Credit: Deathtostockphoto One of the most interesting experiences I have in working with leaders and their teams is the conversation that comes up around being ‘authentic’ and what that really means. When hearing a leader describe the way they give feedback or deal with difficult situations, it is not unusual to hear something [...]
Photo Credit: Stefanus Martanto deathtostockphoto.com When we introduce the concept of emotional health we often focus on the ways our immediate responses to situations can vary between being ‘above the line’ or ‘below the line’. While this makes it easy for many people to grasp the central notion of emotional health and its [...]
“We need four hugs a day for survival. We need eight hugs a day for maintenance. We need twelve hugs a day for growth”. – Virginia Satir, therapist What has hugging got to do with business and leadership? More than you think. Emotionally healthy people and organizations create excellent results for themselves, their society and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I have just experienced the company of a wonderful group of people from all parts of the world at a Global Leadership Foundation retreat. We represented eight diverse countries and many more communities of practice and learning. Each person bought their own wealth of experience, knowledge and wisdom into the space and as we came [...]
