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AchieveForum is a recognised global leader in linking learning to strategic business objectives. Forum New Zealand is the New Zealand distributor of Forum Corporation (www.forum.com) and a subsidiary of Platform Consulting. Forum is a recognised global leader in linking learning to strategic business objectives. Our learning solutions help organisations effectively execute their business strategi

es by focusing on their most important asset: their people. We provide clients with practical and research-based advice and tailored programs that mobilize employees, accelerate business-initiative implementation, and improve agility. Forum’s 40-year legacy as a pioneer and thought leader continues with the release of our latest book, Strategic Speed (Harvard Business Press). We focus on maximizing the impact individual and group behaviour has on effectively achieving time-critical business results. Forum’s extensive global network of talented and expert facilitators and consultants combine years of content facilitation with practical work experience in company roles similar to the participants with whom they work. Forum has offices and training professionals across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Forum New Zealand works closely with Forum's Australian and Asia offices to support regional initiatives as well as having a strong client bas in New Zealand. Specialties
Invigorating your salesforce, Developing leaders at all levels, Delivering on your customer experience, Accelerating strategy ex*****on, Executive / Management Coaching, Strategic Visioning / Strategy Development

09/03/2023

I had an interesting discussion with a new CEO today around an incident in his executive team that pointed to lack of alignment around what high performance leadership is in his organisation. he admitted that this discussion had not been had to his knowledge and was a contributor to the issue he was dealing with.

In this blog the writer, Steve McKee explores the weather its power or influence that's critical. He states

Leaders can choose whether they develop power or influence, but Steve McKee says only one leads to effective leadership.

02/03/2023

Back on the old hobby horse of time & priority Management!

Need fresh ideas on managing your time? Check out my Ultimate Ten Point Guide to Personal Time Management for actionable takeaways.

22/02/2023

I think I could dedicate a regular post just to meetings! Meetings come a close second to email as the Bain of most peoples work-lives. In this post the author questions whether meetings are a reflection of the organisation’s culture. I think it has some validity from my observations over a number of years. The post also has a link to meeting effectiveness checklists for both virtual and face-to-face meetings.

Five decades of research shows the huge impact of organizational culture on outcomes like Return on Investment, stock prices, service/quality levels, productivity, sales, profitability, cost-effectiveness, and similar results. Organizational culture is also a key factor in levels of employee engagem...

15/02/2023

Alaina Love, the author of this blog asked a client

Make the most of the new year by creating a Leadership Capability Big 5 list outlining how to boost your leadership and personal abilities.

08/02/2023

Most of us have experienced

If your team feels “stuck,” the problem might involve issues that are difficult to discuss — conflict between two team members, for example, or an underperforming employee. To address these issues head-on, leaders must learn the art of framing a conversation so people can organize their though...

25/01/2023

After three years of battling the implications and impacts of covid on management practices there's still no agreement as to how it changes your approach. Hybrid work seems to be a reality in many organisations I deal with. How this is managed is many and varied. The question that doesn't seem to being addressed is the root of the issue....Leadership / management practices. This blog starts to explore this and the need to move from an activity to outcomes focus. It will be difficult for many organisations / managers to understand the "Managing Peoples Work" doesn't give the best outcome!

A few months ago, I saw a piece of research which has stuck with me. Research by Microsoft was looking into how Hybrid Work was working, and found out the following shocking statistic: 87% of employees feel like they are just as productive working remotely as they are in the office But 88% of manage...

14/12/2022

You may be surprised how many people I work with suffer from “Imposter Syndrome”. Sometimes these people come across as very confident, even though in their mind they’re not. RThe question is how do you over come this? In this HBR Blog they focus on the need to build courage as the starting point. If you suffer from self-doubt or lack confidence may be there’s some gems in this for you.

Self-doubt is a pervasive and often paralyzing concern, and research has repeatedly shown that it impacts women more than men. So what makes high-achieving women power through their self-doubt? According to the author’s research, they focus on building up their courage, not their confidence. She o...

07/12/2022

Most leaders wear a lot of hats in their role and seem to continually question which ones they should be wearing and when. In this blog, Wally Block has distilled these hats down to three and then questions how do you balance them. I found it simplifies the areas of focus for a leader and hopefully it will reasonate!

Leadership is a complex, high stakes balancing act. Here’s why.

30/11/2022

I was taught many years ago that when you're having a collaborative conversation you need to explore and understand the other person's perspective while explaining and advocating your own. In doing so, the objective is to use this approach to come up with a way forward that you both agree with. If you can't achieve this then the next step is to agree to a "Third" perspective that is acceptable to both of you..

