Recently I hosted a personal transformation program. Here 's the 3-step contemplation I led: 1. What one practice have you fully imbibed and implemented in your leadership? 2. How has it changed your life? 3. How has it changed others' lives for the better? One woman shared that she had been told how humble she was as a leader because she truly listened. She aimed to be fully present to others and not fear the problem presented at the time, her cohort also had the great gi

TRANSCENDENT COMPANIES are organisations who are so Conscious they easefully go beyond not only realising the full potential of their employees they transcend the mundane to ensure they are positively affecting social transformation. Think Southwest Airlines, Google, Starbucks, Whole Foods Market, Patagonia. Consider if your company takes care of the 4 tenets of transcendence: 1. A higher purpose 2. Stakeholder focus 3. Conscious culture 4. Conscious leadership Check out

MINDFULNESS FOR CONSCIOUS LEADERS In leadership development we use personality profiles to diagnose potential and behaviour, but do you know how to diagnose your thoughts? Three states of mind make up our menu of choice. Here's a simple method of identifying your own state of mind drawn from yogic understanding of the mind: 1. Inertia, apathy, insensitiveness, indifference 2. Uncontrolled, busy, desiring, worrying, criticising, frustration 3. Calm, resourceful, compassionat

'Here is John. See John run. Here is Betty. See Betty run. Here is Spot. See Spot run.' The John and Betty books I grew up with at school supposedly taught me to read and expand my language. But, given the topics, they didn't teach me much about life. Kids run, and so do dogs it seems. How life-expanding is the learning in your organisation? Or are you suffering from the effects of 'lazy-learning'? And is your L&D falling into lazy habits too? The Five Levels of Conscious L

These Millennials are causing a lot of conversation and some of it with consternation. They want to move fast, disrupt status quo, develop themselves deeply, broadly, widely, quickly, and have a flexible work-life balance that allows them to stay fit and embrace their lives away from work. At the same time they want to have positive social impact and be part of an ethical community of global change agents. Wealth would be good too... and love. Are they the dreamers of the fu

How do you answer a question like that? I was recently asked my opinion on the state of learning and development globally. Not just a small question… and how do you answer it, in truth? The reason most people leave their jobs, other than problems with their immediate manager, is lack of progression and development. Salary is always in the mix, but I am seeing a shift into a greater decider that is a need not only for job satisfaction but deep personal fulfilment from work.

Challenges in our lives can seem to happen quite randomly and shock us. Suddenly we are adjusting our lives and our careers to suit. Often the impact is so great it sends us looking for help to understand and cope with the emotions they unleash. They might seem beyond our control but these external changes are mirrors or metaphors for what is emerging from deep within our selves as a new sense of identity and purpose. And they often happen at common times in our lives for