I’m writing as I prepare to transition from time ‘out’ of the everyday world to being back ‘in’. Having published Approaching Difference Differently, it was important to regroup, recover and replenish, and I’d planned to spend some weeks on retreat on Holy Isle. The futility of plans – something I keep having to relearn! Getting […]
In the autumn of 2019, I was ‘reckoning’ with myself as I approached the threshold of my 60th birthday. It seemed to be a significant time, calling for new rhythms in the later stages of a working life. This led me to reappraise my identity and work, using the autumn season and the metaphor of
In my previous post, I wrote about my journey into dedicated followership of both Leadership Embodiment (LE) practices and their founder, Wendy Palmer. Nailing my colours to a mast doesn’t come easily to me – yet of all the leadership resources I’ve come across in 25 years of executive coaching, I’ve found LE to be
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The morning after storm Corrie passed through, my neighbour went out for a run to examine the impact. Her verdict? Carnage. She’d used a similarly potent word after storm Arwen but on my usual walks after that weather event, I’d only been slightly hampered by occasionally having to clamber over or duck under a fallen