This is probably one of the most powerful videos I have watched over the last decade. I encourage you, friends and family, to invest 15 minutes of your time and watch this and listen very carefully to the message from a selected few that have been on the coal face and front line. I witness […]
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 […]
Quite simply, most of us are doing it wrong! This whole life thing, most of us think that there is a silver bullet, that one single thing that will improve how you lead, influence others and lead a more fulfilling life. If you want to lead a successful life, be happier and inspire the best in […]
I was always a skinny kid – the skinny kid who was always too small or too scrawny to be any good at anything. I used to listen to what people would say, but instead of discouraging me, their words motivated me – because I knew I had something that most other people didn’t have: […]
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 […]
What happens when you have a great team and you are looking for consistency in effort, regardless of what day of the week it is, what time of the year or any other outside variations or influence that may effect performance? I believe that there are three main contributing factors that keep a team on […]
I want to paint a picture of what teamwork, leadership, and trust looks like. It was 2am on a hot and balmy summers night and only a few days into the new year. While most people were recovering and relaxing during the festive season, the St.George Illawarra Dragons were conducting a grueling pre-season training camp, aptly […]
We live in an age that makes it more difficult than ever to be a team player. The challenge for senior management is to inspire a high performance team that is not reaching its true potential. It can be difficult at times to relate to a new generation of employees as we live in an age […]
A great man once told me, “The most important thing in life is how you see yourself, your self-worth.” Most of the time we base our self-belief on external actions and what we perceive people think, rather than our own inherent worth as a person. Self-belief and valuing yourself is about who you are, not […]
“Put the person on either side of you before yourself and play for the name on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back. It is about making the people next to you feel safer and your willingness to sacrifice yourself for your mate. That is what a leader does and that is […]