What is self-awareness and why does it matter? At its core, self-awareness is the ability to recognise and understand your own behaviours, preferences, and impact on others. It’s not just about knowing what you do, but noticing how and why you do it especially in real time. It also means understanding what motivates you, what […]
Month: April 2026
Four Years In: Lessons, Growth and Looking Ahead
On Tuesday, I marked my four-year anniversary with Inspire HQ. It’s hard to believe how quickly that time has passed. Along the way, there have been challenges and my fair share of ‘perceived failures’ some of which have also served as useful lessons for those around me on what not to do! But through those […]
Contractor vs Employee: What you need to know
Engaging people as Contractors has been on the rise over the last few years. More and more often I am asked ‘can I engage this person as a Contractor as opposed to an employee?’ Sometimes it is the individual that is wanting to be engaged as a Contractor and sometimes it’s the business wanting to […]
Why Employee Engagement Surveys are Worth the Effort (and how to do them well)
In small to medium-sized organisations, it’s easy to stay close to your people. You see them every day, you have regular conversations, and you often feel like you’ve got a good sense of how things are going. But here’s the reality — even in the most connected teams, there are always perspectives, concerns, and ideas […]
Beyond the Tick Box: Using Compliance Training to Drive Real Cultural Change
There’s something I’ve been mulling over lately. As an HR professional, I spend a lot of time working with organisations to ensure employees complete essential policy training — bullying and harassment, workplace behaviour, code of conduct. These sessions are important and necessary. They’re often mandatory. But I keep coming back to a slightly uncomfortable question: […]