by SaraSwati Shakti | Feb 17, 2019 | Coaching, Development, Leadership, Self-Leadership
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...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Dec 16, 2018 | Change, Leadership, Wellbeing
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...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Jun 20, 2018 | Career, Change, Development, Leadership, Workplace
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...
by SaraSwati Shakti | Jun 6, 2018 | Change, Development, Leadership
Here are we, one magical moment, Such is the stuff, From where dreams are woven. Beautiful words aren’t they. They are taken from David Bowie’s Album, Station to Station. If we dissect them, unrelated to the song of origin, for a moment… Here we are,...
by SaraSwati Shakti | May 6, 2018 | Change, Coaching, Leadership, Workplace
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....
by SaraSwati Shakti | Mar 26, 2018 | Change, Development, Leadership
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,...
