Thinking for Ourselves, Creating Space for Others
Photo Credit: Suzanne Fells Thinking for Ourselves, Creating Space for Others Why Independent Thinking Matters More Than Ever We live...
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Connection Crisis: How leaders can bridge the gap
Photo Credit: Suzanne Fells In a world saturated with instant messages, virtual meetings and online updates, something essential is quietly...
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Caring Leadership: From surviving to truly thriving
Photo Credit: Suzanne Fells In today’s fast-paced world, many leaders find themselves in a constant state of doing, navigating back-to-back...
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Why business owners are prioritising in-person leadership masterclasses
Running a business is demanding. Clients, operations, and growth targets consume each day, leaving little time for reflection. Yet, I’ve...
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Why leading with care matters more than ever
Introduction In a world marked by growing complexity, rapid change, and social division, traditional leadership styles often fall short. Today’s...
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Empathy’s power: prevent burnout or boredom
In a world that values constant achievement and productivity, it’s easy to find ourselves either stretched to our limits or...
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Engage every voice: The impact of generative listening in team meetings
Many challenges teams face today stem from surface-level communication and shallow thinking. In team meetings, we often see the same...
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Listening Beyond Words: Salsa Dancing’s Lessons for Leadership
Over the past 14 months, I’ve immersed myself in the art of salsa dancing. What began as a new way...
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Why team communication can be so messed up sometimes
As an executive coach with 35 years of experience, I've had the privilege of working with numerous leadership teams in...
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Listening across cultures; potential differences
In my recent visit to Kathmandu, Nepal I had the opportunity to share the gifts, skills and impact of generative...
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Listening across cultures; the similarities
In May this year I had the opportunity to share my work of deep listening with the Tibetan Community in...
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The impacts of deep listening in the chaos of interruption and distraction
It seems we live in a world with constant interruption, distraction and urgency and the core skills of listening are...
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One of the greatest gives we can give another – Our attention
At one of my recent Alumni meetings, I invited my fellow thinking environment practitioners to share their thoughts about attention;...
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Living with loss – A gift of a new perspective
It's been just over 5 months since the passing of my dear Dad and later this month we are able...
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Listening in Grief
My dear Dad passed away at the end of last month, thankfully peacefully at home where he wanted to be....
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How do we Evolve as Coaches and Leaders?
I recently had the privilege of joining the University of South Wales at their 10th year anniversary Coaching Conference where...
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An extraordinary year in our ordinary life
2022 was an extraordinary year in our ordinary life. It was a year of giving back. Together with my husband,...
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7 Ways to become a better Listener
Following on from last month’s post, I promised to share ways to overcome our lazy listening habits and become more...
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Are you a lazy listener?
What does it feel like to be truly listened to? Recently, I asked a large group of leaders this question...
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A leadership example to behold – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
A peaceful quietness greeted us this Sunday morning as Ed, my husband, and I began our 45 mile cycle ride...
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