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Climate Cafe Listening Circles: Breaking the Silence
Climate Cafe Listening Circles: Breaking the Silence

Climate Cafe Listening Circles are informal, lightly facilitated, confidential spaces – online or in person – where people can safely share their thoughts and feelings about the climate and ecological crisis. No advice, no talks, no expectation of action.  

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One widespread habit that's getting in the way of good relationships, creativity and trust
One widespread habit that's getting in the way of good relationships, creativity and trust

Does anyone here have any bad habits?

I did. One that may shock you, given the work I do. You may even recognise yourself when I tell you mine!

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From Eco-Distress to Resilience: How Employers Can Support Staff in a Changing World
From Eco-Distress to Resilience: How Employers Can Support Staff in a Changing World
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Blog June 2024 -Inspiration, Resources and News
Blog June 2024 -Inspiration, Resources and News

Blog June 2024 - “Lifeworlds” podcast on Plant Intelligence Click here to read

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Children and eco-anxiety – what can parents do to help?
Children and eco-anxiety – what can parents do to help?

My comments in the Independent about the survey showing 64% of childrenaged 11-16 were experiencing ‘eco-anxiety’.

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Encouraging business travellers to choose sustainable options
Encouraging business travellers to choose sustainable options

A summary of my talk at the &Beyond flagship conference in London in May 2024 on how travel managers could help shift corporate traveller mindsets towards more sustainable options.

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Blog February 2024 -Inspiration, Resources and News
Blog February 2024 -Inspiration, Resources and News

Blog Feb 2024 - Sharpen Your Critical Thinking

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Would you rather not even think about climate change and how you feel about it, let alone talk about it?
Would you rather not even think about climate change and how you feel about it, let alone talk about it?

If your response is “Yes” you're not alone.

But WHY, you might ask, as others have of me, do we need to TALK about it? Here are my thoughts:

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Blog Spring 2023
Blog Spring 2023

Blog June 2023: Impactful storytelling with the "ABT" Narrative Template

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Coaching and Climate Change: How Can We Best Serve?
Coaching and Climate Change: How Can We Best Serve?

What might climate change and environmental crisis mean for coaches? We are accustomed to supporting others yet are we equipped to help them with their existential fears? With guilt, anxiety, loss or tragedy? Whilst experiencing and managing our own?

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50 Top Tips for Running Effective Zoom Meetings & Workshops
50 Top Tips for Running Effective Zoom Meetings & Workshops

Some tips for using Zoom for group meetings including trainings and interactive workshops..

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Poorer or richer? Does taking away need to mean we’re left with less?
Poorer or richer? Does taking away need to mean we’re left with less?

The new year is of course a time when many of us give something up. Yet sometimes only the true beauty of something can come through when we take away the layers, the distraction, the proliferation, the activity.

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Who Do You Think You Are? Tackling Imposter Syndrome and Performance Anxiety
Who Do You Think You Are? Tackling Imposter Syndrome and Performance Anxiety

Even the most accomplished leaders can suffer from Imposter Syndrome or unhelpful performance anxiety at times. They can become good at hiding it. But deep down it has a hold…

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Lose to Gain - Letting Go of Assumptions  (a Thinking Environment blog)
Lose to Gain - Letting Go of Assumptions (a Thinking Environment blog)

Untrue and limiting assumptions about needing to be in control can create a negative cycle of learned helplessness, discouraging people from thinking for themselves.

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Five Lessons the Film Industry Can Teach Us About Creative Leadership
Five Lessons the Film Industry Can Teach Us About Creative Leadership

The making of a film often involves bringing thousands of people - often strangers - together for a specific project. It’s a very different beast to running a company. What can other leaders learn from this?

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In articulating the question, you're starting to formulate the answer
In articulating the question, you're starting to formulate the answer

When people ask a question, they may not yet have the answer, but it's highly likely, when giving them our full, generative, uninterrupted Attention, that they will formulate it.

