Leadership blog

TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY – GOING BACK TO LEADERSHIP BASICS

by Janet Sernack|04 May 202226 February 2023|Coaching blog, Leadership blog

I was first introduced to the principle of Taking Personal Responsibility when I attended a number of experiential workshops facilitated by Robert Kiyosaki who is now well known globally as the successful entrepreneurial author of the “Rich Dad Poor Dad” book series....

INNOVATING THROUGH CONSTRAINTS AND ADVERSITY

by Janet Sernack|31 March 202219 February 2023|Coaching blog, Innovation consulting blog, Leadership blog

It’s been almost two and a half years since the Covid-19 pandemic shifted most of us to working virtually and remotely which seriously disrupted most of our business-as-usual behaviours and learning habits. Interestingly, this disrupted our habitual unconscious safety and...

GET COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE

by Janet Sernack|27 January 202219 February 2023|Education blog, Leadership blog

It’s been a tough two years for everyone since the COVID-19 crisis began. Some of us have been hit very, very hard, by the impact of the pandemic exacerbated by the rate of exponential change. As result, many of us...

DEVELOPING 21ST-CENTURY SUPERPOWERS FOR LEADERS AND TEAMS

by Janet Sernack|01 December 202109 December 2021|Innovation consulting blog, Leadership blog

According to McKinsey & Co, in a recent article The new roles of leaders in 21st-century organizations they say that the focus of leaders, in traditional organisations, is to maximize value for shareholders. To do this effectively, they say that...

EVERYONE HATES TO FAIL – WHY DO YOU?

by Janet Sernack|06 October 202106 October 2021|Coaching blog, Education blog, Entrepreneurship blog, Innovation consulting blog, Leadership blog

If you have ever had a significant setback, made a serious mistake, or failed at completing an important task, you will have experienced some kind of deep emotional and visceral, largely unconscious, negative, reactive response to it. By becoming passively...

EFFECTING TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE AND LEARNING

by Janet Sernack|04 August 202118 August 2021|Education blog, Leadership blog

I was privileged to attend one of the first Theory U; Presencing Leadership for Profound Innovation and Change Workshops presented by the Sloane School of Management, in Boston in 2008. This means that I have been able to observe, engage...

DEVELOPING A HUMAN-CENTRIC FUTURE-FIT FOCUS

by Janet Sernack|03 May 202104 May 2021|Education blog, Leadership blog

In a recent article “Organizing for the future: Nine keys to becoming a future-ready company” McKinsey and Co, suggested that the Covid-19 pandemic has added to the pressure to change that has been growing for many years, which is now...

DISRUPT YOURSELF, TEAM AND ORGANISATION

by Janet Sernack|14 December 202014 December 2020|Education blog, Leadership blog

As we move towards the beginning of a new year in the cycle of seasonal changes, here in Melbourne, Australia, it is summer, a time for accelerating growth. It is also a time for harvesting new ideas from our feelings,...

Responding to COVID-19 and future challenges

by Janet Sernack|31 August 202031 August 2020|Education blog, Leadership blog

In our blog “Leading and Managing Transitional Change” we described how leaders could help their people to transition through the fears and challenges they are experiencing as a result of the disruptive COVID-19 pandemic, by cultivating their mental toughness. This...

LEADING AND MANAGING TRANSITIONAL CHANGE

by Janet Sernack|04 August 202004 August 2020|Education blog, Leadership blog

In our last blog “Leading and managing human transitions through disruption and adversity,” we described the importance of leaders and managers becoming more generous, tolerant, caring, empathic not only with themselves, and also with others they interact with. Describing how...

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