The choices you make in this moment to be a real leader who practices being a servant first will shape the ecosystem of your culture in the future. Will you rise up and become a conscious example?

A presentation with tips on how you can do less and be more as a result of these unprecedented times - at an individual, team and company level.

Rethinking everything as local industries and activities gain momentum and people-based initiatives take over with bartering systems and open tables, farmers markets and street events, dance and singing contests and a very dominant DIY aesthetic. My future forecast for you as a speaker, facilitator and trainer is to think global, speak local.

The next few weeks and months are going to be tougher than normal for everyone, and especially for you as a business owner. It’s more important right now than ever to maintain your calm, to build resilience and also to be flexible and creative in the way you approach everything you do.

We’re facing an unprecedented time right now with Covid 19 impacting us all in some way both personally and professionally. In times like these that we realise how small the world really is, and how deeply we depend on one another. We’ll all need to adapt and be flexible for the greater good of all and yet we're probably going to feel a tad selfish and be most worried about our own future and getting our own needs met. 

Make no mistake this is a time when your leadership skills will be put to the test. This is a critical time to be the calm for your people, the steady voice amid the chaos, be alert, not alarmed, take a long term strategic viewpoint and make decisions that put people before profit.

I believe what the west is facing is not a healthcare problem but a selfcare problem. We are taking care of business, mortgages, rent, paying bills and keeping up appearances at the cost of keeping up our wellbeing.

If you really want to reduce friction and increase flow, reduce overwhelm and increase joy, do less and achieve more all you need to do is turn inward and make some small, consistent 10° shifts and change really can become permanent.

Middle managers are the messengers of the wider company strategy, the contextualizer for each employee in their team, the motivator and the culture carrier. Their role more than ever has become the critical linchpin to ensuring ongoing success. They are becoming squeezed more than ever.

Show me a business with trained, respected and supported middle managers and I will show you a business that works smart, has effective, vibrant teams with employees who are passionate about their work and clients and customers who come back for more.