Archive for November, 2007

“Not Tarnished, not Broken, not a Sub-species”

Friday, November 30th, 2007

I have always felt strongly about mental health (call it burn-out, depression, bipolar or whatever) and have had to pick up the pieces of a few high-flying professionals who lost the plot whilst in high-powered jobs. Realising that individuals are not at fault here and that a number of factors ...

Personal Values

Monday, November 12th, 2007

“Culture” is to a group what “personality” is to an individual. People of different cultures share basic concepts but view them from different angles and perspectives, leading them to behave differently. If you are interested in your own values and would like to carry out a 20 minute test that ...

Clean language

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

A powerful coaching tool I use but never knew it has been around for 20 years or so. I just copied and pasted the explanation from Wikipedia. Have a read... Author: Imran

Leadership Gobeldegook!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

I have been reading an excellent handout about leadership Past, Present, and Future by John Antonakis, Anna T. Cianciolo and Robert J. Sternberg. There is one sentence which really caught my attention " Finally, another example of a hybrid-integrative framework is that of Bass (1985), who integrated ...

Esprit de Corps- How it empowers people

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

I recently received this poem from an US Army friend of mine. It is written by Corporal Aairon M Gilbert US Marine currently serving in Iraq. I just jotted down some of the traits and values I spotted. You may find more. What is interesting ...