~ bend the river

At one very low point of my own personal journey of leadership development, I remember sobbing over and over again... "I just want to be me". But it wasn't that simple and here's why... At the same time as crying those words out, I also knew deep down that I was becoming more than I had been. I'd just never expected that letting go of my identity of 'who I was' in order to allow the more expansive and refreshed version of me would be so challenging! And it's also why I get a

I first came across Theory U when reading the book "leading from the emerging future' by Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer. It was a book on my MSC reading list (Leading and Facilitating Change). It grabbed my attention and really got me thinking about my work in the world. I'm hearing more and more people wanting to work more emergently in business and society so supporting traction with the principles of this Theory, could help us create change. The free course from MIT offer

I was given the chance to write an article for the Association of Coaching magazine: Global Coaching Perspectives under a theme of complexity. In the article, I share my personal experience of looking for alternatives to goals in order to motivate action. To read the article, click Softening the Goal Mindset #leadership #coaching #intention #goals

Like a tree trunk, your inner leader gives you strength and guidance in how to stand tall in your whole self and spread the reach of your leadership. When we are in alignment with our values, life is lived with balance and authenticity. "Living up to an image you have of yourself or that others have of you is inauthentic living." The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle Why is this important? Our behaviours and actions arise out of our values, so when our values are out of kilter with

The process of creating ~ bend the river hit the rapids when I asked about 20 friends and family to visit my first business website: www.bendtheriver.org. I asked them to let me know what they loved and what didn't make sense, so I could start see it through the eyes of others and make some changes. PING. That evening the first emails started to come in. I was excited and read quickly. Over the next 24 hours, I bounced from feeling supported and appreciated to winded and defe

Where in your life do you like certainty? To know what you're doing, where you are going? In which areas are you ok with uncertainty? It strikes me that we all have our own idea to where the line between certainty and uncertainty falls. And our own responses to uncertainty. I've been reflecting on this topic and have these observations: Tight on time - If I've got lots on and I've planned each day down to the last minute I don't have time for uncertainty. I want to deal with