Suzi McAlpine
Suzi McAlpine is a leadership development specialist based in New Zealand. With a background as an international executive search consultant, practice leader, business owner and executive coach, Suzi's passion and skill lies in empowering others to become better leaders. A leadership coach, award-winning blogger and keynote speaker, Suzi works alongside CEOs, managers and executives, to facilitate clarity, direction and optimal performance in the areas people need it most. Learn more here .
Articles by Suzi McAlpine
- Opinion
Fix Performance Issues by Addressing Systems, Not Personalities
There’s a funny little funk we all suffer from and it even has a scientific-sounding name: the Fundamental Attribution Error.
- Opinion
How To Lead Well When Everything Feels Uncertain
Never mind the geopolitical landscape right now, leaders are dealing with more turmoil in the organisational landscape too.
- Artificial Intelligence
Master AI at Work Without Being a Tech Guru: A Leader’s Guide
I asked him six questions that leaders are asking me a lot. He had some insightful gems of advice for leaders when it comes to navigating the world of AI.
- Future of Advice
How Leaders Should Handle Workplace Conflict and Investigations
It’s normal to want to bury your head in the sand and hope the niggles will go away, or the outright arguments will resolve themselves #leaders
- Opinion
Leadership Lessons Every Leader Can Learn From Raising Teenagers
There are approaches that work well for both teenagers and teams when it comes to building trust, guiding and developing. #trust
- Opinion
Making a Difference: How Quiet Individuals Can Change the World
This book is intended to encourage more people who have a spark but might be diminishing it because they don’t feel they fit the mould. #advisors
- Opinion
Are You in the 10-15% of Truly Self-Aware Leaders?
I don’t want to burst your bubble, but you’re probably not as self-aware as you think you are. #leaders #awareness #advisors
- Opinion
Feel Like Running Away? Then Do the Opposite.
Her words reverberated into my consciousness as I faced a difficult situation in my personal life. #life #advice
- Opinion
The 1% Rule: What It Is and Why It’s Useful for You as a Leader
Questions below to help you bring the 1% rule into your leadership practice, but first let’s look at a few areas in which this idea could apply.
- Business Growth
Sensemaking: What It Is, Why It’s Important Right Now
There’s a skill that’s one of the most important for leaders to get better at right now. It’s nothing new. #sensemaking #leadership
- Opinion
Dead Calm: How I’ve Lost the Wind Beneath My Sails
Have you ever had your own version of a dead calm in your life? What was it like? What helped you? #perosnal #growth #leadership
- Opinion
7 Tips for Delivering Bad News to Your Boss
Being the bearer of bad news may not be the most pleasant part of your leadership experiences. #leadership #communication
- Opinion
Icarus: A Cautionary Tale for the Overambitious
Ambition has its place, and it will get you further than you can possibly hope to travel without it. #ambition #leadership
- Opinion
5 Common Decision-Making Mistakes and How To Avoid Them
Teams tend to make decisions in one of three ways.
- Business Growth
The 51% Rule: A Useful Tool for Ongoing Conflict
This rule is a simple mindset that encourages a new perception or lens for looking at a conflict situation. #conflict #resolution #business
- Business Growth
Four Things You Should Avoid When Delivering Bad News
Some ‘watch outs’ and ‘do these things instead’ tips for whenever you need to be the bearer of bad news with your team.
- Business Growth
Why The Best Leaders Make Love Their Top Priority
Why The Best Leaders Make Love Their Top Priority. It’s fitting that the last post of the year for The Leader’s Digest is about love.
- Business Growth
The Definition of a Woman Leader Is Not What You Think
I used to think that the definition of a woman leader was some feisty, go gettem’ power suited senior executive.
- Business Growth
The Event That Saved Stephen King's Career
When Stephen King was writing his first book, he was working two jobs and struggling to make ends meet.
- Business Growth
The Art of Rejection: What Leaders Can Learn From Picasso
Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – you know, that one of the five women with the lopsided faces – is considered to be the first Cubist painting of all time.
- Business Growth
Leaders: Look in the Mirror, Before You Look Through the Window
This week, I was delivered a powerful lesson which I am still trying to make sense of.
- Business Growth
5 Powerful Questions For Influencing Change In Others
One of the most challenging yet vital skills of any leader, is the ability to influence others.