Lisa Richards

The Executive Voice: Why Your Presence is a Physical ActLeadership isn’t just about the strategy you present; it’s about the sound of your conviction. In a city like Canberra, where communication is our primary currency, the ability to command a…Read more

A more human kind of workplace workshop A lot of workplace workshops are trying very hard not to be boring.Some of them succeed.Some of them don’t.A lot of team-building still feels like something people get through rather than something they…Read more

December Is a Strange OnePeople are gradually slowing down — or winding up so they can collapse on Christmas Eve and call it for the winter break.Families unravel over Christmas.Drinking increases.Domestic violence increases.There’s pressure to buy the perfect gift —…Read more

Lately, I’ve been thinking about why humans create. Yes there is creativity that builds a bridge or bakes a loaf of bread — this is what I call ‘ the useful kind  of creativity’ — but what about the kind…Read more

Hey there,I just started playing live again after a good 18 months away.And I didn’t take that break by choice.What do they say… Life is what happens while you are busy making plans? — an illness took my voice and…Read more

Hey there,If you're one of the many people who were told to "just mime" during a school choir, classroom sing-along, or 7th grade music performance — this one’s for you.I hear this story all the time in my studio.A grown-up…Read more

Hey friendsIf you're feeling a bit done lately, you're not alone.Burnout isn’t just for overachievers anymore — it’s  the constant background hum that whispers “ do more, be more, have more” mixed with “what is the point?.” It’s the 24/7…Read more

 People search weird things online when they’re thinking about singing lessons. I know, because I’ve seen them:“Am I too old to learn how to sing?”“Can you teach yourself to sing or do I need a teacher?”“Voice lessons for tone-deaf adults…Read more

On recognition arriving decades after the workSome people are recognised early. And some—often women—wait decades before the world catches up. Think of Emily Dickinson. She wrote nearly 1,800 poems, most unpublished in her lifetime. It wasn’t until after her death…Read more

Hi friends,I collect scraps.A scrap is small and stubborn. A sentence heard at the shops. The squeak of a trolley. The way a dog lies stretched out in the sun.  The neighbours laugh through a fence at 10pm — too…Read more

Late Bloomers: women who hit their stride when the world wasn’t looking(and why that gives the rest of us room)Hi friends,I come from late bloomersMy dad was almost 103 when he died. Lucid and sharp to the end. Hearing like…Read more

Hi friends,THE LONG DRY SPELLIt’s been over 3 years since I wrote a song I was happy with. I don’t like to say it out loud. It feels like a failure. I used to sit down anytime and write. During…Read more