Leadership does not need to be public
How you lead when you’re not observed, is more important than what you do when you’re able to be seen.
How you lead when you’re not observed, is more important than what you do when you’re able to be seen.
If I could go back 35 years to give myself some advice, it would be “Don’t wait to be chosen. Choose yourself.”
How I chose myself and overcame all my fears.
(Spoiler alert: I’m still working on overcoming my fears)
What’s caught your attention right now? What are you thinking about? Are you noticing what you’re noticing? What decision are you making?
I’m not a computer nerd. I’m not a futurist. But I can still recognise the massive disruption coming to the profession.
In times of disruption, effective leadership is the key to successful change in practice, transforming resistance into enrolment and uncertainty into opportunity.
When architectural projects are stalling and the economic pinch is hurting, here’s some questions to help practices find new opportunities.
Let’s face it, we all fail. What’s important is not that we fail but what we do when we fail.
I’ll often write that empathy and curiosity are my top leadership skills. Humility is right there alongside them too.
That people are born leaders is a myth. So where do they start? As all architects know, you need something to build upon.
Now it’s been proven* that architects are struggling with wellbeing, I’ve further questions and thoughts.
How to drive innovation, spark new ideas and stay competitive into the future is not a mystery.
I pay my respects and acknowledge all Traditional Custodians of Country and on whose land I live and work. I recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present. Always was, always will be.
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