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November 7, 2025
Earlier this week, I was fortunate to spend some time working on our beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula. Wading barefoot in the surf, pants rolled up, is one of my all-time favourite things to do.
On this particular
Navigating the Fine Line Between Psychosocial Risk and Reasonable Management Action
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October 30, 2025
Now that Managers are starting to really think about how to prevent psychosocial injury and harm, I’m noticing a lot of my coaching conversations are focused on supporting the manager to tread the fine line
Safe Change – Reducing the Risk of Psychosocial Harm Associated with Organisational Change
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October 16, 2025
Following my last blog: The Crucial Role of Managers in Addressing Psychosocial Risk – And How Coaching Can Help, I’ve had lots of questions about psychosocial risk and managing change, so thought I’d share some
Emotion – No Longer the Poor Cousin
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September 14, 2020
As human beings, we’re hard wired to experience emotions, and whether we realise it or not, our emotions strongly influence our thoughts, decisions and behaviour. Emotion is simply energy running through the body, and how
Getting Unstuck
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July 3, 2020
Do you remember playing with magnets as a kid, and how cool it was when you found something that stuck? It felt like magic! And did you ever try to put two magnets together the
Coaching in a Crisis – There’s No Time Like Now
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May 15, 2020
In talking with my colleagues, clients and friends, I’m struck by the incredible opportunity we have right now for growth. In spite of, or almost because of, the global challenge we’re faced with, we have
Let’s Get Engaged!
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February 7, 2020
As an employee, it’s pretty easy to feel your engagement levels going up and down. When you’re engaged, you’re purposeful, productive, and passionate, driven by an inner sense of meaning and self-sustaining energy. You know
Failure Is Not An Option….Or Is It?
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March 5, 2019
When the #2 oxygen tank on Apollo 13 exploded, the spaceship with its 3 crew is left crippled on the other side of the moon. With diminishing power, heat, water and oxygen supplies, the best and
Under the Bonnet
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February 8, 2019
It can be scary looking under the bonnet of your car…you don’t know what you might find, and what you don’t know can’t hurt you, right? Well maybe, until the car breaks down in the
The Safety Manager
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September 25, 2018
Most workplaces these days have a designated safety officer who, supported by a myriad of policies, procedures and systems, helps identify and manage the risk of workplace accident and injury.
Recently I’ve noticed I also have