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Tools for Leadership in Times of Change

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Category Archives: Inner Leadership

Seven steps to inner emotional leadership, of myself and others

“Any minute now, everything will change”

Posted on March 13, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Dark times

The language of this article is a little more poetic than our usual focus here at The Churning. But everyone’s experience is different, and a good leader is a human being first Continue Reading →

Posted in 3: Find the Opportunities, 7: Prepare for the Journey, About/Introduction, Inner Leadership | Tagged Change, Control, Metamorphosis, Opportunity, Priorities | Leave a reply

When the storm is over you will be a different person

Posted on March 11, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
When the storm is over you won't be the same person

Inner Leadership provides tools that help you weather the storm. They enable you to make sense of what is happening around you and then not just react but choose how you will Continue Reading →

Posted in About/Introduction, Inner Leadership | Tagged Conscious Choices, Growth, Storm | Leave a reply

Synergies between implementation and self-knowledge

Posted on February 26, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Free climbing

As I work to finalise Volume 1 of The Churning, inner leadership, I am noticing connections between the first and final chapters. Chapter 7 is about how you can move forward to implement Continue Reading →

Posted in 1: Centre, Ground, & Deepen, 7: Prepare for the Journey, Inner Leadership | Tagged Climbing, Inner-Outer | Leave a reply

Buddhist Leadership?

Posted on February 24, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
when-things-fall-apart

One way to improve our businesses is by looking for global best practices. The more different the approaches we find are (from the way we do things today) the more potential they Continue Reading →

Posted in 1: Centre, Ground, & Deepen, 2: Make Sense of the Situation, 3: Find the Opportunities, 7: Prepare for the Journey, Inner Leadership | Tagged Antifragility, Buddhism, Pema Chodron | Leave a reply

Star in your own Oscars

Posted on February 23, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Oscars

Once a year, every year, the world turns to Hollywood to find out which was the best movie of the year, who was the best actor, the best director, and so on. Continue Reading →

Posted in 3: Find the Opportunities, 4: Choose What's Best for You, 5: Know Your Purpose & Values, 6: Create an Inspiring Vision, Inner Leadership, Outer Leadership | Tagged Oscars | Leave a reply

The Dalai Lama — Balancing inner and outer leadership

Posted on February 4, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Dalai Lama

If you’re like me you probably don’t think of the Dalai Lama as a tough leader. But a Newsweek article this week says that he combines “robes of humility” with Continue Reading →

Posted in About/Introduction, Inner Leadership, Outer Leadership | Tagged Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Inner-Outer, Pope | Leave a reply

Four leadership traits that are making the most difference to organisational performance

Posted on January 9, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Top leadership behaviours

The Churning is a book on leadership in times of change. It is a ‘how to’ book that aims to identify the key focus areas that will make the most difference Continue Reading →

Posted in About/Introduction, Inner Leadership, Outer Leadership | Tagged Inner-Outer, McKinsey | Leave a reply

Will you be missed? Are you going to matter?

Posted on January 8, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Seth Godin

This short film of Seth Godin speaking recently in New York is quite interesting. He talks about how the industrial ‘scarcity’ economy is transforming into the ‘connection’ economy. Chat, email, facebook, Airbnb, Tinder, Continue Reading →

Posted in About/Introduction, Inner Leadership, Outer Leadership | Tagged Charlie Hebdo, Connection, Seth Godin | Leave a reply

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction

Posted on January 7, 2015 by The Churning — Leave a reply
Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction (JFK)

A simple enough statement: “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” But in a world that is churning all around us, how can we know which purpose and direction is right for Continue Reading →

Posted in About/Introduction, Inner Leadership, Outer Leadership | Tagged Courage, Inner-Outer, John F Kennedy | Leave a reply

Creating the values-led organisation

Posted on December 18, 2014 by The Churning — Leave a reply
With great care and attention, a barista makes coffee

How can you create a values-led organisation without first creating values-led people? When Tim Cook was named the FT’s person of the year it wasn’t simply because of the “dazzling new Continue Reading →

Posted in 5: Know Your Purpose & Values, About/Introduction, Inner Leadership | Tagged Apple Corp, Financial Times, Tim Cook, Values | Leave a reply

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