A few times in my life I’ve got super excited about a new direction in my journey, like securing an investor for a new business, being appointed MD of a consutliing firm, or starting my own mentoring firm. After a brief honeymoon, however, challenges would always appear thick and fast. In those moments I sometimes wished I’d never bothered and just want to throw my bike in the bush! It’s worth persevering, however.
Here’s why.
Read MoreIn part 4, we look at the longings calling you to change your life. We often dismiss these longings as childhood fantasies or silly daydreams, but they contain the seeds for the next phase of life, the direction you want to take, and who you want to become.
Read MorePain is a part of life we cannot avoid. But we don’t have to suffer.
Read MoreWhen we hit midlife we often find the goals we’ve been pursuing don’t seem to matter much anymore. That’s a recipe for disillusionment. But what if that was just the next step of the hero’s journey?
Read MoreMy new series.
By mid-life we’ve probably achieved most of what we dreamed of in our youth yet instead of satisfaction we often feel disappointed, anxious or bored, asking ourselves, ’Is this it?’ The first half of life has come to an end and we must undertake a hero’s journey (even if we don’t feel like heroes) to find our way to the second half where a new meaning, purpose, and set of values awaits us.
Let’s get started with session 1.
To step up as a leader we need to see the world through their eyes.
Read MoreThe factors behind your success thus far won’t help you make the next big step up in your career.
Read MoreThe factors behind your success thus far won’t help you make the next big step up in your career.
Read MoreLiving and working from our strengths has us be at our best. Learning how to dial our strengths up and down is the secret to being super effective.
Here's how:
Read MoreI wonder if you’re aware how big a shadow you cast as a leader. The impact of what you say, do, and reinforce, (and don’t say, do or reinforce) can be massive. It’s all about communication.
Read MoreYour best people want development. Not just training or new skills but intentional development of the whole person so they’re prepared for whatever the future might bring. Here is my take.
Read MoreYou’ve fulfilled your career aspirations and are working at peak effectiveness but for some reason you’re dissatisfied, bored or even anxious. There’s nothing wrong, just that your future has disappeared!
Watch this to find out more.
No one wants to suffer, but sometimes it's the necessary impetus to help mould us into a stronger and more complete version of ourselves.
Curious? Watch and hear me out:
Forget your new year’s resolution, there’s a much better way to make positive change happen in your life.
Here’s how:
Give yourself, your family, and your colleagues the best possible Christmas present.
Read MorePride is so obvious in others but we’re rarely aware of it in ourselves. And it can bite us big time.
Here’s why humility is the best antidote.
Our expectations of the future can constrain us when they get baked into our thinking, planning, and behaviour. We’re certain it’s gonna happen and sure enough, it does. Creating a different future requires stepping outside what we know and taking a stand for something we don’t know how to do.
Here’s a great example.
Read MoreGenerous listening is a potent leadership skill, yet I rarely hear it mentioned by any of the fancy journals. We have the ability to make people shrivel up and feel stupid and worthless or feel confident and free to express themselves intelligently, simply in how we listen. It is a big responsibility so here's how generous listening works.
Let's put it into practice.
Although I sometimes envy the amazing cars others drive, I keep reminding myself that my banged-up old Honda is the result of values-based choices my wife and I started making 25 years ago.
It’s been a challenge but ultimately satisfying.
Please watch to find out more.
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