The Secret of Leaders Who Balance Honesty and Kindness

The Secret of Leaders Who Balance Honesty and Kindness

Without total honesty, holding people accountability remains largely a theory. The fear, however, is that total honesty will damage relationships and alienate people—and that means disharmony and disengagement. In my experience, leaders typically feel a tug-of-war...
The Hidden Problem Undermining Leadership Development

The Hidden Problem Undermining Leadership Development

Research shows that the number one characteristic people want from their leaders is honesty. Leaders struggle with being honest with themselves, however, because of our propensity to hide parts of ourselves from ourselves. As Carl Jung, one of the fathers of modern...
How Self-Awareness Transforms Workplace Culture

How Self-Awareness Transforms Workplace Culture

What do Google, General Mills, Target, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Oprah Winfrey have in common? A commitment to using self-awareness practices to create organisational change. Once associated with a highly spiritual lifestyle set apart from the mainstream,...
Transformational Leadership Begins With Self-Awareness

Transformational Leadership Begins With Self-Awareness

The goal of transformational leadership is to transform individual behaviour, organisational culture, and entrenched systems for the better. However, we cannot effectively inspire external change if we’re not willing to transform ourselves internally. True...