Mindfulness and Leadership Part Two: Visualising

Visualisation of goals and outcomes is fast becoming one of the “hot things to do” in mindfulness, but does it bring value to your leadership journey? Although there are hugely popular and successful people who practice mindfulness, what I am curious about is where practicing mindfulness can benefit the everyday leader. The aspiring, seasoned or…

Mindfulness and Leadership Part One: Self-Awareness and Gratitude

Is mindfulness a trend or does it have real value in leadership? Mindfulness is everywhere, it’s all over social media, in the news and in people’s lives. And from the offset, all those who practice mindfulness (including myself) are adamant that practicing mindfulness has had a benefit in their live. Although there are hugely popular…

One Factor Stopping You from Successful Leadership Change

Change, in any situation, can be complicated and challenging or it can be structured and smooth. Implementing change requires leaders, leaders who demonstrate behaviours so that those involved feel heard, feel motivated to change and are empowered to change. Over more than ten years of implementing change initiatives, both successfully and unsuccessfully, I have noticed…

How to become more empathetic in leadership?

Apathy can destroy your relationship. Displaying leadership behaviours of empathy will help you connect better and build strong relationships. In this blog I will share how to become more empathetic. A key behaviour of leadership is displaying empathy towards others. Looking back on my younger self I was quite apathetic. I wasn’t completely cold and…