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Read our latest insights on learning, consultancy, and coaching.

Hilary Bryan
Sep 13, 2024
Do you see yourself as others see you?
Bit of a tough one. This isn't just vital for leaders, but for everyone.


Rachel Kasa
Jul 12, 2024
Your new superpower: storytelling
Want to achieve outcomes and create engagement? It's time to write your story.


Rachel Kasa
Apr 10, 2024
Your leadership (bandana) brand
Your leadership brand matters - although a jaunty red bandana is optional


Dinah Vincent
Mar 8, 2022
A question for men on women's day
Tuesday 8 March is International Women's Day (IWD). The official website for 2022 invites readers to: imagine a gender equal world. A...


Dinah Vincent
Jun 29, 2021
Real-time learning about change communication
A change in pandemic response alert levels gave me the chance to deliver some real-time learning about change communication last week. On...


Kristen Gyorgak
May 18, 2021
The great leadership debate: do you need to be an SME?
I live in New Zealand, so I have to slip rugby in here somewhere. Sir Steve Hansen will do. He led the All Blacks to win 93 of the 107...


Hilary Bryan
Mar 30, 2021
Lessons from a dull Saturday night: losing and failure
Last Saturday night I sat doing my knitting with half an eye on the Blues/Chiefs game on the TV - an insight into my thrilling social...


Dinah Vincent
Mar 15, 2021
Levelling the field for psychological safety
I entered 'psychological safety' into the search field on You Tube last week. Not a cry for help, just part of my ongoing inquiry into...


Dinah Vincent
Dec 14, 2020
Leadership lessons from Lady Liverpool
The Great War, volunteers, and socks combined to create a leadership opportunity for Lady Annette Liverpool in New Zealand in 1914. One...


Hilary Bryan
Nov 9, 2020
The language of victory: Biden's speech
Joe Biden's first speech as President-elect was a key milestone in the transition of power. Was it great? Possibly not. Was it coherent...


Dinah Vincent
Sep 29, 2020
The necessity of discomfort
Diversity and inclusion are on the agenda for organisations worldwide. The driver is for more fair and equitable outcomes. Or is it? The...


Kristen Gyorgak
Aug 7, 2020
We get the why, focus on the how
A few years ago, Simon Sinek came to the mainstream with The Golden Circle concept: Start with Why. In short, he states all organisations...


Dinah Vincent
Jun 3, 2020
The Leadership Circle: a model for growth and change
Leadership is central to what we do at The Training practice. Many of the conversations we have come back to leadership—of projects,...


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Feb 17, 2020
What I learned at Outward Bound
10 days ago I got back from Outward Bound in Anakiwa. 10 days and I'm still trying to fully process all the challenges I faced (both...


Hilary Bryan
Jan 28, 2020
Why leaders need to recognise the power of emotion
We assume if we present a logical argument, people will rationally think through their reaction and respond accordingly. But they don’t.


Hilary Bryan
Jun 25, 2019
Agile leaders: enablers and disrupters
We’ve long been business agility fans. See our previous Tea and Toast notes (May 2017) and the White Paper, Crooked Timber Thinking...


Dinah Vincent
May 20, 2019
Take the lead in preventing bullying
Friday 17 May 2019 was Pink Shirt Day. Pink Shirt Day invites people to wear pink shirts to show they want to stop bullying behaviour by...


Hilary Bryan
Apr 1, 2019
Women's leadership – one step forward and one step back
Over the years, we’ve kept an eye on Grant Thornton’s research on women and leadership and found it useful. Its 2018 report: Women in...


Hilary Bryan
Nov 1, 2018
Gallup is on the agility train and bringing a breath of fresh air
Gallup is well and truly steaming ahead with business agility. But what do they mean by agile? For them it’s simple: the ability of an...


Hilary Bryan
Aug 13, 2018
Leading people through change – you may be the only certainty
Do you like certainty? Well, try listening to any song you know well. You know the next part of the tune and words that go with it. And...
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