In Conversation With Natalie Kooyman
Natalie Kooyman is the Chief Risk Officer at AMP Capital, a large global investment manager headquartered in Sydney, Australia. Natalie is responsible for leading the Enterprise Risk Management team, otherwise…
Posts by Sheila Wherry
Agreeing Conflict Norms In Teams
When working with teams, the issue isn’t generally that team members are ‘aggressive’ in conflict. Of course, this does happen but I don’t see it regularly. The more common issue…
The Difference Between Working Groups And Teams
Let me ask you this – Does a group of people working together constitute a team? Not quite! Certain attributes make teams distinctly different from working groups. The biggest difference…
Find The Common Ground In Teams
Finding common ground with your team can lead to finding solutions that everyone is happy to get behind. When there’s an issue within your team, it can be useful to…
The Paradox Of Choice In Teams
The Paradox of Choice suggests that too many options often leave us feeling confused and unsatisfied with our selection. However, it doesn’t apply to conflict management in teams! In this…
How Intentionally Do Your Team Members Invite Different Perspectives Into Your Regular Conversations?
Are your team members able to recognise and accept different views, opinions, and perspectives across the team? The teams I work with develop emotional intelligence, as a team, by striving…
How Emotionally Intelligent Is Your Team?
In today’s world of work, most would agree that emotional intelligence is a key factor for individual success. Emotional intelligence, as a concept, has been covered extensively since the 1990s.…
High-Functioning Teams Ask Questions
Teams that are productive and high achieving have a basis of strong communication that underpins the way they work as individuals and as a team. That communication will often be…
Commit To Having Tough Conversations
Relationships, team dynamics and productivity become stagnant when some things go unsaid and tough conversations are avoided. Indeed, as a leader, ignoring difficult conversations makes you complicit in that stagnancy.…
Move Beyond Blaming and Shaming At Work
It is easy, and common place, to look for someone to blame when something goes wrong, but in the workplace this is an unproductive approach. When the person at fault…