Hi there and welcome to my author page. As I write management and leadership books, I have a confession to make. I'm a bit of a "people geek". Since my very first job in Sydney, Australia, I've been fascinated with what inspires people to work hard and what demotivates them. This fascination has led me on a merry dance, from Sydney to Boston to Dublin, Ireland (where I was born). My career also evolved from Financial Services operations into management onto learning and development, where it evolved into executive coaching, organisation design and strategy. My curiosity about people, coupled with high aptitude for abstract reasoning, allows me to make sense of what is happening with performance within organisations, and it's not always what it seems! I published my first book, Values - Not Just for the Office Wall Plaque in 2012, then life "happened" but I'm back in the saddle, raring to go with my second book, SMART Objective Setting for Managers.