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Assume Less, Achieve More
Messages not getting through? Noticing a lack of ownership and action? Maybe you're too smart for your own good and are suffering from...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


Reframing Regret
Do you ever feel that you’ve made the wrong decisions? Beat yourself up for not making better choices? While listening to the Imperfects...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


What's Obvious To You May Be Profound To Others
Have you been surprised when senior people stall on what seem like standard leadership tasks? Often, it’s not resistance but...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


Your Senior Leadership Teams Don't Need Training
They need to space to work though the adaptive challenges they are facing, with relevant tools weaved in as required. At the moment, we...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


Adaptive Capacity Beats Outdated Training, Every Time
I'm seeing a complete evolution in the support required for senior leaders and teams. Leadership training on specific topics is simply...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


Leading Doesn’t Have to Mean Enduring
Smart, senior people can sometimes get to the top of their professions and feel stretched, frustrated and suddenly rather stuck. It can...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


The New CEO Challenge: Lead the Organisation, Sustain Yourself
"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


Notice More, Achieve More: The Case for Strengths-Based Leadership
Imagine if there was a quick, free, simple and feel-good way to build performance, energy, confidence and momentum in your team.... Well,...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


Are You Already Good Enough?
'Simon' came to me with a goal I hear often from high performers: “𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵...

Sophie Graves
Aug 10


Getting Unstuck
You can rarely think your way out of a mental maze. Our minds are full - urgent issues derailing us, personal overlaid with the...

Sophie Graves
Aug 4


Can You See Burnout Coming?
Burnout is like a rip at the beach, one moment you’re frolicking in the waves and the next you’ve been swept out to see and are...

Sophie Graves
Aug 4


Is Your Mental Roaming On?
You know those times when you have had a striking moment of clarity? I bet it's not when you're in back to back meetings or smashing...

Sophie Graves
Aug 3


Moving Mountains
Sometimes it can feel like you're fighting an uphill battle, but you're certainly not alone. You may: • Be a leader with a...

Sophie Graves
Aug 3


Why Good People Go?
It can be devastating when your top performers leave. The worst thing is that they will rarely tell you the real reason why. To avoid...

Sophie Graves
Aug 3


Trapped in Tired?
At a recent CEO forum, a couple of people reflected that they weren't treating themselves with the same kindness as they would extend to...

Sophie Graves
Aug 3


The Ripple Effect
This is from the Human Synergistics Workplace Trends Analysis Report, which draws data from 70,000 people across Australia and NZ over...

Sophie Graves
Aug 3


Lost the Love?
I had a fascinating conversation with a client recently about the tension between what she 'could', 'should', and 'would like' to do....

Sophie Graves
Aug 2


If The Answers Keep Changing, How Can You Possibly Keep Up?
When you're pulled in a million directions and there is so much uncertainty, it's hard to know what to do first and which decisions are...

Sophie Graves
Aug 2


Why Team Planning Shouldn’t Be a Drag
Just because the topic is serious, doesn't mean that you can't enjoy yourself while working through it. Lately, I've thoroughly enjoyed...

Sophie Graves
Aug 2


Calm, Confident And In Control?
At a recent CEO roundtable we discussed the need to have a calm, confident in control persona, when behind the scenes it can be anything...

Sophie Graves
Aug 2
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