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Intriguing Group Dynamics (1)
Intriguing Group Dynamics (1)

An overview of the fascinating group dynamics work of Wilfred Bion (1897-1979)

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Intriguing Group Dynamics (2)
Intriguing Group Dynamics (2)

How to work with groups and teams so that they don’t get caught up in unproductive unconscious group dynamics.

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Intriguing Group Dynamics (3)
Intriguing Group Dynamics (3)

Last piece on how to work with groups and teams so that they don’t get caught up in unproductive unconscious group dynamics.

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Is "Cruel to be Kind" Valid in Coaching?
Is "Cruel to be Kind" Valid in Coaching?

Some people think their coach should be “challenging”, yet rarely does it help clients to think for themselves.

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Five Big Gains from Coaching and OD Supervision
Five Big Gains from Coaching and OD Supervision

Those who haven't experienced professional supervision may have a vague idea that it’s important for “good practice”, yet are unsure about what they will personally get from it.

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I’m A Leader – I Don’t Have Time To Coach!
I’m A Leader – I Don’t Have Time To Coach!

If you want to keep your people and organisation at the peak of the game, ongoing learning is key. And one of the best ways to do this is through coaching - so how do you make the time?

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“The Spectrum of Independence” in Coaching
“The Spectrum of Independence” in Coaching

Questions have their place in coaching but how do we question without continually directing the client to where we think they should go in their thinking? A “spectrum” mindset can help!

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Best Books For New Managers and Leaders
Best Books For New Managers and Leaders

Four books we would recommend to all new people managers and leaders.

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What Is The Thinking Environment?
What Is The Thinking Environment?

An overview of the The Thinking Environment™, the unique and powerful framework for generative thinking developed by Nancy Kline.

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Six Principles for Effective Meetings
Six Principles for Effective Meetings

Simple yet effective ways to ensure that the 1/3 – 2/3rds of a typical working day that’s spent in meetings is highly productive and satisfying for all.

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Are You An Independent Thinker?
Are You An Independent Thinker?

Do you have the confidence to draw on your own innate intelligence and depend on your own judgement, having your own views and values to guide you, rather than someone else's?

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You Don't Always Need Data to Validate Your Culture Change Efforts
You Don't Always Need Data to Validate Your Culture Change Efforts

You can instead you go looking at how people are behaving together; you'll soon see the early signs that your efforts are paying off.

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Coaching Supervision - Who is the Expert in the Room?
Coaching Supervision - Who is the Expert in the Room?

We don't need experts if we want to become good at thinking for ourselves. We need our supervisors to have the expertise to develop our expertise.

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Attention: The Generator and the Gift
Attention: The Generator and the Gift

When we start and can stay in a state of unknowing about what someone is thinking, and give then real Attention, you’d be amazed at what this can generate!

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Climate Cafe Listening Circles: Breaking the Silence
Climate Cafe Listening Circles: Breaking the Silence
One widespread habit that's getting in the way of good relationships, creativity and trust
One widespread habit that's getting in the way of good relationships, creativity and trust
From Eco-Distress to Resilience: How Employers Can Support Staff in a Changing World
From Eco-Distress to Resilience: How Employers Can Support Staff in a Changing World
Blog June 2024 -Inspiration, Resources and News
Blog June 2024 -Inspiration, Resources and News
Children and eco-anxiety – what can parents do to help?
Children and eco-anxiety – what can parents do to help?
Encouraging business travellers to choose sustainable options
Encouraging business travellers to choose sustainable options
Blog February 2024 -Inspiration, Resources and News
Blog February 2024 -Inspiration, Resources and News
Would you rather not even think about climate change and how you feel about it, let alone talk about it?
Would you rather not even think about climate change and how you feel about it, let alone talk about it?
Blog Spring 2023
Blog Spring 2023
Coaching and Climate Change: How Can We Best Serve?
Coaching and Climate Change: How Can We Best Serve?
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