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When your strength becomes your biggest weakness
What if the strengths you’re most proud of are quietly leading you astray? Overused strengths-like decisiveness or perfectionism-can become blind spots. Learn the signals to watch for and the questions that help you recalibrate with clarity.
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Where your next CEO learns the job
When I was a manager leading enterprise bargaining for doctors, I got to attend the Cabinet Budget Review Committee and present our case alongside the Director-General. I had to respond to direct questions from the Premier and then influence the Under...
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When the plan changes, tell people why
All through high school, I spent Monday afternoons at speech and drama classes at Mrs Davis’s house. It was more than public speaking. We learned elements of performance, and we did improvisation. You were handed a small slip of paper with an idea or a phrase on it. You had one minute to think about...
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The uncertainty your team is not showing you
At the Professional Speakers Association of New Zealand convention in Auckland, Dr Samantha Rush and I ran a session for professional speakers from more than five countries. At one table, a player became very upset with the people learning as they went. They hadn’t read all the instructions themselves, so they couldn’t be confident that...
Read itFind your way through.
If the complexity in your organisation isn't going anywhere, and you have less certainty than you'd like, that's ground Susanne has worked for thirty years.
Start with a conversation to find your team's way through.
