Elephants often get bad press. At their worst, real ones eat hordes, damage landscapes, pull up trees and behave aggressively towards each other and humans if the matriarchal system has broken down. In our teams and workgroups, virtual elephants get bad press too. We talk about “an elephant in the room”, as a code for a problem or difficult…
With continuous pressure and emphasis on technical competence, delivery and deadline, attention to the “softer sides” of leadership can seem a luxury or optional extra. There can be a perception there’s no time for this sort of stuff, or that it’s not important, or that it belongs to someone else, or can wait until another day. In my twenty years…
While visiting the Northern Lights we had a go at snowmobiling. This was a tough new experience for me – practical and physical learning are not my strong suit! The first time we went out we were in a forest area. Six snowmobiles followed our leader/tutor, and my husband Martin and I ended up at the back…
In December we went to Lapland in Finland to see the Northern Lights. It was Martin, my husband’s birthday and he had a long held aspiration to do this, I was keen to go too. We chose carefully: away from light pollution, seven nights to maximise chances, in the Arctic Circle, away from coastal fog. We are also at…
Perspective on Opportunity, Adaptability and Sustenance. Do you feel as if your career is lost in a desert? That you no longer know how your career can survive, let alone thrive? I believe many, if not all of us, feel like this from time to time, at various junctures in our careers. If might be worse for you at…
We saw over a dozen giraffes drinking at the Ozonjutiji m’Bari waterhole in Western Etosha in Namibia in August this year. It was nearing dusk and it was magical to watch them, to observe how they took turns to drink, with those standing keeping a look out for predators. A giraffe is vulnerable when it splays its forelegs and bends…
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