Mark and myself recently attended the Climate Emergency Rally in Canberra. A stunning display of young people standing up and leading for the greater good. “When the adults won’t lead we have no choice ” was a consistent theme. All inspired by 16 year old Greta Thunberg who started her own school strike outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018. Well worth watching her TED talk.

Wet and windy weather on Bruny Island Tasmania didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for engaging in powerful and different conversations as part of the Milparanga program. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander participants came from across Australia with the aim of focusing on building their leadership, governance and decision-making capabilities. Serious fun and a lot of learning for everyone involved.

For information on the program go to the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation

I warmly invite you to join me in a world leading training that underpins the Art of Hosting practice, in the Parliamentary Triangle in Canberra in Feb 2019. We believe these workshops will be particularly useful for people in or working with organisations or groups where collaboration and inclusive communication are espoused but the practice falls short.

The training is experiential and gives you multiple experiences of how to build cultures of collaboration and engagement when organising your projects. I recommend doing this training together with your work colleagues and bring a current challenge to work on. Continue reading “Groundwork and Graphic Facilitation training in Canberra Feb 2019” →

As part of an Australian Rural Leadership program  Global Learning worked with 19 emerging leaders from the Rice Industry.  Based in Deniliquin the five day residential program provided a deeply immersive journey focused on such aspects as self awareness,  collaboration, team performance, communication and feedback

A rich diversity of participants came from community, business, farming, government  and research.

Our appreciation of the wonder of rice has been enhanced dramatically!

Dear Steve

When checking in with Robyn, Maria and Tjanara, I was delighted to hear that so many women had registered for Sacred Leadership and curious as to why, so far, less men had taken the plunge.

It was my involvement as one of Talkpoint’s male facilitation team, when they gathered men to talk about gender equality with Dr. Michael Kimmel, that inspired me to introduce Tjanara Goreng Goreng to Robyn Katz. I had experienced first-hand the special quality of a Talkpoint event and knew Tjanara had an important message for Australia’s business community, and for men. Continue reading “An Australian way to Leadership” →