Change your relationship with your disability through awareness and discover how to unlock your potential, engage with your ambitions and live your healthiest, most fulfilled life. As someone who has made his own journey from denial to acceptance, Wayne Stickel sheds light on how to come to terms with your disability, discard ways of thinking that no longer serve you, and embark on a pathway from resentment to acceptance.

Accepting your disability and living a fulfilled life

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?

If there is one thing that will kill off a vision, as well as relationships, possibilities, workability and more, faster than anything else, it’s resentment. As a leadership coach who specialises in working with people living with disability and someone who lives with a disability, Wayne Stickel knows how all-consuming resentment can be and how much it can be exacerbated when people with disability are treated differently from others. In this article, Wayne explains why the key to overcoming r...

Is your unwillingness to forgive causing you to harbour resentment?

Many assume higher purpose centres around pursuing the path of altruism and benevolence. But there is more to it than that. Higher purpose as a way of being is about being visionary and seeing the bigger picture beyond oneself, making it intrinsically connected to effectiveness and, therefore, project and organisational success in any industry, STEM sectors being no exception. In this article, leadership facilitator and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Ehssan Sakhaee, explains why.

How higher purpose contributes to project success

It’s easy to make excuses when you don’t stay on track with your fitness. It’s even easier to make excuses when you’re dealing with the additional challenge of a disability or a difficult medical condition. The key, as well-being and effectiveness coach Wayne Stickel shows, is to take responsibility, recognise your autonomy and take ownership of your circumstances. The benefits that flow from improved health and fitness are well worth the additional effort required to stick to your goals...

Is responsibility weighing you down

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

Do you prioritise self-care, or is it reserved for times of crisis such as illness, trauma or loss? If you answered the latter, you are not alone. Research shows that significant life challenges are the primary motivators for people taking on a self-care practice. But why do we only tend to value self-care during an emergency, health crisis, loss, chronic illness, burnout, etc. but not when things are running smoothly? What are the barriers that stand in our way? In this article, wellbeing and e...

Is self-care a modern-day buzzword or a necessity for wellbeing?

If you are living with disability, it’s likely you understand firsthand that your employment options are limited. For many, being self-employed or starting a business is a means to overcome the significant barriers to economic marginalisation and exclusion that exist for disabled people. However, starting and running a business presents its own obstacles and challenges in gaining access to the global marketplace for disabled people, including those living with a ‘hidden’ disability. In thi...

Building a business is hard enough, but what if you’re also living with a disability?

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

Do you believe you would be perceived as weak if you asked for help and invited others to contribute to you rather than doing it all yourself? Do you believe showing vulnerability will make you look weak? In this article, leadership coach John Williams unpacks the reality behind maintaining a superhero facade. He reveals why you are limiting your potential, hiding the real you and doing life the hard way if you’re not willing to be vulnerable.

Vulnerability: The kryptonite of superheroes. How to turn it to your advantage?

According to recent reports, fatigue, lack of support and burnout are leading to record numbers of leaders resigning in what some are referring to as the ‘turnover tsunami’. Although COVID-19 continues to have an undeniable impact on burnout, particularly in certain sectors like health, managing burnout as an afterthought is not the key to resolving the issue. The key is to prevent burnout from happening in the first place. The way to do this is surprisingly simple, with a strategy that take...

How periodisation can make a difference in managing burnout

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that mental health conditions are increasing worldwide. And yet the global median of government health expenditure that goes to mental health is less than 2%. Given the limited support and the fact that mental health conditions can significantly impact all aspects of life, the saying ‘prevention is better than the cure’ has never rung truer. In this article, Wayne Stickel, a wellbeing and effectiveness coach, shares why it is just as critical to de...

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