Gayle Hardie, Author at Global Leadership Foundation

The ‘Foundation’ aspect of Global Leadership

Last week I was privileged to attend a Melbourne ‘pilot’ of The Funding Network. This organisation runs regular events at which interesting young charities present themselves, and everyday donors from all backgrounds contribute to furthering the missions of those charities. The evening raised over $68,000 for the four groups that presented. It further served to remind me of the amazing amount of generosity that exists at all levels of our community. It also caused me to reflect on what we envisaged when we set up Global Leadership Foundation in 2003, and where we are today in achieving this.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:33+11:00March 11th, 2013|social sustainability|Comments Off

How the quantum world set us on our path

In my first post explaining the background of Global Leadership Foundation, I mentioned in passing the role of QuantumThink®. The importance of this concept and the processes behind it can’t be overstated in its influence on the way Global Leadership Foundation started, and continues to operate today.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:33+11:00February 25th, 2013|Emotional health|Comments Off

The Desert – Wisdom and Appreciation

As I indicated in my previous blog, a major contribution to the creation of Global Leadership came from my experience as an Earthwatch volunteer at Arid Recovery in the remote South Australian desert. I have long felt an affinity for this country, having spent my early childhood not far away in Woomera and wandered with my sister on the gibber plains and clay pans near our home. Today, whenever I think of this land I experience a calm and reflective feeling.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:33+11:00February 12th, 2013|Emotional health, Experiences|1 Comment

Beginnings

Global Leadership Foundation celebrates 10 years on April 30th 2013. This is a significant milestone for us as it shows that our intent of raising emotional health levels across the globe is in action. We are often asked how Global Leadership Foundation came about and we thought it was both timely and relevant to share this with you in our first blog for the year. The story has many facets and a history that predates its commencement.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:33+11:00January 29th, 2013|Emotional health|2 Comments

Building a stronger future with social sustainability

The leadership experiences we have participated in during 2012 with the Tetepare Descendants Association, and with Frank Ansell and Sue Gregory in Central Australia, have been strong reminders of the role ‘social sustainability’ has played, and continues to play, in indigenous cultures. Social sustainability can be defined in various ways but the way we look at it is: a commitment to the generations that follow us that they will have a better life on this planet. A better life not in a material sense but in terms of their access to and benefit from the wisdom, insights and knowledge of those who have come before them.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:33+11:00December 17th, 2012|Emotional health, Leadership, social sustainability|Comments Off

The forgotten side of strategic planning

A strategic planning process normally involves revisiting the vision and mission, and asking those tried but true questions: Where are we now? Where do we want to be? How will we get there? This is all critical to successfully navigating a way ahead, particularly if that future may be somewhat different from the present and therefore is going to involve change. Unfortunately, strategic planning associated with change doesn’t have a good reputation in many organisations...

By Gayle Hardie|2016-09-06T10:49:35+10:00December 3rd, 2012|Leadership|1 Comment

Reflecting on 2012

It’s already that time in the year when we start looking back at how 2012 has gone and what it has brought. This year, many people have said to me, “What a year you have had”. On reflection, it has definitely been more than the year I had imagined. I have truly experienced depths of emotion like never before. Yet I have also received so many gifts and opportunities in the same moments.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:33+11:00November 19th, 2012|Emotional health, Enneagram|9 Comments

The wonder of community leadership

I recently had the pleasure of being the guest speaker at the graduation ceremony for the South East ‘Opening Doors’ program in which we have been involved. The participants in the program are enormously inspiring with the commitment they have shown to their own and other communities. These are not leaders who seek the spotlight. They are quiet achievers who demonstrate three significant qualities of community leadership: they are visionary, they are flexible, and they take responsibility.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:33+11:00November 5th, 2012|Leadership|1 Comment

Emotional health and electoral choice

With local government elections imminent across Victoria, I recall some work we did a few years ago with a council in another state. It was a lesson in the way some leaders see themselves in relation to the rest of their organisation. This recollection has caused me to ponder electoral choice. There is an important distinction to be made between a candidate, their policies, and their approach to the body to which they hope to be elected.

By Gayle Hardie|2020-12-27T10:13:05+11:00October 22nd, 2012|Emotional health|2 Comments

The rise of political politeness

One of the things that comes from having worked with a broad range of organisations over a long time is a sensitivity to trends in the way people communicate. In particular I notice subtle changes in the structure of conversation. I have come to a realisation that there is another challenge with conversations in organisations that is actually much more significant than just a reticence to speak off the cuff. It’s a serious issue because it is increasingly hampering the effectiveness of senior leaders, middle managers and everyone else. I call it ‘political politeness’.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:33+11:00October 9th, 2012|Leadership|2 Comments

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