leadership

Are you a change ready leader?

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If you’ve worked in any organisation for a while, you’ll likely have experienced some form of organisational change. Sadly, it’s also likely that your experience of the change may have been sub-par. The history of organisational change is littered with examples of projects and initiatives that didn’t go to plan. Never finished. Descoped. Poorly implemented […]

Fast Company: 7 steps to managing an entitled team member

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Entitlement at work can take many forms. Thanks to Fast Company Michelle outlines the red flags to watch for and ways to handle it. Working with an entitled team member is challenging, as is managing an entitled team member. Employees with high psychological entitlement morally rationalize their behavior to explain workplace outcomes in a self-serving […]

Leader’s Digest: Is Your Help, Helpful?

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Workplaces wouldn’t function if people weren’t helpful. Helping provides benefits for the recipient of the help and the person providing the help. When you help someone it feels good, but there can be a downside. Read Michelle’s insights in the April 2023 edition of Leader’s Digest. Turn to pages 18-19 to read the article.  

Five ways to destroy your team’s productivity

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When you are seeking to make a change, improve a process, or restructure your organisation, it’s likely that one of your outcomes is to increase productivity. More often than not, productivity is seen as desirable, and it’s something that governments, organisations, leaders and individuals strive to attain. And yet, there are many actions leaders can take […]

CEOWorld Magazine: Bad habits that are harming your leadership effectiveness and what to do about it

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Read Michelle’s seven tips about habits that could be harming the effectiveness of your leadership. Thanks to CEOWorld Magazine for the opportunity. Despite many leadership frameworks, models and books, there are still frequent examples of ineffective leaders. The Gallup group’s research highlights the leadership deficit. Research found that 82% of employees see their leaders as uninspiring, […]

Future Fit Leadership Podcast: Lessons from Brené Brown with Michelle Gibbings

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Michelle loved being part of Sadhana’s Future Fit Leadership podcast series. Sadhana and Michelle had a great conversation talking about leadership, bad bosses and lessons from Michelle’s work with Brené Brown’s Dare to Lead program. Leadership and how we lead matters. Being a great leader is not easy at the best of times, add to […]

Mortgage Professional: Leadership in the post-pandemic workforce

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Michelle says in this article for Mortgage Professional, “It’s essential to recognise each team member’s needs and understand what they require to be at their best at work”. Thanks to Mortgage Professional for the opportunity for Michelle to share her insights.  COVID-19 came with challenge and opportunity for workplaces. As you look to the future […]

CEO Magazine: Four ways leaders can keep teams happy this year

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Leaders connecting with their teams doesn’t have to be an elusive target, workplace expert Michelle Gibbings says. Thanks to CEO Magazine, here are four ways Michelle suggests that leaders can connect and engage with their teams effectively. Leading teams isn’t an easy feat but, with a little time and a lot of dedication, it’s far […]