# engenesis.com

> AI-optimized mirror of engenesis.com containing 50 pages totalling 70,023 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://engenesis.com/. Last updated: 2026-06-13T23:53:09.897Z.

Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG).

## Homepage

- [site-root.html](/content/site-root.html) (1 words)

## Articles & Blog Posts

- [Events](/content/events/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (81 words)
- [a/is-the-peacock-phenomenon-playing-a-toxic-role-in-your-relationship.html](/content/a/is-the-peacock-phenomenon-playing-a-toxic-role-in-your-relationship.html) (1 words)
- [a/how-the-integrity-of-our-being-is-critical-to-an-organisations-performance-the-application-of-the-being-framework-in-the-workplace.html](/content/a/how-the-integrity-of-our-being-is-critical-to-an-organisations-performance-the-application-of-the-being-framework-in-the-workplace.html) (1 words)
- [Hit the ceiling in your business? Here is how to break through.](/content/a/hit-the-ceiling-in-your-business-here-is-how-to-break-through.html): Hitting the ceiling is something that affects most business owners at some point, as running a business is not something that gets taught. You need the right foundations for your business to be sustainable and thrive. This article discusses how to create the framework, documentation, and systems required to take productivity to the next level. (1,714 words)
- [a/are-you-willing-to-be-misunderstood-in-pursuit-of-your-vision.html](/content/a/are-you-willing-to-be-misunderstood-in-pursuit-of-your-vision.html) (1 words)
- [a/why-being-matters/index.html](/content/a/why-being-matters/index.html) (1 words)
- [a/are-you-prepared-for-the-next-wave-of-the-economy/index.html](/content/a/are-you-prepared-for-the-next-wave-of-the-economy/index.html) (1 words)
- [a/is-there-more-to-authenticity-than-just-being-yourself.html](/content/a/is-there-more-to-authenticity-than-just-being-yourself.html) (1 words)
- [a/is-your-understanding-of-money-congruent-with-reality.html](/content/a/is-your-understanding-of-money-congruent-with-reality.html) (1 words)
- [a/what-is-higher-purpose-and-why-is-it-such-a-critical-quality-for-an-entrepreneur.html](/content/a/what-is-higher-purpose-and-why-is-it-such-a-critical-quality-for-an-entrepreneur.html) (1 words)
- [a/what-is-the-reality-of-entrepreneurship/index.html](/content/a/what-is-the-reality-of-entrepreneurship/index.html) (1 words)
- [Being unreasonable: How to have difficult conversations and take bold action](/content/a/being-unreasonable-how-to-have-difficult-conversations-and-take-bold-action.html): When asked to do something we consider unreasonable, we naturally resist. In this article, Ontological Coach, Thrive Master Coach and facilitator Louise Smallwood addresses the common emotions or moods that arise when someone makes what we consider to be ‘an unreasonable request’ of us and shares effective methods that enable us to move forward with grace. (1,456 words)
- [How to close the gap in your confidence](/content/a/how-to-close-the-gap-in-your-confidence/index.html): Confidence can seem cryptic: easy to recognise in others’ behaviour, harder to experience or see in ourselves – and something that comes and goes. In this article, Leadership and careers coach Anna Carr shows how confidence is a simple function of competency and self image. She offers practical support for confidence-builders. (1,606 words)
- [How vulnerability can free you of the hard shell of living with disability](/content/a/how-vulnerability-can-free-you-of-the-hard-shell-of-living-with-disability.html): In this article, well-being and effectiveness coach Wayne Stickel explores the experience of people living with disability in being open, truthful and willing to express themselves authentically. More importantly, he ponders the question: how can we become vulnerable enough to be authentic and genuinely comfortable in our own skin? (1,772 words)
- [How to deal with breakdowns in your project when someone else makes an error](/content/a/how-to-deal-with-breakdowns-in-your-project-when-someone-else-makes-an-error.html): Have you ever provided what you thought were clear instructions to a team member only to discover that the project outcome is far removed from your original intention? How do you respond in that situation? Do you point fingers and play the victim? Or do you choose the pathway of responsibility and forgiveness? In this article, leadership facilitator and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Dr Ehssan Sakhaee, shares effective ways of handling project breakdowns when someone else makes an error. (1,487 words)
- [Building a high-performance team beyond performance reviews](/content/a/building-a-highperformance-team-beyond-performance-reviews.html): Performance reviews are a common method to measure success, but the needs of the individual are often not considered, leading to mistrust, fear and lower performance. In this article, ontological leadership coach Lucy Faulconer explores ways to broaden your focus, look at and encourage each individual’s unique contributions and open avenues of communication. (1,734 words)
- [Why increasing your level of influence takes more than just changing behaviours](/content/a/why-increasing-your-level-of-influence-takes-more-than-just-changing-behaviours.html): There’s a common misconception that the best way to influence another person is to apply a series of techniques or behaviours that will convince them to conform to your way of thinking. While such tools can be effective at influencing others’ behaviour, they often work by manipulation rather than inspiring the other person to embrace your perspective. 
