Archive for 'Growth & Change' Category
Complementarity - what it means for organizational change
Posted by Sharon 20 October 2009In my research into sustainable leadership practices, I have come across some helpful research on “complementarity”, which may provide both an answer to the question of “why does it seem so hard for the average organisation to change?” and potential guidance for organisations who do attempt to make a change, especially a change to […]
Grow, develop, change …what’s in a word?
Posted by Sharon 9 August 2009For a while now I have been testing the word “grow” as an alternative to “change”. I know I have an aversion to being asked to “change” and even the phrase “I want to change the behaviour of my people” indicates that change is forced choice.
Contrast this with the phrase “I want to grow the […]
Why grow a Growth mindset?
Posted by Sharon 14 April 2009I read education researcher Carol Dweck’s book on Mindset over the break and the message is intriguing - our mindsets are self-fulfilling prophecies. If I have a “growth mindset”, I believe that I have the capacity to learn and grow and develop, so I will look for every opportunity to do so. If, on the […]
The Daffodil Principle
Posted by Sharon 13 October 2008It is spring in Sydney and I arrived home to a house full of daffodils and a beautiful email about “The Daffodil Principle“. Enjoy your day, realising we can change and beautify the world one action at a time.
Collective resonance - a corporate example
Posted by Sharon 26 August 2008Yesterday, a series of links led me to The Resonance Project website and Renee Levi’s research into experiences of collective resonance. I was very impressed by the story from Tex Gunning, who was President of Unilever Bestfoods Asia at the time and who had been assembling his country leaders in retreat settings through events […]
Do what you love and the money will follow! …. but when?
Posted by Sharon 11 August 2008I know a colleague who is undergoing a mid life career change. We are both familiar with the phrase “do what you love and the money will follow”. We discussed silent issue that this statement doesn’t address - the fact / fear that between the doing and flowing, there can be a gap […]
Miha Pognacik - A passion for music
Posted by Sharon 19 February 2008Well Monday started well and continued to get better. The theme of growth and renewal repeated itself at lunch where we had a wonderful taster of the work of Miha Pogacnik, violinist and inspirational activist. In less than an hour Miha showed us the traditional corporate pathway vs the alternative - of letting go […]
Influencing others - showing that progress is being made
Posted by Sharon 19 September 2007I’ve just read an interesting research study based on Robert Cialdini’s Influence work. Check out his Inside Influence website for the full article.
Testing a car wash loyalty program, researchers gave some customers a loyalty card with 8 boxes to stamp before getting a free wash and gave others a loyalty card with 10 boxes to […]
From Doubt to Curiosity with a “Possibility Pill”
Posted by Sharon 4 September 2007I have a client who came to me with a problem - she doubts everything, both her capability and the capabilities of her team. In certain arenas the doubt has served her and the team, but in general, it creates a drag on their collective performance.
We agreed that to shift from doubt to optimism was […]
Miracles do happen
Posted by Sharon 13 August 2007In my programs I sometimes ask people a “miracle question”, a visualisation activity, where they get to imagine that they go to sleep and a miracle occurs overnight and the problem that is facing them is resolved so that they wake up to a new future. I’ve found it useful for groups who are […]