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Your Unique Story
I have dipped into a novel again. Yet it is more than just a novel. It speaks to me more deeply. It is by the German Novelist Hermann Hesse (b1877 - d1962) titled Demian. I remember reading The Glass Bead Game/Magister Ludi by the same author when I was a teenager,...
The Breathings of Your Heart
It has come to that time of year, when time is speeding up. Or so it would appear, as we edge further toward Christmas cheer. That time of year when things can become particularly frantic. As the heart beat starts to race to keep up, with the extra tasks, last minute...
A Picture of You
Personal Branding is one of the key aspects of professional positioning. And one of the most significant ways to express it is in your resume, CV, or bio document. Such a document, has two specific benefits: It is personal and encapsulating to you, as it describes...
The Perpetual Process of Wholeness
Wholeness is a perpetual process. Life can throw us into new experiences. And call us to manage changes, challenges, and developments, with as much balance as we can manage. Some events are unexpected, and require time and care to work through a process. Even when...
Confident Competence Steps
Each of us has times in our lives when we lack confidence. When we struggle with the building blocks of skills, and the belief we need, to take our next steps of opportunities, especially when we are embarking on new territories. We can confront many vulnerabilities...
You have started
You've started. You have been told you're successful for the role. It's a great opportunity. You've negotiated your package. You're ready. It's exciting, and a little daunting. A brand new beginning. If you are thinking about how to motivate your attention for the...
Here are we
Here are we, one magical moment, Such is the stuff, From where dreams are woven. Beautiful words aren't they. For David Bowie novices, they are taken from Station to Station. Let's dissect them, unrelated to the song of it's origin, for the purposes of this blog, for...
One Spark
Sometimes it's hard to find the energies of love You've just been told you've lost your job Your relationship is newly gone You've lost the house you've called your home You're pushing through the daily grind The health you had is now hard won Pressures are...
HR = Heart Rate
I have always marveled at the acronym, or initialism, HR. That it stands for both Human Resources, and for Heart Rate. Enlightening, isn't it! Particularly as you align with the idea that it is people that are the life blood of an organisation. They are human. They...
What Leaves?
There is a large liquid amber tree in my front garden. With the long, hot, Sydney Summer, it has stayed green, for much longer. Autumn colours have been delayed. Greener leaves, have been holding on, before they change, their shade. And today, just on it's topmost...
Sprints, And Marathons
Dealing with the physical and emotional elements of change warrants factoring in the psyches of the people adjusting. And the Sprints and Marathons needed for successful transition. And because you and your people are much more than the hours spent at the workplace,...
Fostering Insight
An element that I concentrate on in Leadership and Transition Coaching is the development of insight. An aspect of Awareness that I believe comes at the top of the chain of making good, forward thinking decisions. Both in context of the coachee's personal experience,...
Presence in Leadership
One of the most significant qualities to cultivate in leadership is presence. A form of engagement with people that builds awareness, and an active ability to get to the core of an issue, a climate, a process, and a relationship. It fosters mutuality, in...
Go Gently, With Speed
The NSW Police have a slogan on the back of some of their patrol cars. It says 'Choose wisely. Don't rush.' And it's a great slogan, not just for roads. It's a great slogan, for life, and work. To go gently, with speed. To be mindful. To go gently, when pressure is...
Models and Mystery
Much of the way we operate in the world is invisible. It is internal. The parts that no-body sees. The inner dimensions of intentions, and history. That create our reality. It is our emotions, beliefs, and feelings. And what we tell ourselves about them realistically....
This One Precious Life
Working with people who are moving through challenging life events and personal transitions always reminds me of the preciousness of life experiences: what we do with them, how we traverse and harness them, and the directions we take as we move through them. It offers...
One Step
As you ease more purposely into 2018, perhaps after a well earned break in the in-between, you may still be contemplating where to begin. Leading yourself, and others, in the new year. Perhaps you are restructuring, refining your goals, and resolutions, that establish...
A Future to Love
In 2011 Alan Clements published 108 reflections on the Art and Activism of Freedom in his book 'A Future to Believe In'. Not only is the book a marvellous reflection of numerous aspirations and inspirations for planetary cultural movement, it has a large selection of...