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Book Launch with Horses
My book Leading Through Uncertainty was launched 6 months ago and I want to reflect on its success so far. Living Uncertainty The book launch itself was an evening of uncertainty. Events leading up to it meant that I was absolutely living and breathing everything I’d...
Employee wellbeing is a leadership issue
Employee Wellbeing is becoming more mainstream in organisations and rightly so because wellbeing is a leadership issue and an issue for society. However, if organisations focus on providing fruit and water and encouraging people to exercise, they may miss the...
The Importance of Self-Awareness in Uncertainty
The Importance of Self-Awareness in Uncertainty Uncertainty by its very nature has no clear right and wrong, and so self-awareness in uncertainty is critical; our emotions while vital can colour others reactions. As a leader giving people clear boundaries and...
Setting clear boundaries for connection at work
Setting clear boundaries for connection at work Sometimes in order to be flexible at work we relax our boundaries and can then appear weak, others may hold their boundaries too strongly and appear inflexible. Boundaries at work are important as is connection. Here's a...
How to handle organisational trauma at times of change
How to handle organisational trauma at times of change Organisational change has almost become the norm in the last couple of decades, however, the trauma of the change can last way beyond colleagues leaving as a part of the transformation. Unless the change is...
Slow Down to Speed Up
Slow Down to Speed Up In today's fast-paced world there's more pressure than ever to get things done quickly. But have you ever thought that by slowing down you will actually get things done more quickly? Here's a quote from my book: Case study The following case...
How a lack of courage causes us to miss opportunities
Courage is something that all of us lack from time to time, it might be something like taking a simple step in a journey or having a tough conversation that we know we should have but put off because the thought of it is scary. Summoning up courage moves...
How do you create connection in a world of technology?
Connection is about more than seeing and hearing, we connect emotionally too and we don't necessarily have to be physically close to connect. Technology has massively increased our ability to connect with others, at the same time it has the power to disconnect from...
Resistance is created by fear, a product of uncertainty
Resistance is always created by fear and fear is a product of uncertainty. Great leaders will often help their teams to manage their own resistance in order to create harmony in the team and to deliver what is needed from those teams. Here is an excerpt on...
How do your emotions inform your leadership?
Emotions are a completely natural human reaction, however, from an early age, we are encouraged to suppress and/or hide them. They are a very valuable resource and can help us to not only to recognise our wants and needs but we can use them to help us become better...
TRAINING ZONE: Using experiential learning to create behavioural change
Not all learning has to be done in a classroom – sometimes the best way for employees to learn new skills is by being exposed to new experiences. The current uncertainty and ambiguity in business requires leaders to be more agile and operate out of their...
THE TELEGRAPH: Four activities that will help to build a stronger team
Train with a horse James Ray, chief executive, Armadillo CRM We recently completed a management buyout, so it was important for our leadership team to stop, reset and refocus as we started a totally new chapter. We work with executive coach Jude Jennison, who runs...