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- Making Sense of Complexity: the Personal and the Systemic by John Watters 15/05
- The first step to leading innovation by Nick Putnam 24/04
- We are all made of stardust by Tim Stanyon 19/04
- Democracy at work: Culture 2.0? by Miranda Ash 12/04
- Are you due for a cultural detox? by Cari Caldwell 01/04
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Making Sense of Complexity: the Personal and the Systemic
Many of us yearn for simple principles to guide our work and life in a complex world. At the heart of this conundrum is an understanding of the relationship between the personal and the systemic. If some of us have … Continue reading
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We are all made of stardust
Recently a coaching client of mine was reading from a notice calling them to a novel meeting. One sentence resonated with her and with me. “We are all made of stardust”. Of course the physicists will tell us this is … Continue reading
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Democracy at work: Culture 2.0?
It is no secret that during the current economic climate, many employees have lost trust in management. Often the squeeze on budgets creates a pressure that many leaders will respond with words like, downsizing, redundancy, and structural change. These reactions … Continue reading
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Are you due for a cultural detox?
Recently, I have been working with a leadership team who have been together for over 5 years. They were a close team, highly functional in many ways, showing high emotional intelligence, solid relationships and overall strong results. And yet here … Continue reading
Changing the rules of the game: Culture
I recently read a great story about a softball game in which one player injured herself when going for a home run… and the action taken by her “opponent” who saw the need of another human being as overriding the … Continue reading
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The Importance of Purpose
Working with purpose, being “on purpose” we might say, most often is a place of high energy and momentum and can give you the intrinsic motivation to strive to achieve more, while simultaneously feeling fulfilled in and out of work, … Continue reading
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Purpose: The missing ingredient
Reading through news articles, blogs, updates and surveys on weekly (sometimes daily) basis, there is rarely an article that, 3 months on, still sticks in my head. In September last year the Chartered Institute of People Development (CIPD) published a … Continue reading
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Leadership? Management? Facilitation.
Much has been written about the distinction between a manager and a leader; a manager – so the popular thinking goes – is one who directs resources (including the woefully misnamed “human resources”), and a leader one who enables others … Continue reading
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Sustainability as a platform for growth
Ten years ago, virtually no companies were making public commitments regarding sustainability. most companies treated sustainability issues as operational issues – strictly limited to their factory walls. sustainability was seen as cost, not profit. But quietly, many of the world’s … Continue reading
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Putting Values to the Test
Our November newsletter spoke about values and how we work with them everyday. The theme can be interpreted in many ways. One of our readers felt compelled to write about what values look like from his/her own experience. This is … Continue reading
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