Brain Brushing
This was one of the most viewed blogs I’ve ever written so I thought it deserved a second run.
Daniel Siegel makes an excellent case for the benefits of mindfulness and integration.
For an organisational system to work at its best, there needs to be an open flow of energy and information promoting engagement, creativity and receptiveness. When there is this flow of energy and information between independent and integrated parts of the system, you have harmonic balance.
This is ...
Are you a beast or an eagle?
While most of us aren’t crazy, we all have an incessant internal dialogue running in our mind. At best, we can attain a sense of inner calm that enables us to manage the voice and choose our dialogue. In calming ourselves, we become more aware of external events of the moment and less caught up in our own thoughts.
Why is this so important? Because, in essence, we are two different selves or forces – our irrational, reactive self and our logical, responsive self. I’ll call ...
Do you build bridges or walls?
As a leader, your prime concern should be inspiring, aligning and empowering your people to give their best to the team or company.
Your access to this is communication. A leader’s most potent tool, or powerful weapon, depending on how you use it.
Communication builds bridges between divergent world views. It resolves conflicts and mends fences. However, communication can also build walls and increase discord. Your communication to your people can either empower and uplift them, or ...
