Earlier this month, the Magical Learning Team had the pleasure and privilege of running a 2-day team building and leadership retreat for one of our clients at the Fairmont Resort and Spa located in the Blue Mountains. During this event, we covered some of our favourite topics such as; emotional intelligence, adaptability quotient, leadership, resilience Read More
This month, Grahame and Danette were invited to Toronto to participate in Robin Sharma’s Personal Mastery Academy (PMA) as his personal guests. If you’re ever wondering what they are doing in Canada all the time, this is it. Robin Sharma has been their business coach for a number of years and has really helped mould Read More
Our resident finance guru and Director of Learning, Danette Fenton-Menzies, was interviewed last week for CPA Australia’s latest podcast on Developing Your Strategic Finance Skills. Danette discussed a range of topics, including: what strategic leadership means today how it can be supported by strategic financet the skills you need to develop and to value-add from a Read More
Danette and I were interviewed on Manx Radio this week about the Manx Leaders Initiative and how we’re helping to build a local, fully self-sustaining program that will transform the island through personal leadership development. We were joined for the interview by Karl Bovenizer, one of the three founders of Manx Leaders. We spoke about Read More
Last December, we had the privilege of speaking to approximately 60 participants, facilitators and management from the Digital Trades School (DTS) in Kitchener, Ontario. Hosted by our wonderful friend and DTS co-founder Dave Inglis, we chatted about the importance of self-leadership and the need to grow our ‘four interior empires’ of mindset, heartset, healthset and Read More
Last June we met two amazing Manx gentlemen who are passionate about transforming the island into a “Nation of Excellence”. Danette and I were both humbled and very grateful to be invited to help them create a leadership initiative that will eventually be available to every Manx resident. Here are just a few photos from the Read More
Here are a few snapshots from last week’s breakfast seminars in Albury and Wagga Wagga, presented by our resident finance guru and Director of Learning, Danette Fenton-Menzies:
How do you plan, budget and forecast effectively, when the only constant in your business is change? Want some strategies for how to manage this better? Read this article featuring our very own finance guru, Danette Fenton-Menzies to learn more.
The American psychologist Albert Ellis is credited with coining the phrase ‘stinking thinking’ to describe the human tendency to persistently engage with thoughts that do not serve us. Maybe you know what Ellis was describing; perhaps you’ve experienced that moment of awareness when you fully comprehend the direction and meaning of your thoughts. Or perhaps Read More
Here’s a curated list of great questions you can use to better engage with your teams. The process of asking questions helps your staff feel valued and important and is reassuring and refreshing to everyone. 1. What process can be fixed or improved? Simple or complex, allowing your employees to speak up on process empowers Read More
There’s been a lot written in recent years about the differences (and parallels) between leadership and management. Organisations tend to muddy the waters somewhat by embedding management terms in titles and position descriptions – so managers could be forgiven for believing that leadership is the domain of the ‘senior leadership team’ as defined by the organisation’s CEO or Board.In a 2013 Harvard Business Review article, Vineet Nayar Read More
It is finally feeling like Spring; it even looks like we might have to start mowing. This is a perfect time of the year to spring clean, so you can have a wonderful Summer and set yourself up for an amazing 2019. Here are eight of our favourite tips to help you get rid of Read More
One area that many of us avoid at work is having those ‘courageous’ (difficult) conversations. Whether it’s telling a staff member they are not performing as expected, or sharing ‘negative’ news with a client, these conversations can be challenging – yet very necessary. If you’re avoiding having a courageous conversation, here are some handy tips: Read More
[Reposted with permission from grahameg.com] On a recent rip to Colorado I was introduced to a number of American Indian rituals, some of which profoundly impacted me. On the flight home I had time to reflect on why that was – and one of the things I realised was that the simple formality and specificity Read More
I missed the New Year boat it seems, but it’s never too late to get started. I’m sitting in my Hotel room just outside Boulder CO, watching the snow drift down and wondering if I’ll be able to get out for my flight home tomorrow – snow isn’t something we have to deal with much Read More