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As stress and burnout are becoming increasingly common, we need to establish another way of leading and living. My musing attempt to answer the following questions:

How can we still have high performance while maintaining our wellbeing and our relationships?
How can we show up as our best selves, both at home and at work?
How does showing up as our best self lead to high performance?

Let’s Elevate our Life and Leadership with more joy, confidence and balance!

Finding Inner Peace for Building Outer Peace

Introduction to Peace and Conflict I recently had the privilege of attending an ECIS leadership conference where Hilary Cremin, a distinguished research professor at the University of Cambridge, delivered a compelling keynote on a topic that resonates deeply in today's world: PEACE. At a time…

Harnessing the Power of Energy — Lessons from Horse Coaching

Horses Horses, with their intuitive nature, have an uncanny ability to perceive the slightest shifts in energy. As flight animals, they are hardwired to discern safety from threat, making them the ultimate judges of character, devoid of bias and judgment. They don't concern themselves with…

The Often Over-looked Super-power of Leadership: Deep Listening

The Power of Deep Listening in Leadership In the world of leadership, lies an often-overlooked superpower: the art of listening. Imagine a leader who sits back, not with the intent to reply, but to truly understand, embodying the essence of Sue Thoele's wisdom: "Deep listening…

How Coaching supports Leaders to Empower their Teams

Assuming then that our objective as leaders is to bring out the best in others and create self-managing and self-motivated teams who are working towards one vision and according to a set of common values, what leadership attributes and skills are needed, and how can…

From Indoctrination to Imagination - What is True and Beautiful?

Rethinking New Year's Resolutions: Start with Self-Awareness So often around New Year's we make resolutions to drink less, exercise more, increase our creativity, be a better parent/leader/colleague/partner, etc. But instead of jumping straight into new habits that have trouble sticking, I'd like to share with…

The 3C Approach to Authentic Leadership

The Story of Anna Meet Anna – on the surface, she seems to have mastered the art of navigating the complexities of her professional life with grace and determination. However, beneath her polished exterior lies a different narrative. Her days unfold as a whirlwind of…