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Discover how the symbols around you can profoundly impact your leadership effectiveness. Learn to harness the power of symbolism to build stronger connections, inspire your team, and lead with purpose.

Explore why saying "no" can be a positive and powerful tool in the workplace.

Explore practical steps to take charge of your career path, from understanding your goals to actively shaping your journey towards your dream role.

19 months into this pandemic, with NZ back in its grips, it helps for everyone to be a bit more proactive and purposeful about their personal energy. Resilience is something that you can build, especially when pushing through adversity. In my conversation with Mel Homer of Magic Talk Radio, we talk about six factors that can drive stronger personal resilience. These being: 1. Relaxing 2. Reframing 3. Physical exercise 4. Humour 5. Strong support network 6. Knowing and nurturing your passion

Whether you are a parent at home or a manager at work, you often find yourself in a position of having to coach someone – especially if they are trying to learn a different way to do something. In my conversation with Mel Homer of Magic Talk Radio, we cover five key things to focus on when you are trying to lift someone’s capability along with their confidence. They include: 1. Focus on the Prize 2. Prepare for the Stretch 3. Reframe the Hurdles 4. Support with Straight Talk 5. Lock in the Learning

In my conversation with Mel Homer of Magic Talk Radio, we talk about the common traits and behaviours of self-confident people, some of the specific things you can do to build confidence, and how to help others lift their own self-confidence.

Dr. Hillman talks with Dr. Charlotte Roberts about navigating and embracing change and uncertainty in the world. Charlotte offers some great insights and practical tips on how we can navigate through this turbulent time.

Dr. Hillman talks with John Spence, one of the top 100 business thought leaders in America. In this interview, John talks about his interesting path through the education system, his work with global executives, and his thoughts on leadership and navigating the ever-changing business world. The interview was conducted prior to COVID, so many of the points discussed are more pertinent now than ever before.

Prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Hillman talked with L. David Marquet, a top graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and commander of the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Santa Fe from 1999 to 2001. As commander, he transformed the sub from “worst to first,” and achieved the highest retention and operational standings in the navy. In this interview, David discusses his realisation that the traditional leadership approach of “take control, give orders,” wouldn’t work. He “turned his ship around” by treating the crew as leaders, not followers, and giving control, not taking control.

Using the metaphor of an iceberg, this video highlights the real causes of our problems (in business and our personal lives). Is it the external environment, or is it our own thinking? Dr. Harold Hillman suggests looking at our own Mental Models to help solve many issues we face today. (HD)

The Ladder of Inference is a model of how we think in action. It is a tool that is used to show us how rapidly we can leap to a conclusion with no intermediate thought process as a result of our reliance on our mental models. Dr. Harold Hillman outlines the importance of being able to walk down the ladder to test our assumptions.

In business, or life, It's easier to make the case for change during a crisis. It's much more challenging to make the case for change during a growth period. But that's the challenge of leadership and the sigmoid curve is a tool that helps leaders make the case for change.