There is another way. This article explores how, when we look at who and how we are being and allow our true self to shine through, the quality and effectiveness of our influence is not only deeper but also more lasting because it is based on a foundation of authenticity and integrity. (1,621 words)
- [How to stay motivated when the going gets tough](/content/a/how-to-keep-going-when-the-going-gets-tough/index.html): When times get tough, don’t ignore the problem, give in to the temptation to distract yourself, or blame others for what’s gone wrong. In this article, leadership coach John Williams makes the case for a vision, mission and purpose to keep your motivation strong and rally support around you through the inevitable challenges of aiming high. (1,550 words)
- [How to hire effective staff and set them up for success](/content/a/how-to-hire-effective-staff-and-set-them-up-for-success.html): With talented staff being in demand across all industries in the current market, it has never been more challenging to attract the right team for your business. This article addresses some of the most common reasons a business may have trouble recruiting, and how to turn it around and make your business stand out from the rest. (1,743 words)
- [Do you dread giving or receiving feedback?](/content/a/do-you-dread-giving-or-receiving-feedback/index.html): In order to grow and develop in their roles and increase their value to the organisation, people need to receive feedback. However, all too often, leaders struggle to do this well and avoid feedback conversations, missing opportunities to provide valuable input to team members or colleagues. In this article, Technology Leadership Coach, Caroline New, explores an alternative way to look at feedback conversations, highlighting the opportunity they afford for growth and development. (1,697 words)
- [Beyond work-life balance: Creating a workplace culture that works for everyone](/content/a/beyond-worklife-balance-creating-a-workplace-culture-that-works-for-everyone.html): Irrefutable evidence shows many are working longer hours for diminishing returns for the individual and the business. This can have a drastic impact on your work-life balance or, as explored in this article, work-life integration. What is at the root of this issue? Leadership coach John Williams shows how building trust between colleagues through authenticity, vulnerability and integrity is the only way to rehabilitate unsustainable work culture. (1,601 words)
- [Featured Articles](/content/articles/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (870 words)
- [Why all businesses need effective documentation and systemisation strategies in place.](/content/a/why-all-businesses-need-effective-documentation-and-systemisation-strategies-in-place.html): If you do not document and systemise, it will cost you time and money, get in the way of building a saleable asset, and chain you to the day-to-day running of your business because you will be the sole repository of all procedural knowledge. In this article, business consultant Anthea Stevanovic explores why all businesses – small, medium and large – need effective documentation and systemisation strategies in place. (1,790 words)
- [Raising funds for your startup? Start here.](/content/a/raising-funds-for-your-startup-start-here/index.html): On any given day, multiple startup founders are endeavouring to raise funds from a venture capital firm or angel investor. However, less than 1% succeed! This article explores some common misconceptions about investors and basic principles to better understand the process as a startup, investor, or observer. It also presents effective ways to attract support and partnership in the startup arena, provided a number of key issues are addressed first. (1,309 words)
- [Starting the journey to become a coach](/content/a/starting-the-journey-to-become-a-coach/index.html): While choosing to become a coach is a personal decision, the path to becoming one is best walked with the help and support of others. In this article, John Smallwood, Coach Principal of Engenesis Coaching Academy, recounts some of the challenges and choices he made on his coaching journey, and how working with others was so crucial to his success in becoming the coach he is today. (1,484 words)
- [How technology professionals can stay calm and effective in challenging situations](/content/a/how-technology-professionals-can-stay-calm-and-effective-in-challenging-situations.html): Technical professionals require more than just technical knowledge and skill to be effective. There are many necessary human factors that the traditional education system fails to teach. In this article, leadership facilitator and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Ehssan Sakhaee, shows how accepting and becoming aware of these factors can lead to healthier relationships with Moods like fear and anxiety to more effectively handle challenging situations. (1,435 words)
- [Have you driven yourself to the point of exhaustion?](/content/a/have-you-driven-yourself-to-the-point-of-exhaustion.html): Is it an impossible dream to have a great job and a rich, fulfilling life without being driven to the point of exhaustion? In this article, ontological leadership coach, wife and mother Lucy Faulconer shares the four key factors to consider if you wish to maintain a high level of performance that keeps you going and allows you to have your cake and eat it too. (1,961 words)
- [Do you look away when life gets too hard?](/content/a/do-you-look-away-when-life-gets-too-hard/index.html): There can be many pitfalls and costs in life should we ignore confronting problems. When life gets too hard, we can't always see or don’t always want to see what we need to do to address the aspects of our life that aren't working for us. In this article, Thrive Ontological Coach and Facilitator Louise Smallwood discusses this issue and how things improve when we shift from being a passenger in life to intentionally looking at and addressing these areas. (1,380 words)
