In this edition:
Sharpen Your Critical Thinking | Finding Meaning, Purpose, Clarity & Agency - an Active Hope Workshop | What Would Nature Say? | The Thinking Partnership Programme | Pick of the Podcasts | Holding the Hope - Online Conference - 8 March 2024 | The Climate Majority Project | People, Planet, Pint in Chipping Norton
Read MoreIf your response is “Yes” you're not alone.
But WHY, you might ask, as others have of me, do we need to TALK about it? Here are my thoughts:
Read MoreIn this edition
Hopeful pieces from my column in Coaching at Work magazine | Impactful storytelling with the "ABT" Narrative Template | Time to Think - in the beautiful Cotswolds in May | Pick of the Podcasts | Active Hope - finding meaning, purpose & agency in challenging times | Holding the Hope - we launched a wonderful book!
Read MoreWhat might climate change and environmental crisis mean for us? We are accustomed to supporting others in expressing their hopes, dreams and concerns, make plans, build cultures, lead authentically, overcome obstacles, and integrate all parts of themselves to achieve their full potential. Yet are we equipped to help them with their existential fears? With guilt, anxiety, loss or tragedy? Whilst experiencing and managing our own?
Read MoreIn this time of unprecedented change due to the Covid-19 crisis, many people are using online meetings for the first time, and often, with Zoom as the platform. So here are some tips for using Zoom for group meetings including trainings and interactive workshops..
Read MoreThe new year is of course a time when many of us give something up. Yet sometimes only the true beauty of something can come through when we take away the layers, the distraction, the proliferation, the activity.
Read MoreDoes anyone here have any bad habits?
I did. One that may shock you, given the work I do. You may even recognise yourself when I tell you mine!
Read MoreEven the most accomplished leaders can suffer from Imposter Syndrome or unhelpful performance anxiety at times. They can become good at hiding it. But deep down it has a hold…
Read MoreWe don't need experts if we want to become good at thinking for ourselves. We need our supervisors to have the expertise to develop our expertise.
Read MoreUntrue and limiting assumptions about needing to be in control can create a negative cycle of learned helplessness, discouraging people from thinking for themselves.
Read MoreThe making of a film often involves bringing thousands of people - often strangers - together for a specific project. It’s a very different beast to running a company. What can other leaders learn from this?
Read MoreWhen people ask a question, they may not yet have the answer, but it's highly likely, when giving them our full, generative, uninterrupted Attention, that they will formulate it.
Read MoreAn overview of the fascinating group dynamics work of Wilfred Bion (1897-1979)
Read MoreHow to work with groups and teams so that they don’t get caught up in unproductive unconscious group dynamics.
Read MoreLast piece on how to work with groups and teams so that they don’t get caught up in unproductive unconscious group dynamics.
Read MoreSome people think their coach should be “challenging”, yet rarely does it help clients to think for themselves.
Read MoreThose who haven't experienced professional supervision may have a vague idea that it’s important for “good practice”, yet are unsure about what they will personally get from it.
Read MoreIf you want to keep your people and organisation at the peak of the game, ongoing learning is key. And one of the best ways to do this is through coaching - so how do you make the time?
Read MoreQuestions have their place in coaching but how do we question without continually directing the client to where we think they should go in their thinking? A “spectrum” mindset can help!
Read MoreFour books we would recommend to all new people managers and leaders.
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