Blogs
Courageous Leaders Consciously Respond
While facilitating a recent development initiative for Courageous Leaders we explored the importance of consciously responding. We differentiated it from the alternative of impulsively reacting and this created brilliant clarity for everyone. Understand that we each...
Courageous Leaders are Agile
We are hearing in the marketplace that business leaders need change agility and learning agility. So if you are serious about your career as a leader in your organisation then we are hearing that it is important for you to get serious about agility. When it comes to...
Sustainable Relationships between Buyers and Sellers
In an earlier BLOG I referred to the importance I place on sustainable relationships. Sadly I did not receive feedback or ideas from anyone so I have ploughed on to explore further. Sitting in a MasterClass on negotiation, as a participant I started to challenge my...
Courageous Leaders work hard to stop judging silently
If you don't understand - ask me If you don't agree - challenge me If you don't like it - tell me But don't start judging me silently. I shared this with you in an earlier BLOG and wanted to check in on how you were going with putting it into action. It is one thing...
Courageous Leaders put their courage into action
It is one thing to think courageously and it is another thing to act courageously. We all have them - those courageous thoughts, mine happen in the shower! We work out what we really feel and what we want to say. This is the first step - thinking courageously. The...
Chapter 7 – Discovering the force of Relationship Mastery
In this fortnightly series, Alison Glynn-Baker discusses some key concepts in Mandy Holloway’s book, ‘Inspiring Courageous Leaders’. She also poses some provocative questions. We invite you to provide your opinion and join the discussion. The Slow Conversation...
Courageous Leaders don’t need to use angry man behaviour
I read this article about "angry man behaviour" with keen interest a few weeks ago and I sent out a few tweets about it too. I have referred to it and thought about it quite a lot since this time. So I wanted to share some of this thinking and reflection. Firstly, I...
Leading constructively in tough economic times
We had a client talking to us the other day about developing sessions to support their leaders to continue being constructive in these tough economic times. I believe this is where constructive behaviour can absolutely bring out the best for the organisation and in...
Leaders don’t go onto the field!
Facilitating a module in our leadership development program we started to compare business teams to sports teams. We explored the elements of a high performing team and moved on to what leaders needed to do to keep and maintain a team in this high performing space. I...
Chapter 6 – Exploring the Criticality of Self Mastery
In this fortnightly series, Alison Glynn-Baker discusses some key concepts in Mandy Holloway’s book, ‘Inspiring Courageous Leaders’. She also poses some provocative questions. We invite you to provide your opinion and join the discussion. (Self-)knowledge is power....
Networking is not a process
I hear many people talk about the importance of networking. It often sounds like a tedious "thing" they need to undertake in order to create professional success. A very dear colleague of mine has taught me so much about networking - Kim McGuinness from Network...
Dive beyond the surface level in your conversations
Stop playing it safe and saying what is expected, what is acceptable and predictable. Or worse still avoiding the conversation altogether. Instead share those deep thoughts and feelings, share the disappointments, the shattered expectations, the hopes and the dreams....
Emotional fatigue is debilitating
Many leaders are being debilitated by emotional fatigue. It is created by the busyness of our lives which creates busyness in our brains. We find it hard to switch the chaos in our brains off. As a result we struggle to remain present and mindful. This results in...
Stop Judging Silently
If you don't understand - ask me If you don't agree - challenge me If you don't like it - tell me But don't start judging me silently. Read this on social media a few weeks ago and I have been using it in my leadership development programs especially when we complete...
Sustainable Relationships
I had an interesting conversation recently exploring how long you can reasonably expect to work with people in a supplier/partnering relationship. It was stated that 5 years was certainly a long time and if it lasts that long you have done a brilliant job. This got me...
Bring openness to your conversations and relationships
I am enjoying leveraging the old and well used Johari Window framework to "show" people what it means to be open and what happens when you are not. To operate in the open space with others then you need to "expose" your thoughts, ideas and feelings with others. Now...
Speak from the heart and build strong relationships
Bring a positive intent for yourself and for the other people engaging in the conversation and you build the relationship you strive for - one of strength. To bring this kind of intent engage with your heart - decide what is important and let this drive the language...
Hamster on the Wheel
We all have times in our career or in our business if we are self employed - where we feel like the hamster on the wheel - running faster and faster. It is energy draining and debilitating and yet it is also infectious and contagious. So what happens to change things?...
Chapter 5 – Developing Conviction in your Leadership Mastery
In this fortnightly series, Alison Glynn-Baker discusses some key concepts in Mandy Holloway’s book, ‘Inspiring Courageous Leaders’. She also poses some provocative questions. We invite you to provide your opinion and join the discussion. Never, "for the sake of...