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Introducing our brand new website

Over the last few months we’ve been working on improving access to our resources and more through a complete re-build of our website, and we’re very pleased with what we’ve been able to come up with. We invite you to explore the new site.

February 4, 2025

Remembering Joy Gillies

Right at the end of last year, we were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Joy Gillies, a Global Fellow, dear colleague and friend of many years. I last caught up with her at the end of November when she was still able to summon the energy for a chat and a hug. A month later, she was finally relieved of the constant pain of her cancer.

September 3, 2024

Governing bodies and the art of working together

Governing bodies are inherently complex groups. They are usually made up of a diverse range of people from different personal and professional backgrounds. Their experience in governance and ways of engaging with others also varies.

Transformation as distinct from change

When thinking about this month’s blog post, I took some time to look over the posts of the last few months. Two themes that run through many of them are change and transformation.

What does it really mean to be a team?

Our experience in working with teams, both locally and across the world, tells us that the most effective and successful teams are those in which members understand their reason for being. They know what the outcome will be when they have succeeded.

Seeking peace, hope and compassion in a troubled world

Our world, I think many of us would agree, is not in a good place. We are living through a time when, to use our own language, below-the-line thinking is dominant. This can be disheartening for those of us who believe in the power of peace, hope and compassion, but there is hope..

Introducing Vicky Lee, our newest Global Fellow

Re-imagining an organisation as a living system

When an organisation is designed as a living system, it is ready-made to be net positive, with benefits at every level from customer to community and from junior staff member to shareholder.

February 5, 2024

The secret ingredient of extraordinary leadership

In last month’s blog post we revisited the concept of ‘above and below the line’ and explored what we can do to move ourselves above the line, to a higher level of emotional health, should we find ourselves below it.