When does change happen and how can you spot the before and after? I was talking this week about with someone about ‘better conversations’, how different all their conversations were. But she couldn’t see the join, she couldn’t identify the point at which something switched and everything changed. What’s going on here and why is it so hard to spot?
Read More“Resilience is fine in theory, but what if I’m an exception and don’t bounce back?” That’s such a common questions, and, ironic also, that it’s common when we’re asking about being the exception. Resilience isn’t a theory, it’s a description of something that’s real about you, and here’s why and why it isn’t possible for you to be an exception. (whether you believe it or not ;-))
Read MoreA simple question can open up many new roads for us. “Who’s in the room?” is one such question, asked as part of a strategy review. The answer was surprising, and even knowing there are questions that go unasked, assumptions that go unseen and, therefore, unquestioned, can be highly impactful for many of us and the work we do.
Read MoreDeep time… It’s so easy to get caught in the immediacy of our lives and let the short-term fill our awareness. But what’s beyond that? And beyond that? And how do we stay reminded of the idea of ‘deep time’? How does that impact how we live as humans and how we live as humanity?
Read MoreIn this work-from-home weirdness that we’ve been in for a while now, one of the most-asked questions I get is how to motivate myself and my team. What do to to raise the energy and stop the inevitable slide onto the sofa? At least that’s how it seems. But what if there was one very simple tactic, that always worked, was easy to implement, and you could do from anywhere… Interested?
Read MoreLeadership is not a 'thing' we can easily describe, it has no outside form (even when we think it does, you'll find that different people describe it differently). But it does show up in different ways, ways that are visible, and can be measured. And that's what a leader is doing, understanding the relationship between the visible and the invisible, and knowing where the leverage is.
Read MoreIf you always play the same game, you’ll always get the same results. That much seems obvious. And are we setting ourselves up for the mental equivalent of a repetitive strain injury, burn-out, boredom, restlessness, or under-performance? How are you limiting yourself and what would it take to become a lot more adaptable?
Read MoreWhat is it we’re doing when we aim to create ‘lasting change’ or to ‘make a meaningful difference in the world’? In this personal piece, I reveal how the world looks to me, how that differs from some of the words I sometimes use to describe what I do, and how that relates to authenticity and impact.
Read MoreWhen we feel stuck it can be a big deal, we can go down a whole rabbit warren of possible solutions and come up empty, perhaps thinking this is just 'the way things are'. But no. The answer is actually simple as soon as you realise how the mind works.
Read MoreWhat's the source of a joyful life? A creative life? Does it come from the amount of ‘stuff’ the shiny colourful objects we house around us, and in us in the form of ideas? What if we go back to first principles of where joy comes from and how we can have more of it? What does that tell us?
Read MoreThere seems a collective malaise at the moment, characterised by my world feeling very small. I know I'm not alone in this, so what do i chose to do and how can it help you too?
Read MoreI could write a book about this topic of self-leadership but, when it comes to taking the wiser course, to being able to ‘control’ what we do, settle out minds and find answers to our most vexing questions, the fundamental action can be summed up in a simple three step process… (read on to discover what this is)
Read MoreFrom time to time, clients ask me for ‘advice’ on a (money) negotiation question. I don't consider myself the 'money' person but here's what I've noticed, and the exact process we follow, after years of results exceeding their, and my, expectations.
Read MoreWe all want to do—we want to achieve—but we also want it to feel good, yet somehow those two things don’t seem to be able to be measured on the same scale, or even in the same plane. What is the solution, and how do we create an experience of constructive contribution, participation in activities that feed our soul, while trying to ‘make stuff happen’? How do we know how much is enough?
Read MoreLiving up to our full potential… They sound like inspiring words but they’re loaded with such a lot of judgement and opinion. Let’s take a look at how we could be innocently holding ourselves back.
Read MoreHabits… what if, instead of willing ourselves to create new habits and battling to stick to them (usually unsuccessfully!), there is something that we already know how to do, that is easy, that makes sense for us, and that creates significantly more impact than the ‘old’ way of doing habit-setting?
Read MoreWe often think the solution to procrastination is to fit more things into the time we have available. But what if we have something else at our disposal? What if we have access to a ‘magic’ resource and a whole team of invisible helpers who can do all the ‘doing’ while you’re not thinking about it…? Would that be cool?
Read MoreWhat can my organisation do to support its staff to be more resilient? What kind of training should we be offering? Well, before we do anything at all, it might be helpful to understand exactly what we're talking about--then the design will be easy.
Read MoreThere is no shortage of good ideas when it comes to solving the global challenges we see around us. But is it really the quality of the idea that makes the difference? Or is there something else we should be focusing on?
Read More'How am I doing?' seems like a useful question for anyone,and especially for leaders, but what if it isn't? Or what if the answers you get may not give you any useful information? What to do instead?
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