Why we can’t shame ourselves into changing

Why we can’t shame ourselves into changing

Becoming a transformational leader requires that we transform ourselves. So how do we do that fundamentally and sustainably?  Unfortunately, every leader I’ve ever worked with uses self-shame as the most common tool for self-improvement. But this actually does more...
4 Key Elements To Create Team Psychological Safety

4 Key Elements To Create Team Psychological Safety

Harvard organisational behavioural scientist Amy Edmondson first introduced the construct of ‘team psychological safety’, which she defined as a ‘shared belief held by members of a team that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking’. It’s a shared assumption...
How to give conscious feedback

How to give conscious feedback

My very first 360° assessment group feedback session with a leader and his team was a steep learning experience. In these group feedback sessions, our job is to help maintain psychological safety in the room in various ways. But given this was my first time, some...
Transform Your Leadership By Resolving Your Shadow

Transform Your Leadership By Resolving Your Shadow

Carl Jung famously said, ‘Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.’ Mindfulness is how we ‘make the unconscious conscious’. The impact our unconscious programming has on our behaviour cannot be overestimated....