How is your organisation designed to get undesirable results from your staff?
I recently had a fascinating experience in a Moscow hotel room. No – not what you might be thinking. On […]
Are we doing the work that is needed or the work that is comfortable?
“Taking a new step or uttering a new word is what people fear most.” Dostoyevsky I notice how quite frequently […]
What do you think they think of you? The stories that derail us
Some years ago, I was called (at less than 24 hours notice) to facilitate a meeting at short notice between […]
Here be dragons: Leading in complex times
Think about a big challenge you are addressing: a current situation that matters, where you know something qualitatively different is […]
Freedom-centred: the future of leadership
In many of our organisations, the majority of people feel they are working under some sense of oppression – or […]
Leading through birth and death: the future of leadership
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It is the flow of energy that breathes life into our passions, our […]
Seek first to remember what has been forgotten (or ignored): the future of leadership
When confronted with taking the next step forward, why is it that the last place that we look for guidance […]
None of us is as smart as all of us: the future of leadership
Traditionally, intelligence is thought of residing in one, unique source – our mind. It is a space that has been […]
Cross generational wisdom: the future of leadership
In organisations around the globe the mantra “age is no barrier” continues to hold true. Perhaps one of the keys […]
An introduction: the future of leadership
The New Year is when we look to the future – not just to the year ahead, but often to […]
Hope and Hopelessness: centre your life in the practice of Active Hope
Faced with strong, overwhelming feelings of hopelessness I’ve been asking myself how do we sustain ourselves in dark times? Last […]
The win-win-win of experiential leadership programmes
In any business, understanding your return on any particular investment is paramount if you are to assess it’s effectiveness to […]