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CEO Sabbatical

by Jo Saies / Career / Leadership / Performance / No Comments / June 5, 2026

What if the best thing your CEO could do… is step away for three months? We talk a lot about burnout in the social sector, and rightly so, it’s a real thing. Encouragingly, I’m hearing more

Leadership Tension in the Care Sector

by Jo Saies / Leadership / No Comments / June 2, 2026

Is it becoming harder to attract and retain Executives and Non-Executive Board Directors in the care sector? As we (rightly) strengthen regulatory and governance frameworks to ensure safety and quality of care, we also need leaders

Emotion – No Longer the Poor Cousin

by Jo Saies / Leadership / Performance / No Comments / 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

by Jo Saies / Performance / No Comments / 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

by Jo Saies / Coaching / No Comments / 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

Is No News Good News?

by Jo Saies / Career / Performance / No Comments / March 24, 2020

A consistent complaint I hear from almost every employee I work with is ‘I don’t get enough feed-back…How do I know if I’m doing a good job?…I just want to know if I’m meeting expectations…

Let’s Get Engaged!

by Jo Saies / Performance / No Comments / 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

Trust Me I’m A Manager….

by Jo Saies / Leadership / Performance / No Comments / January 24, 2020

No matter what kind of relationship we’re talking about – intimate partners or a workplace team, trust is critical to the health of the relationship. And the health of the relationship impacts directly on the

Learning From Legends

by Jo Saies / Performance / No Comments / July 15, 2019

OK, so I wouldn’t put myself in the ‘legend’ category by any account, but I did represent Australia as our first female visually impaired down-hill ski racer, so I learnt a lot about being your

Under the Bonnet

by PB Performance / Leadership / No Comments / 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

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