In this blog Ken Norton uses this technique to underpin have a difficult conversation, especially as he says when there's an elephant in the room. Ken gives you a simple structure for preparing for one of these conversations and if need be how to craft the "Third Story"

What to do when it’s time for some tough talk

23/11/2022

It’s a pity that we need to continue to remind people of the risk of burn-out. In his latest blog, Nick Petrie (based in Nelson) outlines his suggested approach to dealing with this issue. The suggestions are underpinned with his own research and as I’d expect pragmatic. Have a look at

Why do some hard workers burnout and others are fine? Over the past two years I’ve been studying, this question. The simplistic view is that burnout is caused by too much work. While this is a factor – no one is burning out the beach – it is not that simple. In our interviews we saw that it wa...

18/11/2022

How many of you profess to wanting to be more proactive in your role? How many of you would consider yourself very action oriented, results driven and customer focused? Those two approached are often in dynamic tension and normally mean that you spend a lot of time fire fighting and in the weeds.

For those of you that aspire to change your behaviours might be interested in this blog from the Eblin Group. It gives you an approach to start this journey.

Finding yourself bogged down in too many details? Here’s how one simple change can help you stay out of the weeds.

02/11/2022

Meetings, Bloody Meetings!
They are still the bain of peoples life at work. If you're responsible for setting them up here's some ideas as to how to streamline them.

Every CEO, middle manager and first-time manager I have ever worked with has struggled to figure out how to run a productive staff meeting.

26/10/2022

This isn't the first time I've reposted productivity related blogs. This one struck a chord as I've been working with some managers that have taken steps to start to control their emails. These steps have included:

Better management of their notifications on their devices to reduce distractions
Using smart mails boxes to sideline CC emails and newsletters or anything that has "Unsubscribe" in. the footer.
Talking to their teams to help them released the impact of CCing people into what they send out.

Every manager that has tried simple things like this has got better control on their inbox.

This blog starts to look at productivity through an email lens and give some additional ideas for improving workflow.

It's often the simplest behaviors that lead to the greatest transformation. Here is a case in point.

19/10/2022

Every day I seem to be meeting with people who under incredible pressure with significantly greater work loads.

How neuroscience can help organizations prevent “The Great Burnout.”

13/10/2022

We can all probably relate to having experienced low psychological safety at some point within a team or a group - that immediate feeling of being unable to speak up with ideas, questions or concerns due to a fear of ridicule or hurt or being embarrassed.

We know its critical factor for team performance.

The highest-performing teams have one thing in common: psychological safety — the belief that you won’t be punished when you make a mistake. Studies show that psychological safety allows for moderate risk-taking, speaking your mind, creativity, and sticking your neck out without fear of having i...

06/10/2022

Ken Blanchard continues to pump out words of wisdom that are worth reading. In this blog he explores simple rules of "Working with Others"

Remember the days when we used to get report cards from our teachers? They gave us feedback not only about our class work but also about us as human beings. Perhaps you were one of the kids whose t…

21/09/2022

This should be must reading for all leaders! It explores the dimensions of great leadership and tests short and long-term thinking when it comes to how you behave in the areas of:

Results
Ethics
People
Culture

What’s the best legacy a leader can leave? Is it a track record of significant results achieved? What about how those results were achieved?

14/09/2022

Leadership "Presence" at any level is hard to define. The reality seems to be that people recognise it when they experience it and when they don't. This blog hopefully will give you some ideas of the things you need to do to enhance your presence as it seems to be as important as what you deliver.

In our ever-changing business and leadership world, the ability to lead requires an awareness of self that is anchored in executive presence.

08/09/2022

When I'm working with teams one of the most common topics of discussion is how can we increase performance by improving accountability. if this is one of your challenges this blog may give you some ideas

Do you hold people accountable or do you CREATE accountability? The difference is important and could change the way your people feel about work.

24/08/2022

For many people its that time of the year! The time is the development of their’s and their team members objectives for the coming year.

There are many ways of dealing with this challenge. I favour simplicity in the process and the outcomes. The concept of OKR’s has been around for a while and is still not understood by many. This blog will hopefully provide you with some guidance on how to use them as an enhancement to current approaches.

I’m a big fan of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). I’ve previously written about how they can be used to bring about Organisational…

13/10/2021

I'm not sure I fully agree with the writer of this blog as he focuses on the questions / themes relevant to "Top Talent". From what I'm seeing it impacts employees at all levels currently.

Research is now showing over 50% of staff are considering job changes in the next year. Why...lack of all forms of recognition is right up there. The easiest one for people to focus on is remuneration. Remember for many people this is just one tangible form of recognition. The question is "are you having the right discussions to uncover what's important to the individuals who work for you?" and then are you in some way showing the faith by doing something before they don't have a choice but to depart.

