Category Archives: Leadership

If not now, when?

  This morning this very phrase was top of mind and frequently used when brainstorming with a client. “If not now, when?” It can be a powerful motivator for decision-making and taking action. In the face of business difficulties and issues that are impacting the tourism industry, it can be tempting to wait and see…

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3 Reasons Why Leadership is about Looking Inwardly

Today in conversation with a leader, she mentioned how everyone else was to blame – different team members, partners to the business – she took no responsibility for the part that she plays in it all. I called it out pretty quickly and we had a VERY good heart to heart. Self–awareness is beyond critical…

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What’s more important, mindset or marketing?

When it comes to tourism leadership and growing tourism business, what’s more important, mindset or marketing? The reason I ask…. I frequently have this conversation. What matters more? Or what matters most? And what do they both mean?! Many tourism business leaders aren’t doing well at marketing – think attracting tourists to their business because…

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Workshopping the 3P’s

How often do you get your tourism team together? Are the meetings always operational or do you get a chance to be strategic? Do you focus on your tourism product (or service), process, or spend time talking about your people? I love using the 3P’s technique. Product, Process and People Often many businesses get caught…

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All Conversations Count

When it comes to people’s problems, are you nipping things in the bud? Sitting and contemplating, or sweeping them under the carpet? Ignoring them and praying either the situation will sort itself out, they’ll sort themselves out, or people will grow up and get over it, move on, and forget about it? I’ve heard all…

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Speed of Recovery

There are many reasons teams are slow at recovering from challenges, and yet SPEED of RECOVERY is one of the most important factors for high-performance teams. At no point, can we ever say it’ll be smooth sailing and clear skies? Every business has its challenges, as every team does, and so it’s not about wishing…

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The Top 10 Tendencies Obstructing Human High Performance

Recently delivered several workshops on this topic, and we discussed specifically the Top 10 Tendencies that are obstructing human high performance. Particularly impacting workplace culture, routines and habits, communication, competitiveness, adherence to process/rules and so much more. Each team that participated was fortunate enough to be in the ‘Pro-Team’ category (a 7-8/10), already a professional…

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Decisive Action key for Tourism Business Leaders

This morning this very phrase was top of mind and used frequently when brainstorming with a client. “If not now, when?” It can be a powerful motivator when it comes to decision-making and taking action. In the face of business difficulties and issues that are impacting the tourism industry, it can be tempting to wait…

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Build a Stronger Tourism Team and Grow Their Capabilities

Do you frequently find yourself climbing or falling into the problem box? Suddenly you’re the one in there solving everyone’s problems. Or do you love being the ‘go-to’, the guru answering all the questions? If you’re wanting to build a stronger tourism team and grow capability within others, it’s really important to stay out of…

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Presupposing a Team’s Potential

One family holiday we decided to brave it and all go snorkelling. It seemed like a fairly mammoth effort getting everyone kitted out in wetsuits, snorkels and fins. In the back of my mind, I kept thinking it would just be easier to stay on the boat and enjoy the views and the sounds of…

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What Role do you Play?

I was chatting with a great leader the other day. They hold a senior executive role within a tourism business. He’s passionate, amazing with people, and with great technical skills. However… here’s the big BUT coming. He is SO caught up in the day-to-day that he can’t step away and be strategic, plan or focus…

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Activities to Improve Skill & Capability across the Tourism Team

What activities does your business undertake daily to improve the skill and capability of the team? By way of example – any of these; Team meetings Staff training Onboarding new starters Performance development Strategic planning session Constructive feedback conversations And there is so much more… Are you doing any of these today or something else?…

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Retaining, Training or Harnessing Talent

There are a lot of conversations about mass resignations happening in the US. Will Australia face it too? Has it started already? The tourism industry is also currently struggling to find people and fill roles. Some businesses are slicing and dicing to be leaner and meaner than ever before, regardless of longevity, loyalty and commitment…

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Stop Avoiding Difficult Conversations

In your tourism business you might manage a team, lead the business, need to talk to superiors, work with clients, or at home with a partner, or dealing with children, these types of conversations are around us all day long. Are you needing to have a conversation with someone? It could be a business discussion…

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Delivering the Ultimate in Guest Experience

What does it take to have happy customers? What keeps guests coming back time and time again or telling their friends and family? These two indicators are great measures of success in tourism to know when a product or experience has nailed it. That the delivery of the guest experience is so good, that guests…

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Managing the Whelm

How good are you at doing the ‘Whelm’? My client Sally has been great at it lately. It’s the feeling when it’s all too much, when the to-do list has gotten so big, it’s beyond unmanageable. We call it the Whelm. It starts to take over everything and impacts sleep, focus, energy and productivity. Think…

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Focus is a Super Power

Do you have this superpower at your fingertips? Ever have days when you wish you could shut the door, turn off all the surrounding noise, people, and commitments, and REALLY focus? I can. It’s one of my superpowers. One I use a LOT. Here’s why. I get stuff done when I’m super focused. It’s faster…

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Piggy in the Middle

  On our recent school holidays, we found warmer weather and hit the pool. So much fun and great to get some sun and warmth onto our bodies after this weird and wet Sydney weather. One of our family favourites is the game Piggy in the Middle. The kids now 11 and 13 love pegging…

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When Personalities Collide

So many business leaders say to me ‘Our team is so different. We have such different personalities!” Yes, we’re all very different, however, there are certainly also similarities. And whilst it is never about a cookie cutter one-size fits all, once you get a feel for the similarities and differences, it actually makes life much…

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Raising Our Standards

Raising Our Standards

In the words of Tony Robbins “The ONLY THING that will… ❤️ change our lives 💼 change our businesses 💵 change our money/wealth 🫂 change our relationships Is raising our standards. 💯 The only thing that changes our life long-term is when we raise ⬆️ our standards. So what does that mean? 👇 We all…

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