The wisdom of the Bard
I’ve been in a “classic literature” mood of late, I find myself escaping to fair Verona to witness star-crossed lovers, or into a field where there really is “much ado about nothing” or in the woodlands where creatures dwell in a midsummer night’s dream” who can forget those 3 Macbeth witches or the warnings of […]
Desiderata
I am taking a little poetic license from the American Poet Max Ehrmann. Desiderata was first written and published in the early 1920’s I often think about what the world was like in those times that would inspire the poem: “The economic prosperity experienced by many countries during the 1920s (especially the United States) was […]
STEAL IT
I am talking about Joy, not the odd smile at a meme or a distracted view of the world through a social media scroll, but JOY! The moments that make your heart smile, the people that feel like the sunshine you could bottle up and sprinkle everywhere. I ended an article or 2 back about eating […]
The smell of the place
I remember in 2004 listening to a talk by Professor Sunantra Ghoshal about organisational culture. When speaking about revitalising people in the workplace and how effective it is to do so. He argues that people will be revitalised and optimised when working within a culture that supports growth, motivation, collaboration, and innovation. He describes it […]
Eat the cake
Over the past while and over several articles I have spoken about time, gratitude and when I coach, I focus a lot on the present moment and what magic can be found in the now. I find mindfulness an important practice and love the teachings of meditation and being in the moment. Its all great. This […]
Want to lead? SERVE!
Service leadership is a leadership philosophy in which the main goal of the leader is to serve. This is different from traditional leadership where the leader’s main focus is the thriving of their company or organizations. A Servant Leader shares power, puts the needs of the employees first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible. Servant […]
Sleep
“Co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington shows how our cultural dismissal of sleep as time wasted compromises our health and our decision-making and undermines our work lives, our personal lives–and even our sex lives in this New York Times bestseller” – The Sleep Revolution Why is sleep so important and how […]
Let the music play
Nothing can be ignored, it would be ignorant and naive of me to think for a millisecond that we can all just go about our lives as if there is not a huge pandemic upon us and the world is falling apart. With stress and anxiety, not to mention the huge injustices which caused the […]
Please do not touch!
This new norm, these elbow hugs, the foot bumps, the Zoom meetings, the pressure of smiling and giving off even more energy. People say that when one sense is dulled the others are heightened. I am finding it hard in these lockdown times. I miss touch. YES touch, not in any other way but I […]
Do you have time to read this?
“It’s astounding, TIME is fleeting, madness takes control, but listen closely, not for very much longer, I’ve got to keep control”. – Rocky Horror Picture show “I’m late, I’m late for a very important date” – the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. “Time is on my side, yes, it is” – The rolling stones My little bit […]