From time to time, we are asked to describe the ‘benefits’ of emotionally healthy leadership. This tends to come from a traditional perspective of comparing leadership styles: the ‘servant’ leader versus the ‘visionary’ leader versus the ‘affiliative’ leader. It is, of course, a reasonable question, though we would avoid describing emotionally healthy leadership as a [...]
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 [...]
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’ [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Eight years ago, I wrote about the cultural renewal challenges facing not-for-profit organisations we had worked with over the previous decade. What’s remarkable about re-reading that article today is just how little has changed in the almost another decade since. If anything, things have only become more difficult – particularly in light of the upheaval [...]
Something often overlooked in the planning, implementation and follow-up of leadership development programs is the critical role of the senior leader as sponsor. Put very simply, if senior leadership don’t actively and visibly get involved with these programs, the programs – and the accompanying investment of time and resources – are unlikely to have any [...]
There’s an important principle we use in emotional health that we haven’t covered in this blog for some time. The principle of self-centredness – along with topics we have discussed including the line of choice, the inner observer, the centres of intelligence and behavioural freedom – is an important concept to understand as you continue [...]
