we all need somebody…

April 22, 2009

Shared this video at the end of a development day with a client yesterday & they asked me for the link.  It’s such an inspirational short video I thought I’d share it wider. Turn up your speakers, watch full screen and enjoy! for link directly to YouTube click here or enter this into your browser: [...]

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‘five a day’ to improve well-being

April 21, 2009

Got a set of cards from Nic Marks from nef when I met him at a conference in Dundee recently on ‘measuring what matters.’ More on this superb conference later. Five ways to well-being from Joe Lafferty on Vimeo. They are five evidence based actions to improve well being that Nic from nef produced as [...]

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Leadership … can’t be taught

April 5, 2009

Used this quote as part of Lifetree’s launch of our Innovative and Creative Strategic Leadership Programme with NHS Tayside on Friday.  I wholehartedly agree with Koestenbaum’s thinking here.

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inspiration: hope and dreams into reality through music

February 20, 2009

     Jose Antonio Abrue: Maestro Can I suggest that you take some time to watch these two video’s from TED.  Click here and you can see the inspiration behind El Sistema (the System), Jose, Antonio Abrue: and hear his astonishing story of how an idea has transformed the lives of almost 300,000 young people, not [...]

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the trinity of learning

February 18, 2009

  I’ve been thinking a lot recently about learning and change in a number of contexts.  How difficult some things are to change, and how applied learning can lead to growth in capacity and change.     My thoughts turned to one of my favourite quotes from Frances Bacon (1625): Reading maketh a full man, [...]

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‘upgrading’ your coach…

February 9, 2009

  Had a stimulating conversation with my friend and colleague Alan Gilchrist this morning & of course we had to touch on the rugby this weekend. Wales thrashing of Scotland at Murrayfield. The score-line flattered us – we were outclassed and royally gubbed (good Scots phrase). What was the difference? Was it skill – perhaps. [...]

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hard to put your finger on it…

February 4, 2009

The challenge of measuring interpersonal improvement. I have had a number of interesting conversations recently with clients I’ve been working with around improvement or change as a result of working together either in a coaching or a team development context (sometimes both). I’m keen to test the reality of what has improved, or changed, as [...]

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being still…

October 13, 2008

I was at Stirling Management Centre the other week to facilitate a two day Team Development Workshop with an executive team. As I arrived at about 07:45 am, the sun was rising, and I caught sight of this fisherman on the lochan at the university. So, i stopped to take a photo. It was a [...]

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structure…freedom: is it an either or?

September 30, 2008

I was in a dialogue today with the team considering the flow of a two day team development event we are facilitating. One thing that emerged was the tension between structure and freedom.  After the dialogue, I was listening to Radio 3 Composer of the week, Charles Mingus.  I was affected by the music as [...]

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finding my own voice…

September 25, 2008

Got into the car today to drive to work and Radio 4 was on.  I was about to turn it off, when I was captivated by the story…  The reason I was about to turn it off was because of the impact listening to the this programme in the morning was having on me.  There was so [...]

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