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When I walked into a major law firm as a brand-new graduate in the late 90s, I genuinely had no idea what I was stepping into. I was the first in my family to work somewhere like that. I didn’t have older siblings, cousins or family friends who could quietly explain “how it really works” behind the shiny glass doors.
And, crucially, I didn’t realise t...
Something that's been coming up with clients quite often lately is the conundrum of how to have high standards with their teams while still being “nice”.
It’s been showing up particularly around holding standards for how people work rather than what they deliver: things like communication habits, follow-through, responsiveness, respe...
In any decision there are two movements: the external act - the thing you do - and the internal orientation from which you do it.
We tend to focus on the external layer: the policy, the strategy, the response in the meeting. These are visible, discussable, documentable and so they look like the work of leadership.
Yet the deeper inflect...
OK, it’s now a nudge over 6 weeks until Christmas (what?!).
Here in Australia, late December-January are our “August” – that warm, lazy stretch of time when summer holidays and family connection take priority over KPIs.
That means the next 6 weeks of time are the “build up” – the mad rush to get everything done before we all turn into s...
Hey, guess what?
I couldn’t think of a topic this week. I had a few ideas, started some, asked ChatGPT for inspiration… but nothing clicked.
Overthinking, perfectionism, too many drafts… pick your poison.
Then I remembered: done is often better (and braver) than perfect. And practising what you preach = im...
