Posts by Kim

After well over a decade as an accredited leadership coach specialising in the public sector, I’ve seen that most leaders have a clear sense of what’s expected of them and…

As we begin to wind down 2025, I’m reminded to reflect on the year that was and the many wonderful people I crossed paths with over the past 12 months.…

Last month, we took a look at a leadership study which found the following attributes as most important for executive presence in a modern world: Gravitas Communication Appearance Confidence Superior…

“It’s not like I didn’t want it. I just couldn’t picture myself in it. Like maybe I would walk into the room and someone would ask what I was doing…

It’s usually easy to spot when someone on your team is missing technical skills. Perhaps they haven’t quite got the hang of a system yet, or they keep making the…

As the temperature drops and Canberra’s frosty nights settle in, you can literally feel the natural world coming to a standstill. While on the surface the trees are bare, beneath…

Time changes all things. You need only watch a political speech from the 1940s, or walk through a modern workplace to see how much has shifted. The way we relate…

Of all the skills you could build during your career, strategic influence is maybe the most essential and valuable. It grants you a seat at the ‘big’ table – empowering…

One of the most common reasons people contact me for 1:1 coaching is to help them get a promotion. I can immediately gauge from our first conversation how serious they…