‘Leadership is deeply personal and inherently collective’ (Peter Senge) 2022 began with cataloguing my emotions and inner thoughts. It has felt like a deep rumble on the inside but has also enticed a me to re-orbit back into a new reality of life. After...
We know there are a multitude of coinciding forces at play at the moment that are having a real impact on retention. And we also know the significant effort involved to find, recruit and onboard new people let alone the ongoing investment required to get those...
by Vanessa Fudge So you have got a new top job! How do you ensure that you start off well? Many new leaders after being awarded a top team or CEO role strive to ensure that they make a good entry. They appreciate that earning trust is paramount in gaining buy-in...
Myth, the next BIG thing, or a metaphor in nature? by Helen Woods In any given moment, the world is at least half-full of conspiracies no matter the time or the presenting issues. As we roll out of the first waves of COVID, it has been a fertile time for GREAT minds...
by Dean Mason I don’t know how I forgot. Perhaps it was the occasional horde of jellyfish, or the passing contamination of drain water after storms, for whatever reason I got out of the habit of swimming in the Bay only a 5 minute walk from home. After a paddle in the...
Wild geese – by Mary Oliver You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell...