Six basic moods of life The six basic moods of life framework a logical and understandable way to understand some common moods. Three are un-resourceful if you get trapped in them and three are resourceful moods usually worth [...]
The Art of Powerful Conversations In August 2023 I was a speaker at the Melbourne Edutech conference and delivered this 50-minute seminar titled "The Art of Powerful Conversations: Practical skills for enhancing school leadership, collaboration and culture". We [...]
Outlook 365 Conditional Formatting In this 2 minute video, I show how to use "conditional formatting" to highlight emails in your inbox from specified people, with specified topics or on any other search criteria of your choice. You [...]
How I discovered I was living in a mood of resentment, recovered a friendship and enriched my life. As leaders, we inevitably face circumstances that do not turn out as we would like. Sometimes we get disappointed and sometimes we [...]
Wrap up your week with this 10-minute practice that will have you satisfied and inspired. Most ambitious goal-oriented senior executives I coach have a regular practice of planning their week. They look back at their week and notice what [...]
You are always in a way of being. Yet, very often you are blind to your way of being, as I am blind to mine. You might find when you move between activities, conversations or situations your thinking mind is [...]
In this 2 minute video, I show how to add an 'Edit Message' button to the Outlook ribbon so that you can quickly and easily edit a received email. Two places I know of where people find the editing [...]
Many of the SES officers I coach using PEP principles decide they want to start Outlook in the Calendar View rather than the Email View. They realise that when they open Outlook in Email View it is easy to [...]
The direct route ("as the crow flys") to achieving your goals includes support from a team of peers and the help of a coach - even when you know what you need to do. This morning I was in my [...]
If you are anything like me, you are doing pretty well in life and getting done everything you “have to”. You keep your promises to others and don’t let people down. It is promises to yourself you are not keeping. [...]
