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Scarcity mindsets, rooted in vigilance, fear, and defence, were once essential to human survival. Today, however, they are increasingly maladaptive when now, more than ever, we need collaboration, openness, and creativity. This article explores how scarcity remains our neurological and…
Learning development design and practices have changed. There’s not only a significant mindset shift towards continuous learning, and a slew of new technologies to assist with that, but our preference in “how” we learn is also evolving. Think: gamification, immersion…
Do you have a team with potential that just isn’t quite reaching its stride? You see glimpses of brilliance, but something is holding them back. If your team is not performing optimally, how do you bridge the gap between their…
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”– Charles Darwin Our world is a complex, unpredictable ecosystem, teeming with interwoven networks—natural and man-made—that…
Over the many years of working in the field of transformation, I have formed the opinion that facilitative leadership is not just a skill, it’s an art, a way of being, and a constant act of self-awareness, self-regulation, and attuning…
“Every leader is at a different level for their window of tolerance for things like change, pressure, stress, complexity and uncertainty… When they get thrown outside their window of tolerance, that’s when their executive functioning goes out the window. And…
Did you know that up to 50% of New Years Resolutions fail? Change is hard. And yet our lives are filled with change. Even if we try our best to keep things the same, the inevitable march of aging, relationship…
As the end of the year approaches, for many of us the workplace is getting more intense. This, coupled with a precarious market environment, means one thing: stress. In trying to manage the competing demands placed on you, we think…
Leadership Primer: EI in New Contexts “There is no separation of mind and emotions; emotions, thinking, and learning are all linked.” Eric Jensen Developing our Emotional Intelligence can change both our own life and all those who come into contact…
A question we often hear from our clients is: how do I keep my team accountable? At first glance, it seems simple – their role involves a task or a goal, and they should take responsibility for completing it. But…
It’s estimated that the average person spends a third of their lives (90,000 hrs) at work. If you subtract the time spent sleeping, this amounts to a significant portion of our ‘awake’ time. For most people, work is their dominant…
“Leadership is influence.” – John C. Maxwell What Influences You? As Dan Pink reminds us, 40% of a leader’s job today is influencing. Given that in contemporary complex, interconnected organisations, we can’t get anything done by ourselves, one could argue…
