Liz Cassidy

Nine Beach Safety Tips You Must Know To Keep Safe Swimming In The Ocean

In summertime swimming in surf is one of the favourite sports of people of all ages in Australia (and in many other places around the world) Each year in Australia, Surf Life Savers save around 12,000 people. In addition to these rescues they also give... Read >

The Six Critical Beach Sun Safety Tips for Children

Australia has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and some of the most treacherous. For a parent to keep their kids safe on the beach there are a few rules to remember. The first thing to remember is sun safety. Australia has the highe... Read >

Get More Done with Less Stress

Much stress is caused at work by differing approaches to getting things done. Some people seem to do nothing until a last minute coffee fuelled rush. Others seem to have lists, organisers & calendars and move seemingly effortlessly through their days tic... Read >

Make Better Decisions

A common cause of frustration in communicating with others is the difference between logical and values-based decision makers. Logical decision makers (like Mr Spock in the original Star Trek series) need sound reasoning to be the basis of their well t... Read >

How to Improve Communications between Big Picture Thinkers and Detail Focusers

I am often asked by clients to assist with a working relationship which has stalled or worse one which has broken down completely. Occasionally this stalling is as a result of different personalities simply not understanding each other. A frequent cau... Read >

How to Improve Communication between Extraverts and Introverts using Myers Briggs

Communicating with Other Personalities can be a fun and rewarding experience or it can be an exercise in frustration and futility creating conflict and havoc. Using the Myers Briggs Type Indicator can make communicating with other personalities a lot s... Read >

Put Your Best Person Forward

The media keeps telling us that are we are in tough economic times; people are spending less and being much more choosey about where they spend their dollars. And still I am surprised that businesses are putting the WRONG people into front counter and... Read >

Passive Assertive or Aggressive – What’s the Difference?

We can define assertiveness by placing it on a continuum between passiveness and aggression and making a contrast with them. Assertive behaviours reflect the sense of personal worth that the individual has for himself and for the other person. When we ... Read >

Leading or Managing

Business leaders today at all levels in organisations are facing more stresses and tasks than at any time in the past. Even though we also have more tools at our disposal to manage these tasks, we are also bombarded with more information and data to proc... Read >

Facing Reality - Dealing With Disappointment

Like many of you I have been relishing the feats and records at the Beijing Olympics this last week. The results have been a Goal Setting 101 course on focus, action; repetition, and celebration. However, I am more interested in seeing how the athlet... Read >

Maybe Tomorrow

Maybe Tomorrow? I am recently back from 2 weeks holiday in the tropical paradise of Bali. There are so many clichés describing Bali that I will not repeat them or bore you with them here. Rather what struck me during my holiday was a prevailing a... Read >

Sorry Doesn’t Always Make it Right - but it sure goes a long way!

Recently Australia experienced a pivotal moment in its history. The newly sworn in Government apologised for the wrongs of the past inflicted on our indigenous people. It was symbolic clearing of the path to move forwards to bring a closer relationship be... Read >

Are You Working With or Against the Current?

Sometimes we find ourselves caught up in life's current drifting into situations and getting results which we had not planned for. Recently I went with the current and found myself way, way out of my depth… Read more. I took the opportunity to go... Read >

Reclaim Your Locus of Control to Get the Results You Want

We cover the topic of Locus of Control in our Leadership programs, so it is 2nd nature for me to take full ownership for whatever outcomes I am creating in my life. After all why teach it if I am not living it? The past few weeks have seen some events... Read >

Building Emotional Intelligence Builds Leaders

In the mid 1990's Daniel Goleman took the business world by storm claiming the Emotional Intelligence could impact on success more than IQ. (Or that was the populist interpretation). However the reality is that in business given a level playing field w... Read >