The idea of commercial success is one that becomes more and more allusive as the years pass. The cycle of making money, meeting targets and losing money is one that is constant in the lifetime of any commercial organisation. As the years pass by, the average leadership that is being seen on a global, religious or even corporate standpoint, is …
Importance of the wellbeing of your workforce
Having a healthy workforce is essential for a leader, otherwise, the money and resources invested in the human capital will overstate the performance of the company as a whole. The idea of a healthy worker is further divided into 3 principal ideas that drive a healthy human being: Attunement: Easily described as the feeling of connection; to understand others and …
Exploring attachment theory in coaching
Many times when counseling or coaching individuals, the right practice to help them the most could be to explore the attachment theory. But this is one that has very blurred boundaries and it is quite easy for it to go south, both by the responses of the counselor or the participant. While following the code of ethics is extremely important …
Steps for fostering a healthy work environment
Using a Jungian model, Mr. Barrett explains how there are four conversations occurring at all times, within a relationship and how being aware of them would help make a healthy environment for everyone present. He explains using the model, that if leaders become for attuned to their employees, watch and notice their performance, what makes it better and what affects …
Importance of recognition and interaction with leaders
In order to experience change as well as go through the deintegration and reintegration cycle, we first need to get noticed and feel seen. Giving the simple example of parenting and how the mother must observe and have a reaction with her child, causes the infant to feel the attention of the parent, allowing them to try to communicate with …
The different stages in the cycle of change; Reverie and containment
The noticing of people and their actions led to the theory of reverie, which is when an individual starts to explore the meaning and build on ideas and exchange information, which allows sense to be made from the feeling that arrises. It helps form the associations of actions, items and the terms used to define them. Reverie leading to the …
Introduction to a psychodynamic approach to leadership
Natural leadership is a word that is easily thrown around by the management regarding the qualities that they think would make a good employee. Though many times, the job that they are filling does not require a leader, it is often seen as an added bonus if ever the need rises, down the line. Mr. Laurence Barrett introduces us to …
Exploring the Harrison Paradoxes of achievement
The feeling of achievement has a lot to do with how we perceive and approach a certain task. The Harrison Paradoxes are were constructed in a way that two aspects of cognitive or behavioral issues, which may seem contradictory at first but instead work, hand-in-hand. Together, we explore three paradoxes of achievement and observe their implementation in our daily lives: …
Discussing the Harrison Paradoxes of motivation
Sustained motivation is the balance of self-motivation and stress for each individual in any field of their life. The Harrison Paradoxes are were constructed in a way that two aspects of cognitive or behavioral issues, which may seem contradictory at first but instead work, hand-in-hand. Together, we explore three paradoxes of motivation: The Paradox of motivation is seen when an …
Defining and coaching defensive individuals
We have all come across at least one individual that does not take constructive criticism well. Instead of looking at it as a way to improve, many a time people think that their insecurities are being picked at, which is why the approach to coaching them must be tailored towards sensitivity. In the paradox of self, defensive people are high …