4 ways to leverage flexibility as a tool for success
As a competitive gymnast, flexibility was a cornerstone and a key element of my training and success. It’s what helped me perform the...
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
Three steps for discovering (or re-discovering) your company values
Company values are one of the most powerful tools a company has, guiding and focussing employees to make the right decisions and take the...
- Apr 28, 2021
- 6 min
How Honest Burgers are making things #betterthanyouremember
As we move to the next phase of the pandemic, companies continue to face challenges and continue to be faced with yet more more difficult...
- Apr 8, 2021
- 4 min
Socking it to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is an important topic, one that many organizations are talking about and trying to figure out just...
- Mar 19, 2021
- 4 min
6 tips for getting the balance right in strategic goal-setting
Balance (both in business and in life) is so important. In fact, it feeds into just about everything we do, from managing our work-life...
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
4 work (and life) lessons on the anniversary of “Build it”
I can’t believe that it’s been three years since my second book, “Build it: The Rebel Playbook for Employee Engagement”, was published....
- Jan 25, 2021
- 4 min
Why and how we should put ourselves in our employee's shoes
When I met my adoptive daughter for the first time on an introductory visit, the first thing she did was ask if she could put on my...
- Jan 23, 2021
- 3 min
Three tips for closing the innovation gap
According to an article published in June last year, 90% of executives agreed that the COVID-19 crisis would fundamentally change the way...
- Jan 23, 2021
- 5 min
Four way to help working parents with home schooling
With the new lockdown rules, many parents must feel like it’s Groundhog Day, as they’re right back to where they were almost a year ago...
- Nov 25, 2020
- 4 min
How organisations are virtually celebrating the festive season during Covid-19
I’m sure you’ve all heard the terms ‘party pooper’, that person who throws gloom over social enjoyment, and ‘killjoy’,, that person who...
- Nov 24, 2020
- 4 min
Five tips for motivating employees and celebrating the festive season in 2020
As an HR leader, finding “the” perfect way to wrap up the end of the year has always been a challenge. How do you figure out what’s right...
- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
Why we can’t simply cut and paste
The pandemic has forced us to look at life in so many different ways. Never has this been so clear as when I watched the UCLA women’s...
- Sep 19, 2020
- 4 min
Why social connections are as important as eating veggies
Connecting your workforce is something that all companies have been focusing on throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, I have an...
- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
5 ways to help build communities in the modern workplace
Years from now, when we look back on the COVID-19 pandemic, one area that will most certainly stand out will be the great work that...
- Aug 13, 2020
- 4 min
8 ways the world of work is ch-ch-changing
One thing that has been a constant throughout the pandemic has been change. And just when we figure out how to deal with the change from...
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
How we’re doing more than pressing the reset button
Does this sound familiar? You have a problem with your technology that you can’t fix, so you call an expert who 9 times out of 10 tells...
- Nov 19, 2019
- 3 min
5 things holding us back from giving the ‘gift’ of feedback
I’d just spent ten days leading workshops on feedback, so you’d think I’d be the ‘queen’ of feedback, being able to give feedback freely...
- Jul 19, 2019
- 4 min
Why you need to get ‘off the main road’ to be a rebel
Today my husband, my son, and I were rebels as we cycled our way across Mallorca. We decided that after two days of following...
- May 22, 2019
- 3 min
How one small gesture made over 600,000 people understand the importance of employee engagement
I’ve spent hours, if not days, writing blogs to help and inspire others when it comes to how to treat their employees. They’ve made a...
- May 9, 2019
- 3 min
4 ways we can (and should) leave our egos at the door
Have you ever left a meeting thinking to yourself – what an absolute waste of time! Why did everyone care more about making themselves...