Leed Consulting

09/09/2021

Interested in career navigations skills for women? Please Like the new Hacks for Her FB page at https://www.facebook.com/HacksforHer.

So excited to share that Hacks for Her (which up until now has been a Facebook Group I squeeze in around my corporate work) has gone from a passion project to a logo-bearing, website-wearing Real Live part of Leed Consulting!

If you’re a woman (or know a woman) who’s:

- feeling stuck, overwhelmed, frustrated or bored at work

- struggling to get clear about what she wants out of the next phase of work and life … and/or how to get it
- ready to stop relegating her own needs and aspirations to the back burner and start making them a priority every day ….. 
then I’d love you to like our page and find out more at: www.hacksforher.com

Hacks for Her offers coaching in career navigation skills for women who want work to be more than a

13/05/2021

Want to know what it takes to achieve *real* organisational culture change?

Check out Diarmid's conversation with UniSA Vice Chancellor David Lloyd at next week's .

It's a 3-day virtual event that will be chock-full of great info on building a high-performing culture, including the success that UniSA has experienced using the Denison Organisational Culture tool over the past 7 years.

Register for the Forum at: https://denison-forum.app.virtualsummits.com/

24/02/2021

Last week I had the pleasure of being MC and a keynote speaker at SA Water's annual Innovation and Excellence Awards. After the challenges of 2020 it was a true joy to:

1) see an organisation so energetically recognising and celebrating its people - most of us could do with more celebration in our workplaces!

2) witness the talent and skill of local (and internationally acclaimed!) Henry Olonga and Vinh Giang

3) gather in person in an iconic South Australian venue (thanks National Wine Centre of Australia!).



Many thanks to Anna Day for the opportunity.

02/12/2020

If you sometimes (or often!) feel like this when you think about the next steps in your career, make sure you join me (Anna) tomorrow night, Thursday 3rd December at 8pm for a 1-hour workshop on:

***HOW TO WORK OUT THE NEXT STEPS IN YOUR CAREER***

Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpf-mrrTMiHdZ-48zbC0YLV84Sv2dGJ1yh

21/11/2020

My goodness. What a week it's been. Much like everyone else, it's been pretty crazy for us as we once again remember to take a deep breath, look after one another and .... adapt 😊.

As usual, when I'm no longer able to connect in person I turn to connecting online ... This time it's a pop-up FB Group for women who want to approach the last weeks of this crazy year with intention and positivity. If that sounds like you, I'd love to see you at Hacks for her https://www.facebook.com/groups/hacksforher

31/08/2020

Last Thursday I launched the very first High Return Habits for People Leaders Program with a full-day F2F workshop. The photo below is an excellent representation of just how good it felt to be in a room with other (wonderful 😊 ) human beings exploring and learning and laughing.

The sun shone as we planted the seeds of high return habits, which we'll be watering and fertilising in small group coaching sessions over the next month ... No better time than springtime to be tending the garden (literally and metaphorically 😜 ).

03/08/2020

High Return Habits for People Leaders starts on 27th August - and we have two pro bono places available! We'd love these to be filled by people whose opportunities for this kind of development are usually limited, whether due to personal, social or workplace factors.

Comment below with the name (or names) of your nominees and your reasons for nominating (you can self-nominate!). Nominations close next Monday 10th August. PM me if you have any queries. Full program details at: https://leedconsulting.com.au/product/high-return-habits-for-people-leaders/

PS The folks below will be making an appearance in the Program workshop on 27th August, and they'll be sharing a powerful question with you every day this week 😊.

08/07/2020

If this strange time has found you reflecting on your career choices, questioning what's important, and perhaps wondering what comes next, I'd love you to join me for a 1-hour interactive career workshop: 'DON'T follow your passion!' next Monday night at 8pm ACST.

I'll be sharing research that suggests that 'Follow Your Passion' is pretty useless advice for many of us, and sharing some alternative approaches to career planning that are likely to yield far more positive results.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsc-2prjkjHND9Mz9nAeZnEXVOC3ywipwW

01/07/2020

This is me about to click 'Publish' on the webpage of our brand new leadership development program - High Return Habits for Leaders. That smile is a weird mix of excitement, relief and yes, just a wee bit of trepidation.

I've been planning this Program for months, and was all ready to launch in mid-March - venue booked, marketing material designed, program fleshed out ... and of course like so many other plans for mid-March, mine came crashing down around my ears.

BUT Covid has given me an opportunity to tweak the Program content to reflect the even greater level of uncertainty in which we find ourselves and to plan the learning experience in meticulous detail. With five weeks of daily support and a relentless focus on implementation (using the Tiny Habits method and other tools of Behaviour Design), this is a program that will result in immediate benefits for participants and their organisations.

I hope some of you will join me for the inaugural program, which kicks off with a full-day (in person 🥳!) workshop on 27th August. Full details at: https://leedconsulting.com.au/high-return-habits

23/06/2020

My first in-person workshop for months is this Thursday, and I can't wait.

Yet last night while contemplating how to facilitate engaging ice-breakers, paired discussions and decision-making scenarios with 24 participants while adhering to social distancing measures, I suddenly felt ...
.. overwhelmed.

My excitement at returning to the work I love was sideswiped by the realisation that we're still a pretty long way from 'normal'. Not since the early weeks of shutdown have all those unanswerable questions assaulted me with such force - When will this be over? What will it mean for us all in the medium and long term? How will we all be changed?

I was tempted to pick up my phone, lie on the couch and scroll mindlessly. Instead, I put the phone on silent, lay on the couch and beckoned our cat Luna onto my chest for a cuddle.

Ten minutes later I felt fine. And I had coined a new term: COVerwhelm*.

I think it will probably visit me from time to time for the foreseeable future. When I can't sit down for a coffee in my favourite bookshop. When I watch movies and everyone's shaking hands and hugging willy-nilly. When I hear the news from friends in the UK and US.

No doubt it will visit me from time to time for the foreseeable future. While Covid has left me feeling deeply grateful for so much, at times it's also filled me with anxiety, despair, guilt and sorrow.

And that's okay. If a cat and a sofa are sufficient to remedy my COVerwhelm, I'm incredibly fortunate.

If you, too, find COVerwhelm sneaking up on you, be gentle with yourself. And remember: it's okay to feel messy sometimes.

* New to me. I Googled it and a Paleo blogger came up with it months before I did.