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Beyond Prompting: How AI Adoption Changes Business Operations
By Caroline Kennedy | Published September 18, 2026 Beyond Prompting: How AI Adoption Changes The Way Business Operates For the past couple of years, much of the conversation about using AI in business has centred on prompting. How do you write a better prompt? Which model should you use? How do you get a…
Read MoreFrom AI Productivity to Business Performance: What I’m Seeing Inside Australian Businesses
By Caroline Kennedy | Published September 14, 2026 From AI Productivity to AI Business Performance: What I’m Seeing Inside Australian Businesses I’ve spent quite a bit of time recently talking to Australian businesses about AI. Not theoretically. Actually sitting with business owners and leaders and looking at what they’re doing with it, what they could…
Read MoreWhat AI High Performers Are Doing Differently in 2026
By Caroline Kennedy | Published September 9, 2026 There is an interesting contradiction emerging in AI. Organisations are using more of it, employees are becoming increasingly comfortable with it, and AI is spreading into more areas of the business. Yet meaningful enterprise value remains concentrated among a very small group. According to McKinsey’s State…
Read MoreManaging High Performers: 9 Ways to Help Them Do Their Best Work
By Caroline Kennedy | Published August 26, 2026 How Can Leaders Help High Performers Do Their Best Work? One of the patterns I see in my work with leaders is that high performance can change the way people are managed. When someone consistently delivers, takes ownership and uses good judgement, leaders naturally trust them…
Read MoreWhy Some Leaders Experience Leadership Breakthroughs While Others Don’t
Why Some Leaders Experience Leadership Breakthroughs While Others Don’t? By Caroline Kennedy | Published May 28, 2026 The most important leadership lesson you’ll ever learn probably isn’t one you’ve never heard before. It’s one you weren’t ready to hear yet. Two CEOs can sit in the same room. Listen to the same keynote. Read the…
Read MoreScaling Your Business: Strategies for Sustainable Growth
For businesses who are looking to maximise their growth, the decision to scale may seem like an easy one to make. However, this can often be easier said than done. Research shows that around 70% of businesses find it difficult to scale, particularly when it comes to startups. In fact, one study by Startup Genome…
Read MoreNavigating Obstacles into Business Opportunities
As any entrepreneur knows, entrepreneurship is very rarely a straightforward journey to success. Instead, entrepreneurship is often more like a rollercoaster ride, with lots of highs and lows and bumps along the way. Although every entrepreneur’s journey will be different, there is one thing that is for sure: you are almost guaranteed to come up…
Read MoreBuilding a High-Performing Team: Leadership Strategies for Success
There are a number of different factors and variables that can influence the success of any business or organisation. Arguably one of the most important ones, though, is its people. Behind any high-performing organisation, you will also find a high-performing team – that is, a cohesive and aligned team that has the same vision, goals,…
Read MoreThe Mastermind Effect: How Collaboration Fuels Business Growth
“The mastermind effect” is something that you hear talked about quite a lot in the business and personal development space. But what actually is the mastermind effect, and what does it mean for leaders? The idea of the mastermind effect goes back to Napoleon Hill’s 1937 book, “Think and Grow Rich”. In this book, Hill…
Read More15 Essential Soft Skills You Can Develop with Executive Coaching
When we talk about “soft skills”, we are talking about different skills or qualities that help us to perform better in the workplace. Although these skills may not be specific to our company or our roles as leaders, they are all very important skills that will help us to perform better within our leadership roles.…
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