Heroic Leadership is often part of quiet leadership, very powerful, because of how rooted, grounded and connected it is. In this article you can meet my hero (recently deceased) and contemplate who are your role models.
How do we make the best of both worlds? Hybrid working patterns have given us the opportunities to be part of our local communities more as well as going back into the offices with our colleagues. As we get into the first winter of hybrid working 2022/23, post pandemic working, we want to take with us the good stuff of our hybrid working patterns where we want to and when we want.
Scottish Renewables (SR) is the trade association that enables all of the companies and industry that are in the renewables industries, to collaborate, to form agreements and to respond to government policy.
This blog tells the story of this piece of capacity building because it has many lessons for other businesses.
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This article explains how to develop systems thinking and gain systemic insights. I take a human systems approach and enable you to look at the linkages between family upbringing, rejection, acceptance and financial principles that are embedded in value systems.
Read MoreFrom all the hybrid meetings I’ve been running and consulting to this summer, I’m starting to wonder if ‘Leave Computer Audio’ is the habit that should replace the ‘Your on Mute’ refrain. In this blog I will share the top tricks for ensuring that sound works in hybrid meetings.
Read MoreAre your staff, or partners heading towards burn out? Are you seeing significant signs of 'Strain Zone' fatigue building up? In this blog i share the insights about being Strategic about your Time and Energy.
Read MoreOrganisations and leaders need to be recognising and framing the post crisis period. A practical way of doing this is using Bridges transition theory. This article puts remobilisation stages and reminds us of the 4 P’s which support successful transitions.
Read MoreThis article is for trustees, Directors, founders, Public Appointees or Ministers of government. Our call to action is simple. Your response to the climate crisis should be a standing item on every boards agenda. You could call the agenda item ‘Code Red for Humanity - our response’, so that you can take behavioural change one meeting at a time.
Read MoreIn this article I use my personal life experience to explore the governance practice of ‘follow the money’. As it is also true that some of our fundamental values-in-action are shaped by our personal life, very often in our family tribe.
Read MoreThis short article gives you practical mapping of the main essential skills that you need to try and make sure you recruit and keep active in your Board. It is part of my series of articles about de-mystifying being part of Boards, whether that is as Charity Trustees, Company Non-Executive and Executive Directors, or Public Appointees.
Read MoreThis case study shows how culture change is facilitated by properly led and managed consultancy type leadership development programmes. In this case the work I led was transformative, not only helping a hospice build a more resilient workforce, but helping me develop my valuable Time & Energy Audit.
Read MoreThis article gives practical advice on how to run blended meeting environments well, where some people are face to face, and others are joining remotely. This is based on pilots and research me and my associates have been doing in the voluntary and the government sector during 2021.
Read MoreA case study of the kind of ethical conversations that need to happen in the boardroom of any organisation to carry out due diligence, highlighting the processes and differentiation of salaried executives and unremunerated non-executive leading to work with diversity of thinking, declaring and addressing conflicts of interest, and preventing a U-turn or embarrassing the reputation of the organisation.
Read MoreIn this case study you will read about the value base and motivation of an exceptional trainer, who began her career doing complex group work with people who are marginalised by our society. In reading this case study you will gain a rich texture of what it takes to be an excellent trainer.
Read MoreSimplifying work and life is an essential skill, especially as we move through these times of change. This blog describes why and gives examples of businesses I have helped found, that show multiple practical insights about these values-in-action. Traits of ethical leadership include the ability to Simplify and being straightforward.
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This is the third case study in a series on organisations who have built their hybrid format capacity with us we are showcasing how organisations can become more accessible, more able to serve their customers. All businesses regardless of sector or size can benefit from how hybrid format and hybrid working patterns enable quality delivery for all.