This month we want to share the story of one of our Fellows, YuPeng Qiu, in the first of an occasional series. YuPeng is co-founder of the China-based Whole SELF Leadership Center, through which he provides business consulting, leadership coaching and workshop facilitation services. He also translated the Chinese edition of Working with Emotional Health [...]
When I ask people what they look for from an effective leader in their world of work, terms like ‘respectful’, ‘engaging’, ‘empowering’ and ‘has a positive impact’ often come up. Notwithstanding the volumes and volumes of thinking and research about leadership and management that have been published over many years, for many of us, particularly [...]
The current national debate in Australia around an Indigenous Voice to Parliament takes on added significance for us as we approach this year's Ikara-Ediacara Leadership Experiences in May and July. The aspiration of the Voice, as described in the 'Uluru Statement from the Heart', is a 'fair and truthful relationship' between the people of Australia and First [...]
In Tim Winton’s autobiographical book The Boy Behind the Curtain, he describes, as a nine-year-old, being in a car with his father one night when they came upon a motorcycle accident. His father was a police officer, a ‘traffic cop’, and Tim describes the memory of how ‘businesslike’ his father was, how ‘calm and unhurried’ [...]
We are very pleased to introduce five members of the Global Leadership Foundation family who we have invited to become either Global Fellows or Community Fellows. Our new Global Fellows Since 2003 we have been in the company of an amazing group of people who continue to raise the emotional health levels of the planet [...]
Regular readers of our monthly newsletter Global Connections will be aware that this year has seen us take further steps in our long history of involvement with the global park ranger community. Our work with rangers is a wonderful example of the practical application of the concepts around emotional health to ‘real world’ situations. Around [...]
I was recently talking with Tim O’Brien (CEO of Purpose Made) who has such insight, expertise and experience on purpose-driven strategy and the impact it can have. Tim has founded and run a number of companies, each with a very clear purpose linked to a strong focus on impact measurement. Tim was also one of [...]
Regular readers of our Global Connections newsletter will be familiar with work we've done with the global ranger community. Last week, I again had the opportunity to present with Pete Cleary of the ARCV, this time at the Oceania Ranger Forum in Rotorua, New Zealand. The forum was inspiring and a very significant cultural experience. [...]
This month we feature a guest post from Tamsin Jones, Head of Mastery of Business and Empathy and Co-Director of Programs, Small Giants Academy. Tamsin is an impact entrepreneur and business strategist who has lived and worked in Africa, Europe and Australia. She has a background in government policy and business in fields such as inclusive [...]
What is passion? How can we harness our passion to help identify and pursue our purpose? What role does passion have in the leaving of a legacy? Should we, as many motivational speakers and writers suggest, prioritise the pursuit of our passions as a personal priority – even if that means changing careers? I recently [...]
