For our final post of 2011, I thought it would be good to reflect upon what has been an amazing year for Global Leadership Foundation. Many of you will know that we base the way we work on three guiding principles: self-realisation, collaboration and stewardship. These are good perspectives for reflection too.
In my last post I introduced the concept of the ‘line of choice’ which exists between a ‘default’, automatic response to a challenging situation – a ‘below the line’ response – and the more emotionally healthy option of a thoughtful, constructive response – an ‘above the line’ response – to the same situation. In this [...]
Imagine you are in the car, driving along happily, when from out of nowhere someone cuts dangerously in front of you. You are forced to brake quickly to avoid an accident. How would you react? Like most people you would probably react in one of the traditional ways: a heavy hand on the horn, a [...]
In my last post I introduced the concept of working with ‘intent’. I made the distinction between your ‘intentions’ (what you intend to do) and your ‘intent’ (how you wish to be or be seen). Acting with intent is a powerful way of achieving goals whilst staying true to yourself. Introducing the notion of intent [...]
Every day, politicians, business people and others make statements that speak about good intentions. They mark out these intentions with statements which usually include the phrase “we are committed to”. What they mean is that they will try their best to do whatever it is that they are committed to. Most of the time, this [...]
With our next Tetepare Leadership Experience now only a couple of months away, I thought it might be a good time to address one of the most common questions we get about all our leadership experiences. That question is: “Why are these programs so remote?” A frequent related question is “Hasn’t the whole outdoor leadership [...]
Several years ago I knew a CEO who was fond of networking with others in similar positions. Initially this seemed to be a good thing, as it meant that he was exposed to a lot of new ideas. But over time things changed. His team began to dread his return from one of his network [...]
In my last post, I talked about the three ‘centres’ – the head, the heart and the gut – and the tendency each of us has to prefer “thinking” from one of these centres over the others. I also touched on the idea that achieving real clarity in our thinking only occurs when we achieve [...]
If I were to ask you what you think with, you’d probably look at me strangely. “My brain, of course”, I hear you respond. But it’s not as simple as that. In fact, when we are effectively thinking, we are doing so with our whole body. Over the next two blog posts, I’ll explain what [...]
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