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Roger Grant
Dec 11, 20181 min read
The Three Power Questions to complete the year
We’re heading off soon to our beach house at the Tip of Borneo, Sabah. It’s a black hole retreat: there’s no cell, no wifi, no shopping...
Roger Grant
Aug 29, 20182 min read
Welcome to Fight Club Coaching programme
Welcome to the Personna 'Fight Club’ where we will help you get clarity, vitality and focus to step into a ring of limitless energy. "Why...
Roger Grant
Jun 19, 20182 min read
Create bright spots in a short period of time
Last Tuesday I was in a meeting with a client and we kept pausing to check the live feeds on the Trump-Kim summit. It was more like...
Sophia Chin
Jun 8, 20184 min read
The Three Critical Steps to Make Ideas Happen
Have you ever had a bad customer experience and you thought: "Damn it, someone should do something about this!"? If you have, then...
Roger Grant
Jun 7, 20182 min read
My Story: Death by a Thousand Cuts
In 2014 I could see a cliff coming. We were doubling our business year on year, but we realised that we were no longer fighting...
Roger Grant
May 31, 20182 min read
My Story: Momento Mori
I built the first 20 years of my career being tapped on the shoulder for greater opportunities. I moved as an ex-pat from New Zealand to...
Roger Grant
May 22, 20182 min read
My Purpose: Leading Change for Impact
How does an organisation create fast business impact? If you want a different result, everyone needs to behave differently. The change...
Roger Grant
Mar 3, 20182 min read
Farmer and the Snake
Leadership lessons from the farm.
Roger Grant
Feb 14, 20182 min read
Transformation happens in a moment
Are you ready to be uncomfortable? In 2001 I woke up to a cacophony of snoring Chinese people sleeping next to me on the floor. “Where...
Sophia Chin
Oct 25, 20173 min read
The Miracle Drug for Performance
Join the free webinar on “Using Purpose to Unlock Innovation” to learn how you can unleash your team’s performance and growth in less...
Sophia Chin
Jul 6, 20173 min read
Becoming a Personal Leader
In my previous post, I shared the three stages towards doing great work. The journey begins by becoming an effective personal leader, to...
Roger Grant
Jun 27, 20173 min read
Three Signs Your Innovation Project is Going to Fail
Getting the Leadership foundation right puts teams on the shortest path to innovation. However, teams all too often skip this crucial...
Sophia Chin
Jun 15, 20173 min read
Why You’ll Never Want to Do Great Work
The future of work is coming, and it’s going to be wonderful, if more of us will facilitate innovation through doing great work....
Roger Grant
Jun 9, 20173 min read
How to lead teams through innovation?
Six-year-old rugby is a joyful game. I yell, “run faster!” while a mum next to me puts her face in her hands saying the all-time classic,...
Roger Grant
May 12, 20172 min read
Framing Problems with the Enemy
In 2007, Sophia and I joined a scientist friend at a BBQ party in East Coast Park. It was a relaxed atmosphere until suddenly, people...
Sophia Chin
Jun 2, 20163 min read
I hope this never happens to you
In 2009, one day after my 32nd birthday, my boss served me a letter – make 2 placements in the next 2 months, or you’re out of a job. I...
Roger Grant
May 25, 20164 min read
Dare to Fail
I caught up with Nic at The Lokal, our favourite eatery next to the PERSONNA office. He has a gift of placing people at ease. Almost...
Sophia Chin
Jan 11, 20162 min read
Excuse me... Are you a headhunter?
This is my 10th year in recruitment. I love the work and people. I love the impact it creates for them. And I still feel like an amateur...
Roger Grant
Nov 20, 20155 min read
How Do You Reverse Time
Christmas lights are up on Orchard Road and the shops are playing my favourite (and not so favourite) Christmas songs. January feels like...
Sophia Chin
Nov 5, 20154 min read
Why I went to prison for ten days. Personal Leadership.
For ten days in October 2015, I was locked in a compound in the remote mountains south of Jakarta, Indonesia. They allocated me to a...
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