We change the oil and rotate the tires on our car to keep it from breaking. We call this preventative maintenance. And research shows that regular, meaningful conversations do the same thing for our teams.

Yet so many managers complain they don’t have enough time to do this.

How much time would they save by avoiding problems by having proactive conversations to correct performance or behaviour and to find out what their team needs to be fully motivated, engaged and productive?


How much...

I’m curious, what has your experience been with implicit bias training?

Having spent 15 years working as a professional recruiter and 11 years teaching hiring managers how to hire more effectively and efficiently I’ve always felt that implicit bias training was a waste of time.


There is more and more research now backing up my gut feel. Here are two articles that unpack this pretty nicely.

Even worse, there is consistent evidence that bias training done the “wrong way” (think lukewarm diversity training) can actually have the opposite impact, inducing anger and frustration among white employees. What this all means is that, despite the widespread calls for implicit bias training, it will likely be ineffective at best; at worst, it’s a poor use of limited resources that could cause more damage and exacerbate the very issues it is trying to solve.
Read More: https://www.igniteglobal.com/2020/08/the-problem-with-implicit-bias-training/

If you follow me on here you know that I’ve been through quite the journey with video, which is why I’m so excited about the next Professional Speakers Australia – PSA national event with video creation and marketing growth specialist Justin Brown.

Justin will share insider secrets on how to optimise your videos on YouTube so your content generates views for years after you upload it.

You’ll take away:
• How to structure your content to ‘bake-in’ key triggers that let YouTube know YOUR video is the one they should be promoting
• Keys to maximising watch time so your target audience sees more of you in action
• How to drive more engagement for even better results
Justin has a huge online community and this is your chance to get direct access to him.
Read More: https://www.igniteglobal.com/2022/06/psa-national-webinar-how-to-create-and-use-amazing-youtube-content/

I had a great time speaking to Ben O’Shea on The West Australian‘s The West Live show about what really drives people to change jobs.


Like in all booms, companies within WA are losing great people for the allure of a high pay packet working in a FIFO environment. Can leaders do anything to stop this from happening (spoiler alert – yes!).

Why do people look for other roles (spoiler alert – despite what most leaders think, it’s rarely about money)?

What do you do if you lose someone that you don’t want to lose? Can you entice them back (spoiler alert – statistically, yes, 20% of the time).

These tips are great not only for companies in WA losing workers to FIFO, but for anyone who is losing (or afraid of losing) great people to the Great Resignation!
Read More: https://www.igniteglobal.com/2022/08/the-west-live-show-about-what-really-drives-people-to-change-jobs/

If you think #thegreatresignation is related to Covid or the current skills shortage, think again. This graph from the Bureau of Labor Statistics clearly shows that, with the exception of 2020, people have been changing jobs in increasing numbers since 2009. While this is a US stat, I believe the trend is definitely global.
I’ve often said that Covid accelerated other workforce trends that had been building for years. I think what we see with this graph is the result of...