Two stories. I was running a session as part of leadership programme for high potential leaders in a global organisation. We’d got to the bit where we use FIRO-B, a psychometric tool that explores our relationship with our need for control, for closeness in our relationships and…
A monthly post where I pass on things that I find interesting in the hope that you might too… This month saw me head to Hong Kong (my first visit 😊) for a module of a leadership programme for a London Business School client; begin…
A monthly post sharing what I’m liking and learning in the context of what I’m doing. And this month … the power of reflective space in creating change, fear in the workplace and an activity for honesty and transparency. Thinning out I found myself…
75 responses. Some fascinating data. Raising some big questions. And so, coming up, a job I’m looking forward to… writing up my research from the Leadership and Love survey which has just closed. I’ll post about some of the findings here and, in the meantime,…
My monthly post where I share what I’m learning and learning from …this month narrative writing and exploration, the power of collaboration and a book that really pushed my boundaries. 1. Our stories This month saw me getting ready for the next cohort of the…
What do we mean, ‘leading from love? Inquiring into love in our organisations via a new research survey, I start by asking what we mean by love. I ask ‘although my initial research tells me this is a difficult question to answer, nevertheless, how would…
My monthly post, sharing some of what I’m doing and learning…this month, millennials and generosity and trying to escape ‘the stupefying power of corporate culture’. It’s been a good and very busy month. There was running The Art of Facilitation, a trip to Brighton to…
“….my adage is that the edgiest word to use at the moment isn’t “f**k”,”piss” or “shit”. It’s love. That’s what really makes people’s buttocks clench. It’s about being vulnerable, it’s counterintuitive, it ultimately makes you stronger. And that’s a very hard thing to grasp.” Not…
In a monthly post where I share what I’m loving and learning … this month a piece of new research on Love, the best piece of advice ever plus a book I will be recommending for a long while. 1. Leading from Love “….my adage is…
