Wellbeing

Wellbeing

  Wellbeing, like a lot of things, has less to do with what is going on outside and more to do with what is going on inside. Wellbeing is not about having the latest iPhone, tens of thousands of followers on LinkedIn, holidays in exotic places or a large choice...
Anniversary

Anniversary

  This week is my anniversary week; I ran my first leadership development event in September 1986, a ten-day Barton Camp experience for graduate trainee managers I am now entering my 36th year of leadership development, which means at the young old age of 66, I...
From diatribe to dialogue

From diatribe to dialogue

  Edgar Schein described dialogue as “a discipline for collective learning” Dialogue is aimed at fostering mutual insight and common purpose. The process involves listening with empathy, searching for common ground, exploring new ideas and perspectives, and...
The importance of recovery

The importance of recovery

  If pressure and stress are your enemies, recovery and energy are your allies. – if you want to perform well in the storm, you need to recover well! Performing in the storm looks somewhat like this Select the challenge(s) to face up to Prepare to face up to the...
Living with interpretations

Living with interpretations

  “What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.” C.S. Lewis We all live in two worlds; an outer world where we interact with others and an inner world where our thoughts, feelings,...
Self-confidence

Self-confidence

  While a “fake it ’til you make it” attitude is useful in certain situations, I’m not sure that in the long term that it is actually that beneficial. Real self-confidence comes from experience and training; it’s through trial & error and...