During times of challenge, change and uncertainty, it’s important to keep yourself and your team motivated. And it’s a tough thing to do. There are some days when we wake up wonderfully productive, accomplishing all the tasks that we planned for that day....
“Since when,” he asked, “Are the first line and last line of any poem where the poem begins and ends?” – Seamus Heaney There are many points in the year where we experience something closing with a new possibility emerging. Some days are...
You’ve certainly heard of the concept of having a mentor. So… What is a leadership mentor? A leadership mentor is a trusted advisor, coach, personal trainer and supporter, all rolled into one. A mentor builds a relationship of trust and offers inspiration both from...
Last week I found myself chatting to my sister about a situation I’ve been dealing with, a complex one. Many times through our discussion, I caught myself saying, “It’s complicated.” After a while she responded, “It’s really not complicated, you’re making it...
On a weekend retreat I attended recently we were asked to think about the question – who am I? and then to answer the question by completing the sentence – I am… in as many ways as we can think. The ‘obvious’ answers that came rolling off the tongue as I started the...
I became intrigued when I heard the statement expressed by Jim Rohn, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” If we can look at the 5 people closest to us and say we are a reflection of this combined group, we need to ask ourselves, are...
Candy Chang’s TED talk on this topic is a powerful, inspirational must-see. Candy reflects on her experience of losing a loved one and how this allowed her to confront the idea of death without fear. She asked herself the question of what is it that she wants to do...
To define leadership is like trying to catch a butterfly. I run around the garden, net poised in hand on a beautiful spring day. I see a thing of beauty and elegance – the complexity of the pattern on the butterfly’s wings enchants me as I try to take a closer look....
Our values are so closely linked to our identity that we are often not aware that they are the drivers of our thinking and actions. Can you remember a time when you had an experience of everything flowing smoothly, happening at the right time and leaving you feeling...
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