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Can Neuroscience Rewire Workplace Norms for Team Success?
Are your workplace norms helping your team thrive—or holding them back? If it’s the latter, what’s one norm you’d like to rewire today?
A Surprising Moment and the Australian Clinical Supervision Conference
The development of supervisory skills is an ongoing journey for supervisees, for supervisors and for workplaces, which is why we offer a range of supervision programs and resources to meet this need.
The Cost of Making Assumptions
Life is often like the surface of a calm sea—smooth and serene to the outside observer, but beneath, there can be a powerful current of challenges, emotions, and experiences that remain hidden.
Thrive Sustainably in 2025
As we are starting to gear up for the year ahead, it’s critical to reflect on the habits and practices that support our well-being and capacity to thrive.
Unlock Your Supervision Potential: Explore Our Free Resources!
As we continue to navigate the ever evolving and demanding landscape of healthcare, the importance of effective supervision cannot be understated.
Welcome to 2025: A Year of Learning, Re-Learning, and Unlearning
As we embrace the fresh start that 2025 offers, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on our past experiences and set our sights on the future
Do you need a strategic reboot?
As we approach the end of the year, this is a traditional time to slow down and reflect on the year that has been.
Do You Love to See Your Colleagues Flourish?
When we delight in others’ success, we create an atmosphere where everyone feels valued, safe, and motivated.
Self-Care: Indulgent or Investment?
Self-care and the commitment we each make to create a sustainable career is critical.
Do leaders need psychological safety too?
It’s a familiar scene, but one that raises an important question: who ensures that leaders feel psychologically safe?
How do you build psychological safety when hiring new employees?
Creating psychological safety in the workplace is more than a “nice-to-have” quality; it’s a foundational necessity for team cohesion, high-quality client care, and retention.
How do you build your bandwidth?
As we expand our capacity to be present and effective in our personal and professional lives, we not only navigate challenges with grace but also unlock the potential for genuine fulfilment and impact.
What hinders your ability to build bandwidth?
Our bandwidth is like the foundation of a house, you can’t see it directly, but if it is not solid, the house is shaky and unsustainable.
Does naming things make them worse?
Over the past few months, we have seen a significant rise in stress and overwhelm in many workforces. In this context, there has been an increased need to understand and make sense of what is occurring.
Can you tolerate doing something that is just good enough?
So, how do we decide when perfection is needed and when good enough is just that—good enough?
Do you have a love-hate relationship with receiving feedback?
It’s a strange paradox—we long for feedback because we know it’s crucial for growth, but we also hate hearing it because it often stings, even when it's well-intended.
Brake or Accelerate? Driving Self-Leadership with Balance
Self-leadership is about driving your actions, your decisions, and ultimately, your success. It’s not just about having the courage to act (accelerator); it's also about knowing when to pause and reflect (brake).
Are you a work in progress? And is that OK?
Giving yourself permission to be a work in progress means recognising the foundation you're building on and acknowledging that growth is an essential part of becoming a more effective leader.
How are you supporting yourself?
Think of yourself as a lighthouse. Just as a lighthouse must maintain its light to guide ships safely to shore, a leader must take care of themselves to effectively guide and support their team.
Are You a People Pleaser?
Maintaining integrity and long-term satisfaction sometimes requires making choices that may disappoint in the short term. Navigating these situations with compassion and clarity is essential for personal growth and fulfilment.