https://flic.kr/p/dqjQ61 Experience tells me that the gift of spontaneity lights up the hearts of others. Being spontaneous can be as simple as letting someone know you care when they least expect it or thanking someone for just being in your life rather than waiting to thank them for something they have actually done. It [...]
A significant vision for Global Leadership Foundation is to ensure the sustainability and thrivability of our world by raising the emotional health levels of individuals, organisations and communities. This vision is aspirational, for at this stage in our lives we can’t quite imagine that we will have an impact on the whole planet or everyone [...]
Given the range of work we do and the diversity of our client base, many people may forget that the word ‘foundation’ in our name is there for a reason. Global Leadership Foundation was created to raise the emotional health levels across the planet by providing leadership development opportunities for leaders from all walks of [...]
One of the conversations we frequently have with leaders and team members relates to the number of meetings they “have to attend”, how time consuming these meetings are and, in many cases, how irrelevant much of the content is to what attendees see as the meeting’s goals. We all know the feeling of arriving at [...]
Credit: D. Sharon Pruitt I had the privilege of being a ‘coachee’ last month, supporting one of my colleagues in the accreditation process she is undertaking to be a recognized coach. Around the mid-point of the coaching conversation, she asked me to tell her more about ‘balance’ – the word I had [...]
Photo By: SSG Robert Stewart In 2006 I heard the song Lookin’ for a Leader, written and sung by Neil Young. It reflected a significant mood at the time in the USA. Young was asking for a different kind of leader “with great spirit on his side” to step into the role [...]
Credit: Thomas Abbs In my last blog post I shared a number of responses and reactions to change that are less than effective and that keep us ‘below the line’ when dealing with change: those of the ‘victim’, ‘critic’ and ‘bystander’. This month I want to explore the characteristics of the ‘navigator’ of [...]
This is the second part of an interview between storyteller and world traveller Kelly Irving and Sue Gregory, Global Leadership Foundation Fellow, leadership coach, facilitator, occupational therapist and energetic healer. In this interview, Sue explains her background and how she came to live in Alice Springs and working with nungkere, Frank Ansell. She also explores current ideas about [...]
We hope you enjoy the first part of an interview between storyteller and world traveller Kelly Irving and Sue Gregory, Global Leadership Foundation Fellow, leadership coach, facilitator, occupational therapist and energetic healer. In this interview, Sue explains her background and how she came to live in Alice Springs and working with nungkere, Frank Ansell. She [...]
Credit: John Fowler http://www.lumenetic.com/ Over the past few weeks, I have found myself in a number of discussions focused on change and the difficulties people have in working through it. These discussions have occurred in both personal and work situations and often begin with a ‘below the line’ comment – an expression of [...]
