Why the how is just as important as the what for a consultant

When starting our own consulting business, we tend to spend a lot of time focussed on working through which services we are going to provide …

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Tough with integrity

Sub-consciously one of the most common things that people look for in a leader is their ability to be tough.  Whilst I strongly argue that …

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Project team health – trust your gut or gather the evidence?

I was recently having a robust debate with an alliance manager I work with about whether you can measure the culture or ‘health’ of a …

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Bidding to win rather than bidding to participate

I have the privilege of working with bid teams and consortiums to win large collaborative projects.  It’s an exciting space to work in and one …

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The Shadow of a leader and its importance to cultural change

When embarking on culture change or improvement programs with organisations and large infrastructure projects I am continually asked; “how important is leadership?”  My response is …

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Am I earning trust or am I burning trust

Special guest blogger – Darron Monaghan, Fletcher Construction Trust is an immeasurable and unquantifiable thing, but probably the most important ingredient in any relationship. Without …

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Are you productive, destructive or constructive?

Working in the space of collaborative contracting and high performance I have generally noticed that there are three core groups of behaviours that you find …

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The disproportionate time we spend on poor performers

When talking to leaders, managers and executives there is a lot of discussion around where they spend their finite time and energy.  One of the …

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How united leadership builds high performing teams

Since joining BRS earlier this year I’ve been working with some fantastic senior leadership teams who are really driving high performance initiatives throughout their organisations. …

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Handout vs. Handup Mentality

When working with teams and organisations’, I love to observe the cultures that prevail and operate on a day to day basis.  On a regular …

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