What’s Happening • News and Blog
Catalysing change in a profession: The Association for Coaching asks us what coaches and coaching can do to help achieve a healthy and sustainable future?
Quite a lot actually. But it means recognising we are inextricably linked to what’s happening in the world, embracing a mindset where we all think beyond ourselves, expand our responsibilities to the ripple-out of our actions, and prepare to support clients, and ourselves, in what that is likely to bring up.
Some surprises are very pleasant. This one came out of the blue
Some surprises are very pleasant. This one came out of the blue: "It is our pleasure to inform you that you have been nominated for a Coaching at Work award in the category 'External Coaching/Mentoring Champion'. " Goodness! What has been even lovelier is...
Personal Leadership in Times of Crisis
Since my wife Sarah tragically died three years ago, poems have been flowing from me like water. Almost all of them are both an expression of grief but also the ever-renewing hope that it is to be human and alive. Many of my poems mourn the loss of the...
Game of Teams • How to enable your team to make big change happen
Are you and your team wanting to make big, positive changes happen in a complex situation? You’ll know the challenges. I’ve just been listening to Tara Nolan’s interview of me as part of her ‘Game of Teams’ podcast series. Tara is an excellent interviewer. Her quality...
Feeling the Uncomfortable
I don’t know about you, but there’s a lot that’s making me feel uncomfortable at the moment. Some of that is what is happening in the world; growing forces that seem intent on bringing people into conflict, weird weather, a teenage girl called Greta naming simple...
“…the Earth was feverous and did shake.”
It’s 04.18. I’ve just been woken by a bump in the night. Actually, it was an earthquake. Where am I? Somewhere with volcanoes or big mountains by tectonic plate edges? Nope. I’m in Surrey, England. If you want to know what an ‘Off the scale’ earthquake graph looks...
The Resilience Circle
Big change in organisations is almost inevitable - and ongoing. In our work with hundreds of leaders and teams, we have noticed some patterns around people's resilience and indeed three major phases that people and teams go through, which we share here for...
Supporting Hima – Community-based nature conservation
We're delighted to be supporting award-winning environmentalist Assad Serhal in his efforts to spread Hima, an Arabic 1500 year old community based approach for the conservation of species, habitats, and people that differs significantly from the Western 'nature...
Facebook Live with Psychologies Magazine
Following on from our post on May 5th, we recently took part in a Facebook ‘live’ series of events in conjunction with Psychologies Magazine, with four live stream events taking place in April / May 2018.
You can watch the replays of the live…
Keep the Faith – Stay on TRACK
You start with great enthusiasm. And then you meet realities. Rejection. Complexity. Risk. Fear. Often those around you want certainty. But the current way is both not-fit-for-the-future yet somehow unchangeable and the alternatives are not proven, understood or...
Interview with Psychologies Magazine
The Psychologies Magazine Podcast channel contains interviews with the worlds best coaches, experts and authors, from Shaa Wasmund to Marian Keyes, to help people create real and lasting change in their life. Whether it’s to create a new freelance life, start a...
Facebook Live with Psychologies Magazine
The One Leadership Project is currently appearing as part of a Facebook ‘live’ series of events in conjunction with Psychologies Magazine, with four live stream events taking place in April / May. The four events are: What you are about Finding your piece of the...
Put yourself in others’ shoes to make your business case convincing
So, you’ve done the research. You’ve got the case together for your proposal. But you’re still worried. You know it’s the right thing to do, but you’re concerned others may not see it that way. Will you get it signed off? If you want to find something new you need to...
3 Tips for Getting Your Sustainability Project Approved
Pitching sustainability projects to senior management can be tough - and creating a convincing argument around the commercial benefits can be even tougher. We’re delighted to be writing Enabling Catalysts blogs on transformational change for our partnership with...
Commit to Sustainability
The Planet Mark is a popular sustainability certification programme. It's a great opportunity to show your commitment and make savings, and on average, The Planet Mark-certified businesses make a 10% carbon saving per employee year-on-year through reductions in...
Inspire Your Team – For Free!
Fancy winning a free copy of The Little Book of Making Big Change Happen for yourself and up to 5 members of your team? Tell us your best wisdom on making big change happen, and if we love it (well, it is a competition!) we'll get some books across and share your...
Leading Beyond the Current Climate
You may have strong thoughts on issues. But when is it right to speak out on affairs beyond your own authority or organisation? Take for example some prominent voices talking about the (disputed by some) issue of climate change: 1. Mark Carney, the Governor of the...
Thinking About Your Legacy
When people look back on your work, your leadership, what you have stood for and how you affected things in the world, what will they see? What will they say? Having spent many years working with catalytic thinkers, leaders and bold organisations we're delighted that...