healthier relationships with Moods like fear and anxiety to more effectively handle challenging situations.

How technology professionals can stay calm and effective in challenging situations

A business leader can have all the qualifications in the world, but if they don't create clear communication throughout their business, their prospects of success are dim. In this article, leadership coach John Williams explains why the ability to create genuine relationships with their team is critical for leaders to generate a culture of trust within their organisation and, in so doing, ensure their people feel safe enough to report ‘their truth’.

Is dishonesty by omission getting in the way of your business performance?

While skill shortages are nothing new for the ICT sector, the Great Resignation has hit this industry hard, exacerbating an already challenging situation with increased instability and substantial salary hikes. Companies seeking to lure new staff are having to dig deeper financially and enhance their packages with a range of benefits and enticing work practices. While these can definitely help attract and retain the talent you need, Technology Leadership Coach Caroline New believes it’s also i...

Surviving and thriving through the Great Resignation

Does sleep really make a difference to performance, or is it a distraction from achieving your goals? Is sleep a problem for you? Do you wake up tired? Is it difficult for you to fall asleep? In this article, human performance strategist Dr Craig Duncan shares his experience and research when it comes to sleep and its impact on human performance, on the sports field, at work and beyond.

Sleep - The Foundation of Human Performance

Many leaders spend too much time working in their business rather than on it. Their struggle or unwillingness to remove themselves out of operations suggests they might undervalue themselves as leaders. When this happens, business, organisational and team leaders risk failing to unleash the potential of their people, which ultimately keeps the leader stuck in a self-limiting cycle. In this article, Jeanette Mundy, an ontological and transformational leadership coach, shares some simple and effec...

Undervaluing yourself as a leader? Go from being stuck in operations to trusting and empowering your teams.

As coaches, we are on a mission to support leaders in all aspects of life – from business and wealth to relationships and health  – to become more effective leaders. There are several options available to us today to support our coachees effectively and identify progress. We can use methodical assessments, such as psychometric tests, profiling tools, etc., or we can follow our intuition. So which one should we tap into? Or is there a more effective way – one that avoids putting people in b...

How to measure what matters when coaching leaders on performance, leadership and effectiveness

In business, people are often collectively referred to as ‘human resources’. However, what happens when leaders take this term literally and actually treat their people as resources rather than the unique human beings they are? When people feel seen, heard and valued, we get to know the person behind the role, and this has the potential to lift their performance and develop them into leaders. In this article, ontological and transformational leadership coach Jeanette Mundy addresses the impo...

Ignite the value of your people. Why connections are crucial to business success

When most people think of the word ‘noise’, they immediately think of the external sounds that disrupt them when attempting to sleep, relax or focus. However, the type of noise most disruptive to our capacity to perform at our peak is internally-driven. 
In this article, human performance strategist Dr Craig Duncan explains why reducing noise is the most effective capacity-building and performance-enhancing exercise you can invest your efforts into and how to do it.

Why reducing ‘noise’ leads to greater performance

People-pleasing will keep you busy and make you feel important, but it will get in your way of becoming an effective leader. In this article, transformational leadership coach Jeanette Mundy addresses two key qualities that potential leaders need to develop to go beyond people-pleasing and step into being the leader they can be: authenticity and assertiveness.

Escaping people-pleasing: Transforming into an assertive and effective leader

Do you have trouble finding the most effective staff to meet your business’s needs? Have you taken responsibility for how your business presents itself to potential skilled applicants? In this article, business consultant Anthea Stevanovic shares nine observations that are key to building a business for which people want to work and will support you in attracting a high-performing team.

Stuck finding staff? Create a business people want to work for.

How well do you really understand yourself? Your understanding of yourself impacts almost everything you do in life. Every decision you make and every conversation you have are impacted by how well you understand yourself. Embark on an enriching journey of self-discovery with The Being Profile Self-Discovery Course. The course will assist you in gaining clarity and a fresh perspective on how we operate as human beings. This newfound insight will transform your understanding of yourself and others.