Practicing what we preach (and Dates for 2025)

2025 Course and Event Dates Released:

1. Corporate Box Coaching
2. The Coaching Leader Training
3. Mental Health First Aid Training
4. Luminary Leadership Breakfasts

Leadership 101: Never ask anyone to do something?you are not willing to do yourself.??

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been speaking about, writing about, and encouraging leaders and teams to take time to reflect, think and strategise in preparation for 2025. One of the responsibilities that comes with promoting best practices to everyone else, is making sure you practice what you preach.??

So this week Mara and I took some time to get away, to find the space to do our own strategic planning and celebrate all that we have achieved this year.??

CHANGE LOCATION, CHANGE MINDSET

We chose to do this by the beach.

Why?

Yes, it is relaxing. Yes, we were in need of a holiday. Yes, it is always good to combine business and pleasure where possible. But there was another, more important reason.

We needed to think differently. To have different conversations than those we have day to day. We needed to switch gears and operate from a different mindset.

One of the best ways to change mindsets is to change the environment. There is a well-established link in psychology research between how we think and the environment we are in. New and different environments often result in increased creativity, enhanced cognitive flexibility, and improved problem-solving abilities. This is often referred to as the 'novelty effect.'

Other benefits include:

• Cognitive stimulation - new environments have new stimuli that spark new ideas
• Breaking mental patterns - when we go where we have always gone, we slip back into the same thought processes we always use
• Reduced cognitive restraints - people are often more focused on collaboration, engagement, and what is possible, and less likely to focus on traditional limitations

There is a reason that the "leadership offsite" is a thing. Whether it's planning for next year, or problem-solving later in the year, if you want your people to think differently, think about how you can get them in a different environment or an alternate location.

LUMIAN IN 2025

As a result of our time away, we not only clarified our strategic priorities for 2025, we also decided on a series of key dates throughout the year. I know many of you have been asking for the dates of our various training offerings next year. We have locked these into our calendars, so you can now lock them in yours.

The Coaching Leader - Brisbane

• Thursday 20 February 2025
• Thursday 12 June 2025
• Thursday 16 October 2025

Mental Health First Aid

• 12-13 February (Brisbane)
• 2-3 April (Townsville)
• 4-5 June (Rockhampton)
• 20-21 August (Brisbane)
• 17-18 September (Mackay)

Luminary Leadership Breakfast - Brisbane

• Friday 21 February
• Friday 16 May
• Friday 8 August
• Friday 7 November