Too many high-potential talent feel unheard, unsupported and unappreciated. You can wait for HR to tell you this after the employee leaves, or you can do something about it.

06/10/2021

I had the privilege many years ago of spending the evening with Ken and Majorie Blanchard. It's still something I remember vividly as it was both enjoyable and educational. Ken continues to write and provide direction to leaders world-wide in simple and easily understandable ways. This blog is no exception.

Pop quiz: What is your leadership point of view? By that I mean, what are your thoughts about how you lead others, and where did those thoughts come from? I learned from Noel Tichy, author of The L…

15/09/2021

Are your hours at work an hour long or have you shortened them to 50 minutes? The virtual world has in some cases magnified our time management challenges. Many people have been experiencing back on back meetings with little respite other than turning off the camera to get some physical separation. We all need time to pause and reflect. In this blog you'll be given and overview of the "Thieves of Time" and how these can reduce our effectiveness if not managed.

Leadership Now is a leading source for leadership development and analysis. We believe that anyone can make a difference by leading from where they are.

08/09/2021

Workload......the current problem for most people. Workload leads to pressure which leads to stress that in some cases leads to burnout! Here's an interesting blog that looks at the two most common types of pressure and how manage them effectively.

Leadership Now is a leading source for leadership development and analysis. We believe that anyone can make a difference by leading from where they are.

02/09/2021

The need for true is one of the foundational building blocks for all relationships.

An investment in building trust pays significant dividends in both good and challenging times, and can help us navigate obstacles, turning those challenges into opportunities. Sharon Amoss shares the powerful impact of trust and how we can make the choice to foster trust in our relationships.

25/08/2021

One of the great things that comes from life is that often you get to see great tools and concepts come around for the second and third times!

When I was trained many years ago as Total Quality Management (TQM) facilitator I was exposed to some powerful, enduring tools. One of these tools is call the Force Field Analysis. In this blog it shows how it can be applied to support change. Hopefully you'll find it a practical help for your own initiatives.

Here’s a tool called Force Field Analysis from Kurt Lewin to help you identify forces supporting and resisting change so you can lead your team through it.

19/08/2021

I come across the issue of Imposter Syndrome more often than most people would think. Even highly successful people can suffer from it. I recently realised this when I was helping a client with a review of their L&D function across a significant organisation. I remember thinking that I probably now had the experience to do the National Training Managers role I was appointed to in 1994! A good case of retrospective Imposter Syndrome. This blog will give you some ideas for helping to deal with it.

Have you ever found yourself feeling like a fraud, questioning whether you’re deserving of your position at work, or wondering when everyone will realise that you actually have no idea what you’re doing - even when your career is going great and despite your manager, colleagues or clients being ...

11/08/2021

A lot of people espouse values based leadership.

As executives are called upon to hit a broader range of ESG targets, they will need better ways to manage ethical dilemmas.

28/07/2021

I remember a client CEO telling me one of the ongoing challenges was building trust, credibility and equity in his company's brand. He said that this was critical so that when the organisation got into a situation that potentially impacted it's reputation that there was enough equity in the company's metaphorical "Brand Bank Account" to allow a draw down.

As individuals are we any different? Has your bank account got sufficient equity to cover major reputational issues without going into overdraft? When you are in a negative situation how do you respond? Do you remain true to your values or compromise your position deepening the problem? Read on.....

To help build authenticity, be clear on the specific values that have guided your career and that you expect others to embrace.

21/07/2021

The epidemic continues! Stress and work-life balance continue to be part of my discussions on a day-to-day basis. This seems to be happening at all levels of the workforce and no-one seems exempt.

This question is what can we do about it practically? Greg Vanourek seems to have tweaked the narrative on this critical issue and talks about managing our margin. Hopefully it hits the mark with your situation and experience.

Many of us are always “on” these days, running from task to task. The problem: We don’t have enough margin in our lives.

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Forum New Zealand is the New Zealand distributor of AchieveForum (www.achieveforum.com) and a subsidiary of Platform Consulting. AchieveForum is a recognised global leader in linking learning to strategic business objectives. Their learning solutions help organisations effectively execute their business strategies by focusing on their most important asset: their people. We provide clients with practical and research-based advice and tailored programs that mobilise employees, accelerate business-initiative implementation, and improve agility. Forum New Zealand focuses on maximizing the impact individual and group behaviour has on effectively achieving time-critical business results. Our relationship with AchieveForum gives us access to their extensive global network of talented and expert facilitators and consultants. AchieveForum has offices and training professionals across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. We work closely with AchieveForum's Australian and Asia offices to support regional initiatives as well as having a strong client base in New Zealand.

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Specialties Executive / management coaching, Training leaders at all levels, Accelerating strategy ex*****on, Strategic visioning and business planning, Business performance analysis and planning