by Leonie McCarthy | Mar 12, 2024 | Leadership, Team & People
As someone intimately familiar with the ebb and flow of productivity, I’ve often found myself oscillating between fascination and frustration. Like many, I’ve scoured the insights of productivity gurus — from Ali Abdaal’s life-centric ‘Feel Good...
by Leonie McCarthy | May 30, 2023 | Leadership
Collaboration is essential for successful teamwork, yet many leaders struggle to foster it within their teams. Leaders (just like other humans) can make mistakes that hinder collaboration and lead to project failures, unwittingly contributing to the lack of...
by Leonie McCarthy | Mar 29, 2023 | Leadership
Why is it important right now for us to double down on how our teams are evolving and working, how we’re collaborating and communicating? Garters’ 2023 CIO research reported that CIOs expect IT budgets to increase by 5.1% against a projected global...
by Leonie McCarthy | Mar 13, 2023 | Communication, Leadership, Team & People
Have you ever had an experience where you thought you knew what to expect, only to be surprised by something completely unexpected? This is exactly what happened to me when I was a child and went to a friend’s house for a sleepover. I expected to have a familiar...
by Leonie McCarthy | Jun 28, 2022 | Leadership
As we come towards the end of the financial year here in Australia, reporting and end-of-year tasks are inclined to take over. The end of year and end of project milestones are aligning for our team, and so the topic of appreciation is top of mind. It is important to...
by Leonie McCarthy | Jan 18, 2022 | Leadership
“Habits building is the key to long-lasting behaviour change” – James Clear Sounds simple enough, right? But I urge you to reread it, slowly, let the words sink in. Goals are helpful to set direction, but the work of actual change requires small...
