Unconditional Positive Regard is to accept and value a person, to respect and care for a person in a positive light, no matter what. Even when they are flawed, even when they might think, feel and behave in ways that we or others might not like.

Coaching gave me a thinking space, a healthy environment for reflection and positive movement in the direction I designed. This was my first calling to hire a coach. What is yours? Maybe you have thought about hiring a coach, maybe you even are a coach. "Everyone needs a coach. We all need people that give us feedback. That’s how we improve" - Bill Gates. Here are my top 5 reasons for hiring a coach

Finding your authenticity and your inner power. Who is that amazing you? That person who speaks clearly, with confidence and in a way connects to the people around you? That person who leads and influences others, who enables positive change and achieves huge goals. It is you!

I looked down at the huge galvanised steel bathtub made for three adults, full of ice. I was not ready yet. “Come on, let’s go” said my husband and there was no more time to think. As instructed we stepped in together. Legs in, one- two, and straight down!

I Declare Optimism October! There are many reasons why it is normal to be feeling down in October… Let’s choose a new trajectory for October. I wanted to fill my own mind with optimistic thoughts and ideas and I get the feeling that it might have a positive ripple effect so I hereby declare this Optimism October

We follow the advice to …“Keep it simple, stupid.” But often life and people are not simple. The fear of complexity is actually the fear of uncertainty, which often triggers a need for control. We can open and switch our mindsets to find more calm in complexity. Reframe the challenges to bring us out of our panic zone and into our stretch zone because that is where we will grow and learn, innovate and overcome our challenges.

How the masks we wear at work to protect and shield us from harm, now could be preventing us from making meaningful human connections.

Leaders are being challenged to be more authentic. But what does authenticity mean and how can you find and nurture it?

Human leadership creates the space for inclusive cultures. Inclusive cultures; require human leadership where we think with curiosity, feel with compassion and act with courage.

Ubuntu means that, 'what I am is a result of who we are as humans - I am not much without others'. In other words, what I am and what I do impacts you and many others. In turn, what you do has implications for me and for others too. We must therefore care about what the other does. Learn more and join the workshop…

Do people feel free to speak up?
Here is a summary of what happened this week when Internal Communication professionals discussed how to tackle psychological safety to ensure that the employee voice is heard and valued.

And… my thoughts on how to support Human Leadership that nurtures a climate of psychological safety and freedom to speak.

The unexpected and the unpredictable. Seeking surprises, can warm up our brains to be more resilient to change.

Instead of eliminating surprise, we need to seek out experiences that don’t have a predictable outcome, those that challenge our current wiring and build new circuitry and build more resilience.

Change is constant, heard that before? But change is also uncomfortable, how you see that discomfort is the key to embracing change.

Silence never solved any problems.
Martin Luther King said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
When we say nothing, nothing changes.

This is a story about taking risks and following a dream, I with you three things I learned in that class and want to share with you.