Watching the dynamics around the Round Table, I couldn’t help reflecting on parallels with my work facilitating and coaching leaders and teams.
I wonder if your life has lived up to your expectations? A linear life with one life event following another in a nice neat order.
When we stop filling every space with activity, we have an opportunity to notice what is underneath the ‘doing’. To reconnect with ourselves beyond performance. To ask what we actually need, want and value when there isn’t a goal in front of us.
In the world of football, the best coaches help prepare players to perform regardless of environment. Elite performance comes from internal belief, emotional control, and adaptability, not external conditions.
You’re handed a box of pieces – education, early roles, side projects, mistakes, unexpected opportunities- and told to “figure it out.”
After challenging inappropriate behaviour at the highest level, coaching helped Kim reset and plan her next steps.
You’re handed a box of pieces – education, early roles, side projects, mistakes, unexpected opportunities- and told to “figure it out.”
Alex had had a successful 25-year career as a video game designer but faced with uncertainty after being made redundant, he decided it was “now or never” to start his own business.
When managers are promoted into more senior roles, it often means moving away from the familiar, hands-on operational work and stepping into a more strategic approach.
The 40th New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda, was only the third woman in New Zealand history to hold office and only the second ever woman in office to give birth.