To teach leaders how to communicate. We need to first learn how to learn, which means we need to; learn how to unlearn, so we can learn how to relearn.

Gratitude is taking a moment to reflect on how good things are. Not only when something good happens, whether it's small or big, but even on the most ordinary days.

Notice what you notice. Pay attention to your attention. Think about your thinking. And learn about the three types of Gratitude.

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 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.

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.

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.

Authenticity by definition can not be faked. When a leader is authentic, you can see that there is an alignment between how they present themselves and how they naturally are. This is sometimes hard to get to because the role of a leader over the course of their career can be built up of expectations and judgements about how the 'should' be. What does the real you sound like?

The key to asking good questions. I believe that curiosity is the key to asking questions and quality listening.

When you are curious, you are in the space between what you used to know and what you are about to learn. You have the desire to learn something new and to do that you are willing to give up what you might have believed before. If you can hold your own beliefs and ideas very lightly, curiosity becomes a whole lot easier.