Join A Company, Leave A Boss
Tom Barry is Co-Founder of Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? and developed the Crazy Goal Workshop process. He facilitates senior board programmes, strategy development and works closely with senior teams to observe performance ‘in the moment’. If you’re a boss that sucks, it’s all over. Or is it? I remember the moment well. […]
Leading Change Through Storytelling
Jon Harding is a Senior Performance Consultant for Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? He has over 20 years’ experience as a business coach, team coach and facilitator. Jon has successfully worked with clients to improve leadership and team dynamics to create a high performance environment. What’s in a story? The story of Ben’s crew – […]
Don’t ask ‘What’s Wrong?’ ask ‘What’s Possible?’
Dr. Cath Bishop is a World Champion, Olympic Silver Medallist and former International Diplomat. Cath now works as a leadership speaker, consultant and facilitator for Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? drawing on her practical experience from two high pressure careers as an Olympic rower and a senior diplomat specialising in conflict stabilisation. Athletes do […]
A Search to Find out why Some Lucky People are so Damn Motivated
To begin with a confession. I am deeply in awe of world class sportsmen, admire begrudgingly FTSE 100 type CEO’s (especially Helena Morrissey) always wondered quite how Mother Theresa did it. The ability to not only be very good at something but to keep on doing it, day after day, week after week, each time at […]
Leadership – which of these Mantras do you use?
Leadership mantras – do you use them? What are the qualities that make someone a good leader? That’s a difficult question to answer. The skills and traits that make for excellent leadership in one set of circumstances, could be a leader’s Achille’s Heel in another. It all depends on the group of people you’re leading and […]
Leadership Development – How to Build your A-Team
Leadership – what’s required? What is it that allows some teams to be more than the sum of their parts, while some teams of experienced high-performers struggle to reach their potential? In some cases, the cause could be the quality of the leadership that the team enjoys. High quality leadership can be particularly important when […]
Improving Your Performance – Australian Rugby
Improving Your Performance when you’re Down It’s not been the easiest of seasons for the Australian rugby team. Less than a year out from next year’s Rugby World Cup, the Wallabies are struggling to rise beyond mediocrity and find themselves outclassed by their bitter rivals, the All Blacks. We’ve all found ourselves in a situation where […]
Setting Business Goals: Can values statements be real business drivers?
Values as Business Drivers The short answer to the question – ‘Can values statements be real business drivers?’ must be, of course, ‘It depends’. Firstly, it depends on the values statements themselves. Were they established as part of the process of setting business goals for the organisation? Are they aligned with those business goals? Are they different […]