A long-time colleague of ours, Sarina Sorrenti, spent last year's lockdown productively creating myhaventime, a mindful multimedia platform to capture your creativity and help you focus, learn and perform. Sarina's idea was to create 'a calm space away from the white noise of our busy lives where ideas, knowledge and insights can be securely captured, built upon [...]
We were so pleased to be able to host our annual end-of-year Fellowship Event in Melbourne last month. We felt truly blessed to have the opportunity to reconnect face-to-face with many of our Fellows, Friends, colleagues and clients, albeit following all the physical distancing and COVID procedures! We always enjoy each other's company at these [...]
Over the past month I have had a number of conversations with clients and colleagues and discovered a number of articles that point to a decrease in the level of ‘happiness’ chemicals in the community. These chemicals – particularly oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins – are needed to maintain strong emotional health as we experience the [...]
When Gayle was in Nepal in 2019 for the World Ranger Congress she met Kate Vanelli and Matt Lindendberg from Global Conservation Corp, a wonderful organisation that promotes wildlife conservation through youth education. Their 'Future Rangers' program, offered in conjunction with specific schools close to important national parks in South Africa, is designed to turn future [...]
Malcolm and Gayle are recently returned from a trip to Denmark where they ran their 'Enneagram Immersion' and 'Development Paths to Building Emotional Health' workshops. The participants in both workshops came from Europe and the UK and as far away as Brazil. We are constantly amazed at the impact these workshops can have, and the [...]
I have been travelling in the USA over the past week on my way to my high school reunion in Springfield, Vermont. Since I arrived I've been very conscious of some differences in perspectives and approaches around me. Two examples are the arrivals and security processes at airports and the strength of opinions that exist [...]
Malcolm will be appearing on a panel at this year's Ethical Enterprise Conference organised by Moral Fairground. The conference will take place at the University of Melbourne on October 25 and 26. The theme of the conference is 'Future-proofing for purpose, sustainable growth & impact' and Malcolm will be on a panel discussing the topic 'Conscious [...]
In our latest Global Connections newsletter, I wanted to revisit a sentiment expressed in a blog post a few years ago. It seems appropriate at a time of such heightened caution. Experience tells me that the gift of spontaneity lights up the hearts of others. Being spontaneous can be as simple as letting someone know [...]
May 2018 turned out to be the month of ‘many things to do’ with our co-founders Gayle and Malcolm travelling to Hong Kong to connect with Global Fellow Sting Chan and spend time with several of his colleagues and clients. Then it was onto Finland to support our Global Fellows Sari Ajanko and Jim Grant [...]
Global Leadership Foundation celebrated 15 years of raising the emotional health levels of leaders across the world on May 1st this year. Many of you will know the influence that Arid Recovery had on the creation of our organisation. In recognition of this, six of our Global Fellows joined Gayle and Malcolm in celebrating this [...]
