Welcome to the relaunch of Wordstruck! This is where you can find stories that can help you change how you engage at work. Stories that inspire, persuade and make a difference. It’s well known that employee engagement is down. I mean really down. A recent Gallup...
To be a leader who people remember and who triggers stories, is to be a leader who acts. Chris Beer, former CEO of Luxottica in the Asia Pacific Region, and now CEO at Performance Hub, was well aware of this. In 2012 he became...
The hottest phrase on people’s lips at the moment is unconscious bias. I’ve been speaking to CEOs in insurance, professional services, in start-ups and in government, and they are all saying that to improve gender diversity we need to address our unconscious biases. Google kicked...
A fortnight ago I met up with Tony Tow, General Manager of 40K Globe, an Australian organisation striving to train thousands of young Australians in social entrepreneurship. Tow, 27, knows how important it is to have a strong team around him. He not only manages...
Have you ever had that experience when you're talking to someone and their eyes glaze over? Or you're presenting to your team and you see people shuffle their papers, or worse still, glance down at their watch? It’s not a good feeling but it can...
Taking risks and bucking the trend always takes guts. Especially when you are trying to shift the current economic and commercial paradigm. But everywhere leaders and companies are shifting the dial. In June I went to the Conscious Capitalism conference in Sydney and heard dozens...
Diane Smith-Gander has had a long and industrious career. Among her many roles today, she is the current chair of ASX-listed Transfield Services, with a market cap of AU $800 million and first elected President of Chief Executive Women (CEW). But when she looks back,...
Last month I was asked to give an impromptu presentation at a leading merchant bank on the value of storytelling. In this particular department they are rolling out a new data service. It’s complex, expensive and it affects many people. The department are likely to...
Are you a planner or a pantser — a fly-by-the-pants writer? Either way if you write your stories or books into a structure you’re more likely to finish. People often worry about structure. They worry that it will hamper their plot or stifle their style. Actually...
Learning the art of the interview can make you a better writer. You need it in all genres – obviously journalism but also non-fiction and fiction In a family memoir, you may be chatting to Aunt Doris to find out her recollection of growing up...