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Insights from 30 years of lived experience in employment relations, leadership, and early intervention. These pieces are written for managers, senior leaders, principals, boards, and anyone responsible for people. They are practical, human, and grounded in real situations. If you want to lead well, act early, and build strong, fair relationships, you are in the right place.
Employment Relationship Problems Usually Start Small
Conduct. Competence. Complaints. Performance. In almost every employment situation I am called into, the pattern is the same. It did not start big. It never does. An employee takes a risk, nothing is said, and what starts as a risk becomes a habit, which then becomes in the mind of this employee, an entitlement. Here is what I know after 30 years in this space, and why the most important thing any people leader should do is, "HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, HAVE THAT KOORERO"
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I provide a 2-hour workshop on early intervention, the 3 C's and a P, and how to have the koorero that prevents issues from escalating. Available online or in-person across Aotearoa, for boards, principals, and senior leadership teams.