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07/11/2025

The kind of leader people talk about… for all the right reasons.

Modern leadership isn’t about having all the answers — it’s about adaptability, empathy, and the confidence to lead through change (even when things feel uncertain).

At Whyser, we work with leaders who are ready to evolve, to lead with clarity, and confidence.

Here are 6 skills every modern leader needs:
✨ Adaptability
✨ Resilience
✨ Self-Awareness
✨ Empathy
✨ Communication
✨ Confidence

Want to know where you stand?
Our EQ Assessment helps leaders and teams uncover their emotional intelligence across 10 key areas.

Lead with impact (and less stress).
Send a message or comment below to chat about team options.

29/10/2025

What do we actually measure when we talk about Emotional Intelligence (EQ)?

Emotional Intelligence isn’t just a “soft skill.”
It’s a measurable, actionable framework that helps leaders, teams and individuals better understand themselves, others, and the systems they work within.

Our EQ Assessment tool focuses on three key dimensions:

INNER FOCUS – Managing yourself
👉 Self-Knowing
👉 Self-Control
👉 Self-Confidence
👉 Self-Reliance

OUTER FOCUS – Managing relationships & influencing others
👉 Adaptability
👉 Optimism
👉 Self-Actualisation

OTHER FOCUS – Managing external systems & factors
👉 Empathy
👉 Relationship Skills
👉 Straightforwardness

When individuals build strength across all three areas, they develop the agility, presence, and resilience to lead more effectively.

If you’re curious about how this looks in practice, or want to explore your own EQ profile, our assessment tool provides a clear starting point.

👉 Ready to understand your EQ?
Let’s chat about how we can bring this into your leadership journey.

05/09/2025

Are you curious to know what your Emotional Intelligence strengths are?

Today I shared a story of my recent travel dramas, and how my own EQ strengths of Resilience & Adaptability were needed to turn things around. Full story on my blog (links included in the article below).

If you want to know what your own EQ strengths are, you can book in for an assessment and session where we break down the results and work out ways you can leverage them in your own life and career.

The results can be surprising!

Ever wondered where you use emotional intelligence skills in the real world? When everything goes spectacularly wrong, of course! The tale of travel chaos shared on my website today perfectly illustrates when EQ skills stop being theory and start being survival tools. Read the full story here: EQ Tr

01/10/2024

Attention QLD Small business owners... if a $7,500 gift would help you to improve your business confidence and skills, you need to register for the latest round of business grants. You could be given $7,500 to spend on professional business advice with Whyser!

Eligibility and application rules do apply so see below, or reach out to find out how I can help.

In these times, you would be crazy if you didn't put yourself in the running!

It's time sensitive - you must register by Oct 11, so do it today.

13/08/2024

Sink or swim....Have you ever had a new team member start, and then a few months down the track you feel disappointed in their performance? Then you stress about what to do about it?

Commonly, this occurs as a result of the old 'Sink or Swim' method of leading being used....throw them in the deep end and see if they swim! This obviously isn't really a method of leadership, but it is unfortunately something that many managers inadvertently do to new team members. They bring in a new employee, point them to their desk, and then just watch and wait for them to swim feverishly to get up to speed and prove themselves; or drown in the deep end, never able to impress.

Well today on my blog I have some help for you in how to set them up for the best chance of success - and the good news is, it's never too late to implement.

Read it here https://whyser.au/2024/08/13/leadership-new-employee/

Once you have the system in place, it’s just a matter of making sure you and your leaders have the skills to conduct performance conversations. Like any other technical skill in the workplace, this is something that needs to be learned and practiced, even in experienced managers. We aren’t born with these skills!

I get a real kick out of tailoring programs to help organisations of all sizes to set their employees up for performance success.

And if you’re a small business owner thinking, but I don’t have a team to manage this process, it’s just me… I see you too. Effective doesn’t have to be complicated – I’ll give you a process that is simple and can be easily implemented by one manager.

22/07/2024

If you aren't enjoying your work like you once did, then this is for you. You might be a business owner, or working for someone else - workplace issues are the same regardless.

Engaging a Leadership Coach can help you overcome all of the following challenges, plus many more.

If you want to fall in love with work again (or maybe you never loved it but want to find something you will love), personalised coaching will help you find a clear path forward without wasting more years.

I believe in it so strongly because I've been through it myself. I just wish I'd known sooner that support was out there and so accessible! But now you know...

If you are facing any of these workplace challenges, reach out via message and let's talk.

05/06/2024

Are you a business leader who is feeling the weight of challenging economic times? Client’s I work with are telling me they are:

•Burnt out. Experiencing general exhaustion and lack of motivation for work
•Stressed & not sleeping due to worry about a downturn in business
•Fearful of uncertainty about what’s to come

If any of these hit a bit close to home, here’s some of the things I work through with clients to keep their motivation up:

1. Making time for activities outside work that replenish personal energy; being consistent with it and committed to it. Do something physical, get some sunshine, swim in the ocean.
2. Keeping mindset strong. Speak to a mentor, book in coaching sessions, listen to some mindset podcasts etc. We can get stuck in our negative thoughts and need someone else’s perspective to help us out of it.
3. If business is quiet, this is NOT the time to do nothing out of fear. Choose expansion rather than retraction.
This is the time you get your house in order – put the policies and procedures you’ve been talking about for years done, work on business improvements, deal with the employee performance issue you’ve been avoiding, improve your online presence etc
4. Do some personal or career development – learn a new skill, take a course, meditate, read a few self-help books
5. Be more intentional about where you spend both your time and money. Consider your options and choose the things that will bring you closer to where you want to be.

The graphic below explains how I support businesses. In particular, my leadership coaching sessions cover all of this and more. It’s like therapy for business leaders!

If you want to know more about how coaching could help you, reach out via messenger or my website

20/02/2024

Is performance in your workplace feeling a little lacklustre?

It's that time of year where the holidays we just had feel like they were 3 years ago, and next Christmas feels like it's a decade away!

So for leaders the challenge begins with how to motivate their employees when performance has dropped. For many, the natural reaction would be to start micro-managing. To hone in on individual team member activity and perhaps give more direction, watch more closely, maybe even schedule more meetings. But these actions may be counter intuitive...

What if instead of looking outward, you instead look inward?

Is there something that you as the leader can do to motivate your employees?

When clients ask me this question, there is one framework I keep coming back to and I explain it in simple terms in the article below. Check it out and let me know your thoughts. What would happen in your workplace if leaders did this?

19/12/2023

Wrapping up 2023 with a presentation to Leadership Collective Australia on how to lead age diverse workforces with maximum success.

Many managers struggle with how to lead workers of different generations and keep everyone happy, and with 5 generations now potentially working side by side, the challenges are only increasing.

If this a topic you need some assistance with, message me and I can send you the presentation.

14/12/2023

Last week I presented to a group of leaders on behalf of Leadership Collective Australia on the topic of "Attracting and Retaining Multi-generational Workforces".

It's a topic that always generates animated discussion, but served up some great reminders:

* Workplaces are rapidly changing, for the first time in history we potentially have 5 generations working side by side;

* Workers of different generations are motivated by different things, communicate in different ways, and have different values;

* the key to leading age diverse workforces is to adapt your engagement efforts to be personalized to each individual employee;

* Quality communication and adaptable leadership is more important than ever!

If you would like a copy of the presentation slides for more in depth info on this topic, please reach out and I'll email it to you.