Insight
Compassion and Self Care
Friends and clients alike have told us that this lockdown has been different from the last two, that it has snuck up on them how different they have felt.
3rd February 2021
Friends and clients alike have told us that this lockdown has been different from the last two, that it has snuck up on them how different they have felt.
The end of 2020 showed us once again just how quickly and dramatically the context could change. But despite a challenging and unexpected start, 2021 is a year of great hope, growth and regeneration.
The leadership skill of horizon scanning has never been more important – the events of the last year has demonstrated this in abundance. The ability to gaze over the parapet and the confines of your world, to anticipate and predict the future, and to then apply that insight to plan and contingency plan is absolutely core for any leader, and particularly if you’re responsible for the future direction of your business.
Alistair Mant passed away in October 2020. He was a long-time friend and mentor of ours, and we want to mark his contribution to the field of leadership.
In times of uncertainty, leaders need to sustain their own confidence. This is essential to help a team, or even a whole business, maintain the optimism and energy they need to adapt and thrive.
“It’s all about gaining altitude” said William Winstone as he framed the second in our four-module Leading in New Worlds programme “The ability to zoom in and out gives us different perspectives and a different relationship with the ground we work on – a bit like Google maps!” he added.
A conversation with Duncan Law, Consultant Clinical Psychologist who has over 30-years’ experience working in applied psychology across elite sporting environments, including premier league football,
“The course has already started me thinking about my actions as a leader. How can I be more intentional in what I do for both myself and my team. It has made me consider recognising performance as well as outcomes!”
At the time of writing, I’m (Katherine) spending some time in Ireland, working and holidaying. Ireland has handled the Covid crisis relatively well, with the Government receiving plaudits for its swift and decisive action and clarity of its communication through the first four months of the crisis. At the end of June, however, there was a change in government, and with it a change in leadership approach and style – and this new approach has come in for plenty of criticism in recent weeks.
As businesses are navigating a return to the workplace, safety is foremost in everyone’s minds. And while the focus is necessarily on creating a physically safe, bio-secure environment, paying attention to creating psychological safety is critical AND maintain (or even re-establish) an emphasis on productivity and performance.
A conversation with Darren Fergus, MD of Sintetica UK. Sintetica are a Swiss pharmaceutical company specialising in regional anaesthetics. Darren has led the launch of
Our Webinar highlights the Four key challenges for leaders as we move through and beyond Covid.
