Teamwork Starts With Three Words

Throughout my military career, I was fortunate enough to have worked with many determined and dedicated soldiers who truly epitomize mateship, sacrifice, endurance, and courage. These are convictions that Australian troops pride themselves on, and they are things that set us apart from the rest of the world. I now train both corporate and professional […]

Strength In Numbers

I was sitting in a coffee shop the other day and was fortunate enough to strike up a conversation with a gentleman who was 85 years young. Before long, the subject got onto that of generational differences and how things have dramatically changed since he was a young man, some 60-70 years ago.   He […]

Selfless Leadership

In my final weeks before discharging from the Army, I was scalded and threatened by a Major walking nearby because I didn’t solute him. It wasn’t through disrespect, but more so a matter of being in my own little world, concentrating on what I was doing and oblivious to seeing him walk past. The way […]

Who Packs Your Parachute?

One, one thousand. Two, one thousand. Three, one thousand. Canopy OK.   That was the drill that we were required to complete when we jumped out of a perfectly good aeroplane and left the aircraft when parachuting in the Army.   I completed 15 jumps in total during my service, and fortunately, I never had to […]