One article: 3 powerful metaphor applications

Leadership, Metaphor, Narrative

Author and Time senior editor Jeffrey Kluger has certainly mastered the use of metaphor in his writing. In a recent article published on Time.com he reflects on the reasons why human beings risk their lives to help others and how, in the wake of the horrific Boston bombings, good and evil once again stand in stark contrast […]

If you think your people are motivated by money, you are wrong!

Engagement, Healthy organizations, Leadership, Meaning and purpose

What really motivates us in life and work? Most companies and leaders seem to believe that money is the main thing that motivates people to give their best. Research is proving that assumption to be incorrect. In a recent HBR post, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic cites several research studies that proved that there is a very low […]

Boundaries: 9 practices to help you find your NO!

Boundaries, Leadership, Strengths

In my work as a coach and consultant, an issue that I frequently encounter is an inability to set and maintain healthy boundaries. One manifestation of this is over-burdened people living out-of-control lives due to an inability to say no. It's not really surprising, seeing as most of us were raised in a culture […]

Have you got your SCARF on?

Change, Healthy organizations, Leadership

Why is change so hard? It's the one constant in life - we all know that change is inevitable. We grow older with each passing second, we observe the changing seasons ... and then there is technology: the moment you buy your new gadget there's already a bigger and faster one in the pipeline. Yet […]

We get the culture we deserve

Complexity and adaptive leadership, Healthy organizations, Leadership

Culture is the lifeblood of an organization. People often think that a culture can be designed or engineered, and this is true to an extent, but in reality culture is an emergent property of the people, policies and practices within an organisation. A human system and it's culture co-evolves; whether in a company, a family, […]

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