Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Laurence Barrett”
We live in a time where many of us are just beginning to unlearn the stigma that was associated with mental health. We explore the idea around feelings in the workplace and how repressing them causing more daage in the long term than good. The idea that vulnerability can be viewed as a trend in the social sphere, is one …
In this video, Mr. Barrett explores the idea of measurement when it comes to choosing or developing a leader. He goes through the pros and cons of statistical measures and also provides us insight into how his time as an operational researcher helped his build the stance he has today on the idea. Watch the short clip to hear all …
After learning about what makes a healthy person and why it is important, we move on to the aspect of addressing what healthy leadership is. Mentalising is an important part of leadership, as it ensures that the workers are understood and FEEL understood, as well. Mr Barrett further goes on to explain what is charisma in a leader. The simple …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
