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The Power and Beauty of NLP
Two interesting things happened over the past week to remind me of the power and beauty of NLP. I was at the Telstra Women in Business Awards on Tuesday night and Layne Beachley was the keynote speaker. She was wonderful.…
Posted in On Running Your Brain
Cultivating Employee Engagement
We are all aware that organisations with great cultures create great workplaces. Research by the Barrett Values Centre (2013) concluded that “values driven organisations are the most successful organisations on the planet”. They generate higher earnings, are more profitable, more…
Posted in On Leadership
Top 10 Tips for an Extraordinary Day
Each day we’re faced with a barrage of potential stressors that can compromise our wellbeing, our productivity and our joy. When we feel stressed our body reacts by increasing our adrenaline and cortisol hormones which directly effects our energy management,…
Posted in On Health and Wellbeing
Unconscious Bias
I was a nurse originally, and now I work in leadership development. The other day I was introducing a program for women leaders and I made the comment that I look forward to the day when we move from defining…
Posted in On Leadership
Meditation
As most of you know I am a long time devotee of meditation and reap the benefits of it daily. Last week a friend of mine, Antoinette Braks, spent last weekend with Deepak Chopra at his workshop in Sydney. I…
Posted in On Health and Wellbeing
Setting Your Intentions
Last month I wrote about reflecting on your successes for 2013 and priming your brain for success in 2014. Some of the ideas that I mentioned were: Set goals. Develop an action plan and take inspired action each day. Get…
Posted in On Health and Wellbeing
Centered Leadership
The evening before the Telstra Women in Business Awards last year the finalists all met to prepare for the awards the next night. One of the facilitated discussions was around the challenges obstacles women face during their careers, and some…
Posted in On Leadership
Sombre Reflections
The siege last week in Sydney has left us all reeling – somehow feeling personally touched by the events and the tragic loss of 3 lives. My thoughts and blessings go out to the families, friends and colleagues of the…
Posted in On Balance
Flourishing
A number of years ago now I came across the Losada Ratio that states that we need 3:1 positive to negative emotions to flourish. This research was conducted by Emily Heaphy and Consultant Marcial Losada who examined the effectiveness of…
Posted in On Health and Wellbeing