Category Archives: Performance
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…
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…
Taking Power Breaks
Lots of people are anxious, stressed, stressed out, and some at complete burnout phase; running on empty with the extremely intense experiences we’ve been living through personally and professionally these last few years; especially in tourism. We often think we need a break, time out, and we might try to grab a few minutes during…
Action Taker or Avoider?
Whilst contemplating today’s blog topic, Frank arrived… literally in person. My awesome landlord for the office. We’ve had some flood damage issues upstairs, causing a few problems in my space. I let him know Friday, he saw it Saturday, then popped in today with the repair guy to discuss fixing it next Monday. Wow. Impressive.…
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…
3 Steps to Turn Chaos into Clarity
Too much on your mind? Being pulled from pillar to post? It can look and feel like chaos. When you’re leading a team, growing tourism business, and looking after customers and clients, it can be very busy being all things to all people. Except for the one person that matters the most. YOU. Maybe you’re…
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…
How to shift Micro Habits
Do you know some of the micro habits that are helpful or harmful in your world? Whether it’s around your tourism business, health, finance, relationships, leadership… etc. Our micro habits can make or break the way in which we’re able to thrive. They can impact our self-care, connection, our ability to be assertive, plan and…
Customer Health Check-Up
In my work with tourism businesses lately, we’ve been exploring ALL things customer journey. Are you familiar with your customer’s journey? Have you mapped it recently, taken time to dive in and explore deeply where the customer is at? What their deepest frustrations, fears, wants and aspirations are? Or have you continued to keep selling…
Learning to Delegate
Delegation doesn’t necessarily come naturally to everyone. If you had parental influence anything like mine, the mantras were “If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well” and “If you want a job done well, do it yourself”. Yes literally, that’s what I grew up with. I watched my Dad, an amazingly hard working man,…
3 Ways to Regain Momentum
Jane and her team were a little stuck in their business. They were stuck being very operational. Caught up in the day to day. Their pace was hectic, they were going fast and actually great at doing. However, they weren’t actually loving who they were being, and couldn’t focus on what they needed to do…
Do you have a PQ Powered Culture?
Did you know only 20% of teams ever achieve 80% of their potential? Is your team one of the 20% of High Performers or one of the 80% that achieve less? A bit less or perhaps a lot less. Many business leaders share their numbers with us. How well the business is doing (or not).…
Beating the Back to Work Blues
Happy New Year! I know you work in tourism, but you might be lucky enough to have had some time off over this silly season. Coming back to work after any holiday is always tough. I love my work, my clients, and my team yet honestly, I still get those holiday blues. I thought these…
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…
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?…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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The training was engaging and we had a great group to work with throughout the program. I feel better equipped to manage my stress at work. I am now more focused and better at setting priorities.
Wildlife Coast Cruises
Jess Patman
and Brett Lacco
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I learnt a lot about communication and adaptability. Particularly how to find middle ground with people. I learnt a lot about how to deal with challenging behaviours with external stakeholder relationships.