Leadership Insights

Australia ranked number 2 in the world with employees losing 600 hours per year to a lack of focus, just behind France at 608 hours. Workplace distractions are costing employers thousands of hours in lost productivity. In today’s hyperconnected world, maintaining focus on work-related tasks has become increasingly challenging. With colleagues, meetings and messages competing for our attention, resulting in huge amounts of time lost not focused on the key measures of success.

Too often, leaders fall into a well-being “perks and policies” trap, wondering why their people are burned out and stressed despite access to the latest benefits like company provided standing desks or virtual exercise programs. Many organisations lose sight of the biggest issues surrounding employee well-being, namely the day-to-day employee experience. Organisations can transform employee well-being by building a culture of care, promoting work life integration, and ensurin

As leaders, we often overlook the simplistic approach to getting the best out of our people. We over complicate what is easy, develop and enforce out-dated systems and processes and expect our people to be motivated and inspired to deliver. Here are some simple reminders for those leaders who want to stand out from the crowd as the leaders of the future. Time is what each employee has to dedicate to productive work daily and to making a real difference to the delivery of goal

ARB, the world’s largest 4×4 accessory company not only invests big in product development, design, and technology, they are also committed to the ongoing development of their leaders. RdL has partnered with ARB for over 5 years assisting in leadership development spanning 3 counties and many people. ARB understands and recognises the importance of developing their existing and future leaders in order for them to continue their comprehensive growth as a company. RdL has used

Air Niugini continues to invest in the sustainable future of the company through the development of their people. Through their ACEO Gary Seddon, Air Niugini has committed to a 12 month RdL Emerging Leader Program for 82 of their future leaders alongside a tailored 18 month Customer Service Program. In just 2 months over 1,000 Air Niugini employees has decided to attend the customer service program and the transformation is starting to impact the way they think and do things.

So what is quiet quitting? Have you ever had an employee who use to deliver outstanding quality to later find that one day they do the minimum, do their job, but no longer show the energy, passion and drive they once use to. They do not quit the job but they dial back their efforts and do the bare minimum. They do the basic minimum job to a point where you can not fire them for poor performance because they are not doing anything badly, or wrong, but they no longer go above a

You may ask yourself why a management development coach is writing about electricity. I often use electricity, well at least the terminology of electricity, when coaching and guiding others. I liken electricity to the emotions of a person. Just as you can not see electricity, you can not see the emotions of a person. We can tell if there is electricity as the lights will come on or the kettle will boil, just as we can see if a person is affected by an emotional issue by chang

I was fortunate enough to share an office with a senior leader for a client I was partnering with and as is always the case when I am available to others, this leader decided to engage in many micro coaching sessions. He was not only seeking personal development, but also wanted to share ideas and concepts with me as a form of re affirming his ideas would work. During one of our micro coaching sessions, we were interrupted by another senior leader within the company. They wer

Delivering profits cannot be achieved without the dedicated efforts of your people. The best machines, technology, tools, or equipment, without people, deliver very little. To get the most out of your people, you need an amazing CEO/Leader that stays in touch with what is happening in the real world of their business. They stay connected with their people and see this as an investment and not a cost, challenge, or distraction. Many CEO’s have not only lost touch with their pe

Coaching an elite athlete is all about having the athlete at their peak in the finals. Too early or too late and they fail. But what is the one thing every elite athlete does following a high-profile competition? – they choose to recover. Pushing yourself to your limits on an ongoing basis will only leave you exhausted and potentially lead to burnout. Work hard, but also take the time to recharge. Following an Olympic competition or the finals of a football competition the at

RdL is very fortunate in that we get to coach and partner with clients in over 15 countries. We see and experience some of the best, and some of the worst leaders and managers. Just like an elite athlete, RdL not only offers coaching to its clients, but also receives coaching from a Business Results Coach to ensure we remain focused on innovation and delivering leading edge solutions for our clients. In a recent coaching session, as I was speaking of my experiences and observ

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Click the link below to listen to Bram's Leadership Insights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXSyRZKQpi4 Bram Rutten, born in the Netherlands, is a seasoned leader in the FMCG industry, with nearly 20 years’ experience in supply chain management, manufacturing, logistics and procurement. After leadership roles within production in The Netherlands and Nigeria he took up management positions in Suriname and Papua New Guinea. Bram is currently based in Hungary working as supp

Click the link below to listen to Tim's Leadership Insights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXpYqL-30vM Rev Tim Costello is one of Australia’s most respected community leaders and a sought after voice on social justice issues, leadership and ethics. For 13 years until October 2016, Tim was Chief Executive of World Vision Australia (WVA). Tim is the Executive Director of Micah Australia. He is also Director of Ethical Voice. Other positions Tim holds are Senior Advisor fo

Click the link below to watch Andrew's video on his Leadership Insights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mnyLaet5hA   Dr Andrew Catford Andrew is the Global CEO of Hagar International, a non-for profit that works to free and heal communities of the trauma of human trafficking, modern slavery and abuse. He overseas five Program Offices in Asia with a staff of approximately 200 people and six Fundraising Offices in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK and US. A

Sir Nagora Bogan shares his insights as a transformational leader. Please click the link below to read his full response Sir Nagora Bogan Insights

RdL Speaks with Ray d'Silva about his Leadership Insights. Click the link to listen to Ray's story. Read Ray's responses below. 1. As I reflect on what led to my success as a senior manager or leader, I would have to say it was by sheer accident. It probably started a long time ago in school as a boy scout when I was made a troop leader. Then that progressed to House captain and Section leader in the cadet corps. A couple of years after arriving in Australia I was drafted

RdL Speaks with Keith Ayers from Integro Learning about his Leadership Insights. Click the link to listen to Keith's story. Read Keith's biography below. Keith is the CEO of Intégro Learning Company Pty Ltd and author of Engagement is Not Enough: You Need Passionate Employees to Achieve Your Dream (Elevate, July 2008). He is respected around the world as a thought leader on the topics of employee engagement, leadership effectiveness and workplace trust. Having joined

RdL Speaks with Andrew Cooper about his Leadership Insights. Click the link to listen to Andrew's story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuDGv_JKzYE Read Andrew's response and his Biography below. What lead to your success as a senior manager and leader? It all started early in my career with one word “RESPECT” I have a philosophy that underpins my interaction with people and that is “We are all created Equal in Value – but different in function” What this means is that w