Leadership Matters Blog

Workplace burnout has shifted from a human resource talking point to a measurable operational challenge. In Australia, recent data from Beyond Blue reveals that half of the workforce experienced burnout over the past year. This is no longer just about individuals having a stressful week; it is a structural issue that reflects directly on a […]

What if how you were leading had gradually changed without you really noticing? Suddenly you realise you are working more hours than ever before, you feel like you alone are carrying the weight of your business or function, your team has stopped really showing up and holding themselves to account for delivering the work and […]

The leadership challenge of the multi-generational workplace In Australian workplaces, there are now five generations working side by side, increasingly presenting challenges for leadership. According to research from Deloitte, organisations know it, with 70% recognising that leading multigenerational workforces will matter to their success over the next 12 to 18 months. Only 10% feel ready […]

Ask anyone who works in leadership development, and they will all tell you: Development should never be a one-size-fits-all approach. Helping someone learn, stretch and step up requires you to meet them where they are. A leader who is new to a role needs something very different from one who is capable but lacking confidence. […]

We are leading in a world that moves faster than our nervous systems were ever designed to handle, where our attention is constantly pulled in a dozen directions at once and where the volume of decisions, information and expectations we face each day seems to multiply the moment we catch our breath. The pressure to […]

Promoting strong individual contributors into management is still one of the most common leadership decisions organisations make yet remains one of the least supported.  A high performer delivers results, earns trust, and gets recognised. The next step seems obvious: give them a team. But the move from doing the work to leading people is not […]

Leadership training is one of the most common investments organisations make and one of the least interrogated. Courses are rolled out, workshops are delivered, and managers are given frameworks for feedback, delegation, and communication. On paper, capability is being addressed.  But when organisations step back and look at how leadership actually shows up day to day, the same patterns […]

Everyone says truth matters – yet leaders speaking it clearly and fully is rarer than ever. Why is that so, and how do we fix it?  Edelman’s 2026 Trust Barometer shows we are plumbing new depths of a trust crisis. Whilst the last 12 months saw some paltry gains in some trust measures, across the […]

A recent McKinsey survey found that while more than 70% of organisations have piloted or deployed artificial intelligence in some form, fewer than 30% report having achieved measurable, sustained business impact from those investments. The gap between ambition and outcome is striking – and largely predictable. The reason is rarely the technology. AI tools have […]