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There’s a really common pattern we see with many leaders. They’re really good at what they do. They get promoted based on that strong technical expertise and subject matter knowledge. And so they step into a leadership role, but they don’t necessarily have the experience, training and toolkit to lead people effectively. Particularly when it comes to conversations that are a little more challenging, they often feel ill- equipped. And the research from Gallup backs

This month, Coaching Australia celebrates twenty-five years of helping leaders grow, teams thrive, and organisations build coaching cultures. To mark it, we asked our CEO Lisa Wandl for her biggest lessons and learnings from twenty-five years of coaching and leadership. Here is what she shared: Lesson 1: Curiosity trumps judgment every time Time and time again, I’ve witnessed that when there is a paradigm shift of leaders letting  go of needing their own way of

What we notice in the work we do at Coaching Australia is that leaders and managers are under more pressure than ever. This was a key theme in our recent webinar with Gallup, and it was no surprise to see the data, manager engagement has dropped dramatically since 2022 and is driving the overall decline in employee engagement. The trend we are seeing is leaders feeling stuck, firefighting operational issues, too busy to step back

Over the past few months, through conversations with clients and our research, one theme has come through time and time again: Managers have never been under more pressure. They are expected to drive performance, lead change, support wellbeing, engage teams, navigate uncertainty and increasingly help people adapt to new ways of working and technologies, all while navigating these challenges themselves. In many organisations, all roads seem to lead to the manager. As organisations look for

As a long-term partner of Gallup, we’re bringing you the latest insights from their State of the Global Workplace 2026 report. With so much change and uncertainty in today’s workplace, understanding what’s really driving engagement, performance and culture has never been more important. Employee engagement has declined for a second consecutive year, reaching its lowest level since 2020. So what’s driving this — and what does it mean for your leaders and teams? In this