What Culture is YOUR Behaviour Producing?

What Culture is YOUR Behaviour Producing?

Those who know me well, in a professional sense at least, know that I’m a bit of a “culture nerd”. I’ve always been curious about what makes some workplaces “work” (that is, where people understand what they are responsible for,...
Getting Culture Right: Highlights

Getting Culture Right: Highlights

I was fortunate to recently attend the Australian Conference on Culture and Leadership, sponsored by Human Synergistics Australia.This annual conference is often a gold-mine of tips and inspiration in terms of the challenges and opportunities of workplace culture, and...
Conquering the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

Conquering the Five Dysfunctions of a Team

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team model (above) was developed by Patrick Lencioni, author of the best-selling book of the same name and founder and president of The Table Group, a US-based management consulting firm.  The model, drawn from Lencioni’s...
Focus on Leadership and Culture: Dependent

Focus on Leadership and Culture: Dependent

In a recent article, we introduced the Human Synergistics Circumplex™, a proven framework to measure, report, discuss and better understand individual and collective human behaviours, and their impact upon business and organisation performance (refer: Catching Smoke:...