In order to place our trust in another one of the things we tend to do is weigh up the level of integrity we perceive. It’s a fascinating word, ‘integrity’, in that two definitions are offered by dictionaries – the first being wholeness and consistency and the second, as morally strong and honest. We might...
Some of us feel like we never have enough time. Others seem, magically, to be able to stretch or even manufacture time to meet all their commitments gracefully. If we’re in the former category suggesting that the availability or elasticity of time is a mind-set might just create a point of tension. Yet our attitude,...
As leaders we may all too familiar with the call for ‘more’. Often accompanied by ‘faster’. The relentlessness of today’s working environment may not always leave time to appreciate what is being achieved already and to count our blessings. This may feel like an old-fashioned notion and yet being able to see the beauty, the...
‘It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.’ Charles Darwin The super temperatures and wild fires in Southern Europe, and other parts of the world, have shown us the need for change if we are to address our climate crisis. Conversely, we’ve...
Leading by example is one of the oft quoted qualities needed of effective leaders but isn’t it missing something…the word good as in leading by good example? Leadership is a 24/7 commitment, a way of being as well as doing. Everything we do and say, the attitudes we hold, our presence, are being experienced and...