When a Colleague’s Behaviour Crosses the Line: Your Playbook for What Comes Next
Publication: Difficult colleagues | Leadership skills | Psychological Safety | Workplace behaviour | Workplace incivility
You know the feeling. You walk into a meeting, and your stomach tightens. You see an email in your inbox and brace for what’s coming. You replay a conversation in your head repeatedly, wondering whether you overreacted or underreacted. Working alongside someone whose behaviour is corrosive is exhausting. It eats into your energy, confidence and […]
SheDefined: The Essential Skills You Need to Supercharge Your Earning Power
Publication: AI and Automation | Competitive Career Advantage | Creativity Skills | Leadership skills
In this article for SheDefined, Michelle, an accredited executive coach explains the essential skills to supercharge your earning power and build a future-ready career, highlighting the role of AI and automation, creativity, leadership skills, and emotional intelligence (EQ) Workplaces are constantly changing, so if you want to build a thriving career with a strong earning […]
Fast Company: 7 Ways to Collaborate With People You Don’t Trust
Publication: Collaboration ways | Leadership skills | Workplace Relationships
In this article featured in Fast Company, Michelle, a strategic influence and leadership expert shares seven ways to collaborate with people you don’t trust, highlighting essential leadership skills and effective collaboration ways to navigate complex workplace relationships. According to research from the Workforce Institute, 63% of employees and leaders believe that trust needs to be earned. Building trust […]
CNBC: Simon Sinek: ‘The skill of having an uncomfortable conversation is essential’—this hack can make it easier
Publication: Conflict Resolution | Leadership skills | Uncomfortable conversations
In this article for CNBC, Michelle Gibbings, an influential speaker, shares her insights on the skill of having an uncomfortable conversation. She explains why leaning into difficult discussions, approaching them with tact, and being transparent can strengthen relationships, build leadership capability, and support long-term career success. Uncomfortable conversations are inevitable — and that’s why learning […]
Leadership and facilitation are a great partnership
Publication: Great partnership | Leadership and facilitation | Leadership skills
What characteristics spring to mind when you think of the word ‘leader’? Perhaps character traits such as decisive and visionary or skills such as great communicator and negotiator or something else. One word that isn’t likely to arise is that of a facilitator. Yet, so much of leadership – outstanding leadership – requires good facilitation. […]
Is your decision making ready for the future?
Publication: Cognitive Complexity | Future Decision Making | Leadership skills
Earlier this week in Seattle (USA), Amazon’s store of the future opened for the first time. There’s no checkouts, queues or check-out operators. But you do need to have the Amazon Go smartphone app installed so the gates guarding the entrance let you in. You then simply wander into the store, put the items you […]