Tag: Leadership

• May 28, 2021

  Some inspiration from Bowie

  “If you feel safe in the area that you are working in, then you are not in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in.” – David Bowie. We can learn a lot from the master of reinventing himself – David Bowie – about…
• March 31, 2021

  Create a safe space for magic to happen

  “It’s not necessarily down to me to save, rescue and support, but if I can find a safe space to bring in and host, and allow the wisdom in the room to connect and share, and come with a similar spirit of generosity and helping each other, magic happens.” Michael Bungay Stanier It’s amazing what…
• March 19, 2021

  Prepare mentally for the day’s encounters

  “When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly.” Marcus Aurelius The great stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius prepared his mind daily for what he was about to face. This is so that it became no shock to him when he…
• December 21, 2020

  How do you make people feel?

  “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou We are often unconscious of our emotions and how they impact others. We may be on a mission to achieve great things, but what good is it if…
• September 11, 2020

  Emotional intelligence matters

  “You have power over your mind – not outside events” Marcus Aurelius How do you react when under stress? Are you calm and clear? Or do you become tense and irritable?  The last six months have been testing. We faced the first global pandemic in 100 years. It’s devastating from a health and economic perspective.…