- [How to leverage your Being to resourcefully grow your business](/content/a/how-to-leverage-your-being-to-resourcefully-grow-your-business.html): What does it take to turn an idea into a reality? There are many misconceptions surrounding what is needed to successfully grow a company from nothing. In this article, Director at Engenesis Ventures and startup advisor Ariya Chittasy shares an insider’s perspective of what goes on behind the scenes at a venture builder when looking at a startup or innovative business. He also looks at how your Ways of Being affect your desired outcomes. (1,405 words)
- [The price you’re paying for being disorganised](/content/a/the-price-youre-paying-for-being-disorganised/index.html): Disorganisation can cripple your business and result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses, but it doesn't have to. This article encourages you to critically assess your business's operations and examines three common types of disorganisation and what you can do to mitigate their effects and get your business back on track. (1,747 words)
- [Coaching as a leader](/content/a/coaching-as-a-leader/index.html): Great leaders not only advocate coaching, but they also actively participate in coaching their internal teams. In this article, John Smallwood, Director of Coaching at Engenesis Coaching Academy, explains the benefits of being a coach leader within an organisation and offers insights into becoming one and finding the appropriate assessment tool to use when coaching. (1,395 words)
- [Sorry, we have an internal problem right now...](/content/a/are-fear-and-self-doubt-driving-you-to-overcompensate-try-this.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (43 words)
- [Want to change your life but feel trapped by your fixed traits?](/content/a/want-to-change-your-life-but-feel-trapped-by-your-fixed-traits.html): Approaching life from the perspective that you can change and don’t need to be a set way is a powerful shift for leaders and the emerging generation. In this article, ontological coach Lucy Faulconer shows that if you accept what you believe are fixed character traits, you will deny yourself the opportunity to ever transform yourself as a leader or a person of influence. (1,539 words)
- [One reason why up to 42% of startups fail](/content/a/one-reason-up-to-42-of-startups-fail/index.html): There are many reasons for startup failure, but up to 42% of failures result from a single cause. In this article, Director at Engenesis Ventures and startup advisor Ariya Chittasy discusses the three most common pitfalls that lead to this one cause of failure and what you can do to avoid making the same mistakes, giving your startup the best possible chance of success. (1,602 words)
- [Building your technology team? Avoid this key mistake](/content/a/building-your-technology-team-avoid-this-key-mistake.html): Today, it’s no longer enough to be an expert in just technology or business because the two are profoundly intertwined. This article explains why hiring a ‘do-it-all’ developer to work directly with your business-minded team members misses a critical ingredient and can cost your business tens of thousands to millions of dollars. (1,343 words)
- [Sorry, we have an internal problem right now...](/content/a/how-to-choose-the-right-coach/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (43 words)
- [Accepting your disability and living a fulfilled life](/content/a/accepting-your-disability-and-living-a-fulfilled-life.html): Change your relationship with your disability through awareness and discover how to unlock your potential, engage with your ambitions and live your healthiest, most fulfilled life. As someone who has made his own journey from denial to acceptance, Wayne Stickel sheds light on how to come to terms with your disability, discard ways of thinking that no longer serve you, and embark on a pathway from resentment to acceptance. (1,558 words)
- [Sorry, we have an internal problem right now...](/content/a/is-responsibility-weighing-you-down/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (43 words)
- [Sorry, we have an internal problem right now...](/content/a/why-many-business-owners-are-ineffective-managers-and-what-to-do-about-it.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (43 words)
- [Sorry, we have an internal problem right now...](/content/a/how-to-create-and-build-your-dream-team/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (43 words)
- [Sorry, we have an internal problem right now...](/content/a/how-higher-purpose-contributes-to-project-success/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (43 words)
- [Programs](/content/programs/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (227 words)
- [Communities](/content/communities/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (68 words)
- [Latest Courses](/content/courses/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (82 words)
- [Engenesis Platform Partners](/content/become-a-partner/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (294 words)
- [About us](/content/about-us/index.html): Join a global community dedicated to thriving. Raise your awareness and feed your self-development. Take an authentic enquiry into what is in your way. (203 words)
- [a/psychometrics-and-ontometrics/index.html](/content/a/psychometrics-and-ontometrics/index.html) (1 words)
- [a/the-entitlement-economy-when-one-persons-right-becomes-another-persons-burden.html](/content/a/the-entitlement-economy-when-one-persons-right-becomes-another-persons-burden.html) (1 words)
- [The Ontology of Convenience](/content/a/the-ontology-of-convenience/index.html): How Convenience Has Become the Hidden ‘Religion’ of Modern Life (29,999 words)

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