Author: Margaret Devlin

It is no surprise that organisations are relying more heavily on consultants to complete or complement their suite of services. It makes sense at a number of levels, including improved…

How do we lead in an increasingly complex environment? Intuitively as leaders we know solutions that have satisfied our existential problems in the past are not working anymore. How many…

As part of my coaching I often have conversations with people about major career decisions. Should I take this job? Should I pursue this opportunity? Should I accept this promotion?…

A lot of the work we do at the Centre for Organisation Development is with local government. It is interesting then that it has taken me so long to put…

I recently had an important meeting with the Harley Owners Group. Given I was a co-founder, a life member, the #1 ticket holder and it was 30 years since we…

Over the years I’ve coached hundreds of people – maybe even a thousand – across many organisations and at different levels, from graduates just starting out through to CEOs considering…

You might have noticed in the past decade we have learnt more about the human brain than in all the time since we started walking upright. It sure helps that…

Athletically, I’m probably as far from swimmer Michael Phelps as you can get. I’m not a big sports fan either. And I haven’t been swimming for a long, long time.…

Now, we want to turn our attention to building organisational strength. Imagine if all of your people were doing work they loved most of the time… (And I need to…

How do you make a movie that in less than two hours shows events that might last decades or a lifetime? The bottom line is that you have to leave…