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From Surviving to Thriving: Cultivating a Positive Workplace
From Surviving to Thriving: Cultivating a Positive Workplace

Discover how to shift your workplace from survival mode to a thriving, positive climate. Learn practical strategies to build psychological safety, boost team engagement, and support wellbeing.

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Leadership, Self-Leadership, Thriving SustainablyMichelle Bihary14 May 2025surviving, psychological safety, Leadership, teams, positive workplace culture, workplace climate, thriving workplace, psychologically safe workplace, workplace wellbeing, workplace self care, team engagement, sustainable teams
Building a Thriving Ecosystem: Aligning Leadership, Culture, and Strategy
Building a Thriving Ecosystem: Aligning Leadership, Culture, and Strategy

Creating a thriving workplace is about bringing leadership, culture and strategy into sync to ensure your team performs at its best.

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Leadership, Workplace CultureMichelle Bihary8 May 2025Leadership, workplace culture
From Criticism to Curiosity: How Questions Can Transform Leadership
From Criticism to Curiosity: How Questions Can Transform Leadership

Are you creating space for reflection, curiosity and collaboration, or are you unintentionally putting people on the defensive?

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LeadershipMichelle Bihary9 April 2025Leadership
Is Life-Work Harmony the New Balance?
Is Life-Work Harmony the New Balance?

For years, we’ve been chasing “work-life balance,” trying to equally divide our time and energy between personal and professional priorities. But what if the goal isn’t balance at all? What if the real answer is harmony?

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LeadershipMichelle Bihary2 April 2025Leadership, wellbeing
Why Self-Leadership is the Foundation of Effective Leadership
Why Self-Leadership is the Foundation of Effective Leadership

Strong self-leadership ensures you’re navigating with purpose, creating a team dynamic that thrives on trust and alignment.

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Self-LeadershipMichelle Bihary26 March 2025self-leadership
Navigating Tricky Conversations with Grace: A Framework for Constructive Dialogue
Navigating Tricky Conversations with Grace: A Framework for Constructive Dialogue

Tricky conversations are a part of leadership, but they don’t have to be something you dread.

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LeadershipMichelle Bihary13 March 2025Leadership
Can Neuroscience Rewire Workplace Norms for Team Success?
Can Neuroscience Rewire Workplace Norms for Team Success?

Are your workplace norms helping your team thrive—or holding them back? If it’s the latter, what’s one norm you’d like to rewire today?

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Leadership, Workplace CultureMichelle Bihary26 February 2025Leadership, workplace culture
The Cost of Making Assumptions
The Cost of Making Assumptions

Life is often like the surface of a calm sea—smooth and serene to the outside observer, but beneath, there can be a powerful current of challenges, emotions, and experiences that remain hidden.

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Leadership, Workplace CultureMichelle Bihary28 January 2025Leadership, workplace culture
 Welcome to 2025: A Year of Learning, Re-Learning, and Unlearning
Welcome to 2025: A Year of Learning, Re-Learning, and Unlearning

As we embrace the fresh start that 2025 offers, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on our past experiences and set our sights on the future.

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Self-LeadershipMichelle Bihary8 January 2025self-leadership
Do You Love to See Your Colleagues Flourish?
Do You Love to See Your Colleagues Flourish?

When we delight in others’ success, we create an atmosphere where everyone feels valued, safe, and motivated.

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Michelle Bihary10 December 2024Leadership, workplace culture
Self-Care: Indulgent or Investment?
Self-Care: Indulgent or Investment?

Self-care and the commitment we each make to create a sustainable career is critical.

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Michelle Bihary3 December 2024self-leadership, wellbeing
Do leaders need psychological safety too?
Do leaders need psychological safety too?

It’s a familiar scene, but one that raises an important question: who ensures that leaders feel psychologically safe?

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Michelle Bihary26 November 2024Leadership, workplace culture
How do you build psychological safety when hiring new employees?
How do you build psychological safety when hiring new employees?

Creating psychological safety in the workplace is more than a “nice-to-have” quality; it’s a foundational necessity for team cohesion, high-quality client care, and retention.

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Michelle Bihary19 November 2024Leadership, workplace culture
Does naming things make them worse?
Does naming things make them worse?

Over the past few months, we have seen a significant rise in stress and overwhelm in many workforces. In this context, there has been an increased need to understand and make sense of what is occurring.

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Michelle Bihary31 October 2024Leadership, workplace culture
Brake or Accelerate? Driving Self-Leadership with Balance
Brake or Accelerate? Driving Self-Leadership with Balance

Self-leadership is about driving your actions, your decisions, and ultimately, your success. It’s not just about having the courage to act (accelerator); it's also about knowing when to pause and reflect (brake).

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Michelle Bihary9 October 2024
Are you a work in progress? And is that OK?
Are you a work in progress? And is that OK?

Giving yourself permission to be a work in progress means recognising the foundation you're building on and acknowledging that growth is an essential part of becoming a more effective leader.

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Michelle Bihary3 October 2024
How are you supporting yourself?
How are you supporting yourself?

Think of yourself as a lighthouse. Just as a lighthouse must maintain its light to guide ships safely to shore, a leader must take care of themselves to effectively guide and support their team.

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Michelle Bihary25 September 2024self-leadership, Leadership
Are You a People Pleaser? 
Are You a People Pleaser? 

Maintaining integrity and long-term satisfaction sometimes requires making choices that may disappoint in the short term. Navigating these situations with compassion and clarity is essential for personal growth and fulfilment.

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Michelle Bihary18 September 2024self-leadership
Small Boats and Big Ships: Navigating Teamwork in Small and Large Teams
Small Boats and Big Ships: Navigating Teamwork in Small and Large Teams

So, what skills do we need and what strategies can assist us in navigating the leadership and self-leadership required in different sized teams?


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Michelle Bihary20 June 2024Leadership, workplace culture
What does excessive self-criticism cost you?
What does excessive self-criticism cost you?

Excessive and unnecessary self-criticism undoubtedly costs us dearly. Yet we are often unaware of the degree to which it impacts us individually and collectively.

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Michelle Bihary12 June 2024self-leadership, psychological safety
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