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Chinese dragons and a wonderful welcome in Cyprus

I'm not normally in the habit of using this blog to report on the work that Malcolm and I do, but the week we've just had has been so extraordinary that I just have to share it with you. If I tell you that it included celebrating Chinese New Year in a UN demilitarised zone, including dragons and lions with 'camouflaged legs', and fireworks as well, you might understand why. We have just returned from a week in Nicosia, the capital and largest city in Cyprus. We were there to work with the teachers, students and parents of Highgate School, an independent school in that city ...

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:36+11:00February 1st, 2012|Emotional health, Leadership|2 Comments

How to see disagreement in a whole new light

There is nothing quite like an industrial relations dispute to highlight one of the main points we like to make about emotional health. The Qantas dispute, which I mentioned last time, and which now looks set to be locked in arbitration for some time, is a case in point. Disputes like this – the ones that drag on with neither side able to budge – are good examples of ‘either…or’ thinking. In this case, without knowing the details, there is a strong suggestion that both sides are seeing the outcome as ‘either we win or they win’. It doesn’t need to be that way.

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:37+11:00November 28th, 2011|Emotional health|2 Comments

Generosity of spirit

Recently a couple of things have prompted me to consider the notion of ‘generosity of spirit’. The first was my experience of the real concern and genuine distress caused to people across the globe when one company chose to ground all its aircraft as part of an ongoing industrial relations process. The second was an [...]

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:37+11:00November 14th, 2011|Emotional health|6 Comments

Understanding Emotional Health

My last two blog posts (part 1 and part 2) have introduced the concept of taking personal responsibility for the way we respond to challenging situations, of operating ‘above and below the line’. In those posts I made passing reference to ‘emotional health’, so I thought it would be a good time to explain that concept too. The idea of emotional health takes the notions of personal responsibility and ‘above and below the line’ a few steps further. As we discuss emotional health we are getting to the real core of the work of Global Leadership Foundation, that is to support leaders in increasing their emotional health levels and understanding the positive impact this has on themselves, those around them, their organisations and the broader community (local and global).

By Gayle Hardie|2017-02-08T12:22:37+11:00October 31st, 2011|Emotional health|Comments Off