Disorganisation can cripple your business and result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses, but it doesn't have to. This article encourages you to critically assess your business's operations and examines three common types of disorganisation and what you can do to mitigate their effects and get your business back on track.

The price you’re paying for being disorganised

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.

On any given day, multiple startup founders are endeavouring to raise funds from a venture capital firm or angel investor. However, less than 1% succeed! This article explores some common misconceptions about investors and basic principles to better understand the process as a startup, investor, or observer. It also presents effective ways to attract support and partnership in the startup arena, provided a number of key issues are addressed first.

Raising funds for your startup? Start here.

Performance reviews are a common method to measure success, but the needs of the individual are often not considered, leading to mistrust, fear and lower performance. In this article, ontological leadership coach Lucy Faulconer explores ways to broaden your focus, look at and encourage each individual’s unique contributions and open avenues of communication.

Building a high-performance team beyond performance reviews

As a project manager or team leader, if you have ever had an unmotivated, disengaged member on your team, you would know how damaging it can be for the rest of the team and the project on which you are working. How do you help them course-correct? In this article, leadership facilitator and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Ehssan Sakhaee, shares the critical factors that support you to seek out the root cause of the disengagement and find sustainable, long term solutions.

How to deal with disengaged team members

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?

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

While finding the right coach can be an adventure in itself, the results of coaching are often profound and life changing. In this article, John Smallwood, Coach Principal and Master Coach of the Engenesis Coach Academy, provides some insights into how to look for, select and engage the appropriate coach for you.

How to choose the ‘right’ coach

As a professional contributor, team leader or organisational captain, you need to collaborate with all kinds of teams. However, do you sometimes find yourself shying away from asking for support? Perhaps that’s because you want to get the job done according to your own standards. And when you do seek support, do you feel compelled to control the outcome? In this article, leadership, effectiveness and results coach Markus O. Winzer explains why it is counterproductive to do it all and shares so...

Do it right, do it yourself! How to let go of control in your team or business

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

Although there is some mystery and intrigue around the topic of intuition, there is evidence that suggests it can be helpful to make decisions when relevant information is unknown. In this article, Jacqueline Hofste, an ontological leadership coach with a background in science, reveals how tapping into the intuitive mind can be used when making complex and high-risk decisions. She also gives valuable insights into what science and other successful leaders can teach us about this process.

The Power of Intuitive Leadership

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

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