Growing potential
on purpose
Most workplaces never ask people for their best.
We do — and then we help them build it into something real.
Growing potential
Team Engagement Solutions
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited.”
That's the whole job. Our engagement solutions turn untapped capability into sharper thinking, real confidence, and ideas people actually act on. Here's what we run for teams ready for more than the usual:
Flat to Phat!?!
A flat team usually isn't a broken one — it's an untapped one running on empty. A team engagement solution is the jolt that fixes that.
“Leaders don’t influence outcomes; they influence people to act in ways that create them.”
Quiet meetings. Recycled ideas. People just going through the motions. That's flat — and it's exactly what we fix, built around your team, not a program we run for everyone.
Awaken the Leader Within
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Most frontline managers get promoted for being good at the job, then never actually taught how to lead people doing it. This program fixes that gap — a series of interactive workshops giving your frontline managers the real tools and confidence to lead, not just supervise.
Planning for Success
PRODUCTIVITY & PLANNING
Ambition's never been the problem. Follow-through is. This program gives you the tools to plan properly, beat procrastination, and actually finish what you start.
Mentoring
Forget the seminar. Real change happens one conversation at a time.
Leadership Mentoring
ONE HOUR MENTORING SESSION
Most leaders aren't missing capability — they're missing an hour with someone who'll actually name what's in the way.
DISC or Hogan Mentoring
TWO HOUR MENTORING SESSION
Most people can describe their strengths. Fewer can explain how they actually come across under pressure — that's the gap this session closes.
Scope Blog
Ideas worth stealing, arguments worth having, and the odd story that'll make you laugh mid-scroll.
Blog
In the first of our ‘For Health’s Sake!?!’ series Melanie Smith, nutritionist and health practitioner shares just how we are shrinking our brains living with stress! Let’s face it - nobody needs a small brain!
If you have been avoiding holding a coaching or performance conversation, then grab a coffee and enjoy this week's blog. One of the most powerful motivators at work is to feel that you are progressing and contributing to meaningful work. What separates highly effective leaders from average ones is their recognition of the power of coaching. So build our confidence and lead well!
Surrounding yourself with the right people is often the difference between 'good' and 'great'. But why limit your guidance to just one source when you could engage a personal board of directors. This week's blog explores the 6 positions you should aim to fill at your table.
Employee engagement is critical! This week's blog gives you 6 strategies to drive employee engagement. Start your engines and check your levels of engagement.
Tired of doing everyone else’s work and not your own!? Then sharpen your focus. Don’t be busy be productive. Take a minute and read this week’s blog to make sure YOU are the priority.
Why do we tolerate pricks in the workplace? Such an interesting question! There are so many excuses; none of which are acceptable. Poor behaviour is everyone’s fault and responsibility. You have two options with a porcupine: 1. Move their behaviour up; or 2. Move ‘em out and off the team!
Enjoy our blog and start tackling your porcupines!
If you need to know how to drive your team results, then this week's blog is a must read!
MJ recently spent time with Donna Quinn, hospitality entrepreneur and now owner of Coco Belle Espresso Bar in Mt Pleasant. Read Donna's thoughts on the Perth Market and how she escaped the daily grind launching her Gold Plate finalist Espresso Bar Coco Belle. Engaging with her local market and delivering on the freshest food is the business strategy behind Coco Belle's success.
MJ spends time with Neil Randall, acclaimed footballer, Commissioner of the WAFC, Past President and Director of Subiaco Football Club, owner of the Paddington Ale House, President of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Hotels Association and Board Member for Hostplus, hearing his thoughts on leadership and the state of play in the Perth Hospitality Market.
It's time for your first quarter check in! How are you travelling with the goals you established in January? Are you running on 1/4 full, or 1/4 empty? Check how you are measuring up and explore the basics of SMART business planning. Planning shouldn't be daunting; it should be fun!
MJ recently spent time with Andrew McIntyre from Lot Twenty (a bespoke small bar in Northbridge) gaining his thoughts on the state of the Perth hospitality market and his secrets on empowering and developing an incredible team. Enjoy the read; we think Andrew, his team and his establishment are truly spectacular!
Who does that?!?! Find out as MJ shares her reflections and learnings on her journey from unfit and unhealthy to #beawesome
In the first of our series on smallBIZperation, we spend time with Louise Atkinson, owner of Whispering Sands Horse Play Centre. If you have never been counselled by a horse, then you are missing out on one of life's magic moments!
As MJ turns 50 she shares the 10 most influential lessons she has learned. How many do you agree with?
Mark Daniels is truly inspirational! Follow his journey as he shares with us how he went from near-death to participating in marathons in under a year; a thought provoking and inspiring article on leadership, the power of goal-setting and grit. In Mark's words "Screw 'Disabled', Screw Normal; only you know what you are capable of."
You can no longer reply on talent alone! As our series continues, we spend time talking all things talent management with Stan Rolfe, Principal at Qi Talent Solutions and Managing Editor at ATCHub. Explore the future of recruitment, so you can prepare for a change in the employment model.
As our series on the changing workforce continues, we examine just what it means to be entering the exponential age; an era of dramatic change that will revolutionise many industries. How will you be affected? Be prepared!
We spent time with Gia Le, Entrepreneur and author of Perthspective, asking what she thought a change in the job market would mean for the Independent Worker. Her thoughts and insight give an interesting vantage to our research on the changing workforce.
MJ was fortunate to spent time with Nick Lloyd, awarded the WA Australian Hotels Association Award for Best Venue Manager in 2016. Nick shares his thoughts on leadership and learning, the state of the Perth Market and what it takes to run a successful venue.
40% of Australian jobs will be obsolete in the next 10-15 years! This article explores why and what you can do to prepare yourself. Enjoy!
DISC serves as a looking glass, providing awareness and insight into how others may perceive us when we engage with them. Built on the foundations of the research of Dr William Marston (the creator of the comic book character Wonder Woman), this blog explores the framework of DISC and why it is favoured as a behavioural assessment tool by the Fortune 500 companies and Scope Vision.
Curious to know the definition of 'T&T'? Look no further! Read how 'T&T' evolved, its definition and see an example in action. 'T&T' a leadership capability you can ill afford to be without! Enjoy.
If ‘Feedback is a gift’ as Ken Blanchard attests, then why do so many of us want a refund, or wish to re-gift it straight after it’s been given? How feedback is afforded often differentiates whether we perceive it to be of value, or quite frankly put – just ‘an elephant to the head’, something that negatively weighs on your mind. This week's blog explores Appreciative Inquiry; a process you can use to encourage curiosity, stimulate thinking and explore!
Having problems encouraging the team to have awesome thoughts? Is everyone living inside the box and contributing average thinking when extraordinary is what's required? It may just be time for you to embrace Edward De Bono's 6 hat parallel thinking philosophy. This week's blog explores De Bono's tool for critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity.
This week MJ was fortunate to spend time with leading Perth Hotelier Andrew Donovan hearing his thoughts on leadership and the state of the Perth hospitality market. Enjoy the read!
If your team are unhappy and unproductive, there could be a good reason. This week's guest blogger Theo Winter explores 4 reasons why people disengage.
Ever run a planning session that starts with a whiteboard full of everything that's wrong? There's a better way. SOAR is a strengths-based planning framework that swaps "what's broken" for "what's working" — and it changes the whole energy in the room. In this post we break down why SWOT isn't wrong, just tired, and how four simple questions can get your team building instead of defending. Read it, steal the questions, watch what happens.