INSPIRE GROWTH
Develop leaders worth following.
Create cultures employees love.
DO YOU WANT TO GROW YOUR LEADERS?
DO YOU WANT TO GROW YOUR LEADERS?
Does this sound like you?
Are you a Head of HR, a CEO, Executive Director or Government Leader with a desire to grow your team and your organisation’s culture? Do you find yourself time poor, busy putting out fires and daily problems and not able to focus enough on the productivity, performance and wellbeing of your people?
You’re not alone. I’ve never met a leader that doesn’t want to grow. My clients often find themselves busy with short-term urgencies that take away from their long-term investments - their people - which then significantly impacts culture, communication, succession and growth.
Perhaps you recognise some of these challenges:
Your managers lack the skills and confidence to lead well.
You’ve got good people, but they aren’t engaged or committed enough.
Your organisation or team culture could be improved, and you can’t do it all yourself.
Attracting and retaining high performers has become a big challenge.
You’ve got big goals, but not enough time or great people to execute.
What I do
G’day, I’m AJ, I’m a qualified professional communicator, leadership coach and facilitator devoted to creating peak performing leaders and teams worldwide. Everything I do is designed to inspire individual and organisational growth and culture improvement in the most effective, transformational and sustainable way.
I'm on a mission: to inspire the world's leader's to choose the path of servant eldership and make it universally beneficial and transformational for all. My life’s work is to help Australia THRIVE one leader and one tree at a time. (I’ve worked with over 25,000 leaders and planted 2000 trees and counting!)
If you want to build a culture that is aligned and focused and people don’t want to leave then go here.
If you want to fast-track your leaders’ skills and confidence,
then – check out how here.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE PATH OF SERVANT ELDERSHIP?
ARE YOU READY FOR THE PATH OF SERVANT ELDERSHIP?
Let’s work together
As a coach, speaker and facilitator of shifts there are several ways we can work together. It all depends on the outcome you are seeking. Are you looking for an inspiring lift or a permanent shift?
Leading
Self
The 10 Degree Shift Online Self-Paced Program
Leading
Others
The Manager to Leader Shift Group Coaching Program
Serving Others
Private Servant Eldership Guidance for Experienced Leaders
Who I work with
From government agencies and departments to medium to large corporates, all over Australia and the world. Wherever there are humans working with humans, I’m there.
I am a NSW Government approved supplier.
Resources to help you make a shift
I believe that the aggressive, push, push, bullying style of leadership is a dying breed.
Leadership of this kind in the public sector and organisations becomes draining for individuals and teams, and ultimately can cost a lot of time and resources.
If you have been bullied or experienced inappropriate conduct, it is important to respond quickly.
Have you ever been in a team with culture drift before?
Today I want to address how to identify it and how to get the team back on track.
I've had a few leaders reach out and ask - what exactly defines Servant Eldership?
This article outlines the basic premise of Servant Eldership and it’s foundations.
Unconventional leaders I know you sometimes feel alone.
If you've ever been told you're a bit crazy, too weird or you're a dreamer or you've just felt like you just don’t belong, I'm here for you. You're my kind of weird!
Servant Eldership is a path for the future. It’s a path of walking together, all people’s, the planet with purpose for a future that elders dreamt of seven generations ago.
Running a successful government department or team is about so much more than providing good services to the public or stakeholders. You might be a skilled specialist, but are your shoulders broad enough and your skills deep enough to carry a team of other professionals?
Have you ever considered how the challenges in your life are often blessings in disguise?
We've all heard the famous words 'I have a dream" and yet how many of us are living our dreams and making them a reality?
Here are 3 red flags
1 - high turnover of staff
2 - they play the blame game
3 - poor genuine communication
Tune in to this brief video to find out how you can address these red flags.
Check out my latest Daily Uptimism video on how to have unshakeable calm not matter what. https://youtu.be/y8zNI_2Scos
The Power of Silence. Is it just for spiritual circles or can it work in the boardroom also?
Do you accept the invitation to sit in silence as an opportunity or a punishment?
As a leader, are you OK with silence and being still?
True leaders don't just see problems, they look for upsides. They find the positives even during a storm or hard time. Leadership is about much more than giving orders, managing employees’ time and making schedules, meeting KPIs or conducting performance reviews; it’s a role that requires deep self awareness and a wide range of skills and behaviours. We have to look for how we remain calm and strategise during difficult times.
Whether you want to write a book, build a house, travel the world, build a business, become a chef, climb a mountain, these tips will help you get there.
Why is it that some workplace cultures and teams have a great vibe and engaged employees and another workplace in the same industry with similar demographics has high employee turnover, absenteeism and bullying and stress claims?
How can you 'stress less' in a time like this and start to get your productivity and profitability back on track? And is "managing stress" even the right approach to take?
In this week's podcast on the Theatre of U Nick explains how cycling became a passion in his childhood, the research of bluezones and the lessons he's learnt that have made him make a 10 degree shift in his own health and happiness
Do you want to find your purpose, build your brand, make money and serve others like these amazing women have?
FIND YOUR UPSIDE DURING THE DOWNSIDE OF COVID-19
The choices you make in this moment to be a real leader who practices being a servant first will shape the ecosystem of your culture in the future. Will you rise up and become a conscious example?
A presentation with tips on how you can do less and be more as a result of these unprecedented times - at an individual, team and company level.
Rethinking everything as local industries and activities gain momentum and people-based initiatives take over with bartering systems and open tables, farmers markets and street events, dance and singing contests and a very dominant DIY aesthetic. My future forecast for you as a speaker, facilitator and trainer is to think global, speak local.
The next few weeks and months are going to be tougher than normal for everyone, and especially for you as a business owner. It’s more important right now than ever to maintain your calm, to build resilience and also to be flexible and creative in the way you approach everything you do.
We’re facing an unprecedented time right now with Covid 19 impacting us all in some way both personally and professionally. In times like these that we realise how small the world really is, and how deeply we depend on one another. We’ll all need to adapt and be flexible for the greater good of all and yet we're probably going to feel a tad selfish and be most worried about our own future and getting our own needs met.
Make no mistake this is a time when your leadership skills will be put to the test. This is a critical time to be the calm for your people, the steady voice amid the chaos, be alert, not alarmed, take a long term strategic viewpoint and make decisions that put people before profit.
I believe what the west is facing is not a healthcare problem but a selfcare problem. We are taking care of business, mortgages, rent, paying bills and keeping up appearances at the cost of keeping up our wellbeing.
If you really want to reduce friction and increase flow, reduce overwhelm and increase joy, do less and achieve more all you need to do is turn inward and make some small, consistent 10° shifts and change really can become permanent.
Middle managers are the messengers of the wider company strategy, the contextualizer for each employee in their team, the motivator and the culture carrier. Their role more than ever has become the critical linchpin to ensuring ongoing success. They are becoming squeezed more than ever.
Show me a business with trained, respected and supported middle managers and I will show you a business that works smart, has effective, vibrant teams with employees who are passionate about their work and clients and customers who come back for more.
What would you have wished to know before you started your career?