What’s your New Year’s resolution?

You’re probably ready to reply with something personal — a skill to learn, a habit to change, or a goal to achieve. Or, like me, you might skip it entirely - because resolutions are too hard to make stick.

But what if I asked your team the same question?  How would they describe themselves in the future? What would they want to learn, change or achieve together?

This month, I worked with two teams on exactly this! 

I asked them to physically stand on a rope. One end representing December 2025, the other December 2027. As they stood in the present, I asked them to look ahead and describe what they saw.

Not one person in either team mentioned achieving strategic goals, profit, or market share.

Instead, unprompted, they talked about:

·       Trust

·       Belonging

·       Navigating challenges together

·       Learning and growing as a team

·       And the difference these things made for staff, customers, suppliers, shareholders, and the wider community

Most teams focus on strategic and operational plans, especially at this time of the year. Great! They are critical to ensure activity is aligned. But there’s more to talk about…

Perhaps the most powerful planning question isn’t what will we achieve by when?

It’s who do we need to be — together — to get there?

So maybe your team needs a New Year’s resolution too — and some support to help make it stick! If you’re keen to have a chat about this idea, please get in touch.

Enjoy the break, rest well, and step into 2026 with fresh energy! And a resolutions that lasts beyond mid-January!

🐦‍⬛ Meet my new neighbour!

I’ve never actually seen him (this is a stock photo), but I sure can hear him (audio is actual recording).

He sings…

Every 10 seconds.

Every daylight hour.

Every... Single... Day!

At first, I smiled so much. Such a beautiful voice!

By day two, I was silently negotiating with him - maybe a five-minute break?

By day three… I was searching for my noise-cancelling headphones (just kidding).

Yet, when he does stop, I wonder. Where's he gone? Is he alright?

His singing habits remind me to smile, be grateful for small things, constantly refocus, be-persistent, appreciate nature, and listen to your neighbours!

If you'd like to have a chat about the impact of small things, refocusing on what's important and being-persistent, get in touch ❤️.

BTW - he's in full swing this morning... every 10 seconds!!!

10 x Team Coaching tips for non- Team Coaches!

I recently shared 10 practical team coaching approaches for non-team coaches at an Institute of Organisational Psychology New Zealand  (part of the New Zealand Psychological Society) symposium — and participants had the chance to practice using them too!

It was a hit - participants loved it. Especially how practical these tips are.

Team coaching is complex. It involves years of training, hands-on experience, and supervision. We couldn’t cover all of that justice in 60 minutes yesterday, but we could explore a few simple tips to bring a taste of team coaching into everyday team interactions.

You don’t need to master them all at once. Start small — just try one.

I bet you’ll notice the difference in how your team communicates, collaborates, and solves problems.

Talk to me to find out more about these tools and ad d them to your tool kit!