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20 Years and still going strong

Today marks 20 years since I became a Certified TetraMap Facilitator. And, being someone who loves a metaphor, I wondered if my relationship with TetraMap was like a marriage, and what symbolic meaning I could find.

Is diversity stalling?

I saw a headline for a Diversity & Inclusion Conference that grabbed my attention. “We need to face facts: D&I is stalling.“ Woah that took me by surprise – although maybe that was the point. I read on and was given information on gender pay gaps, women on boards, and D&I professions declining.

Leadership, TetraMap® and Compassion

Of the four TetraMap® perspectives, ‘compassion’ is the one that often raises an eyebrow at first glance. The surprise is understandable. Over the decades, the imagery and persona around leadership as a topic has associated it more with qualities of strength, fortitude, achievement and knowledge.

You Shall Have My Axe

As we move into a new season of opportunity, imagine what you could achieve with a commitment to spending 60% of your time crafting the ‘perfect’ learner experience. My new-style radio shows deliver far more satisfaction to me, and, more importantly to my audience.

Gifted

guest blogger Lady Ranapiri-Kupa, from Aotearoa New Zealand. Lady writes Gifted after a recent experience which inspired her.  
It reminds me that the gifts we have inside of us are not for us – they are for others. And so, I encourage you to give your gifts away.

STOP! Technology Buyer Beware – Please read this.

During this time of turmoil caused by the COVID pandemic, We see a lot of protest springing up, Seamingly showing that society had started focusing on taking moral stances and exercising their right to voice them.

This got me wondering, in this technology-focused time, how much time do we spend thinking about the ethics or morality of the organizations that provide our technology?

If only you knew your greatness…

A fellow participant on a training programme that I’m attending shared this passage with me. I was taken aback by its power and that the author seems to be talking to me; it gives me new hope, I just need to unlock my power!

Are you a conscious consumer… of content?

The ability to be selective with information we access, process and accept is more important than ever before. It’s up to us as the receiver of information to choose reliable sources and separate fact from opinion, speculation and misinformation – as the sender may often disguise those differences. We need to step up and start being conscious consumers of content.

Make Things Better by Making Better Things

Returning to work after a week’s break I should have been feeling relaxed. I wasn’t. 

Kylie’s story

Participating in the certification course and becoming a facilitator has really unlocked a much deeper understanding of how to harness the potential of diversity for radical collaboration. by Kylie Bailey – GoodSense Marketing

Stand Out from the Standard

By looking at four lenses of persuasion, it gives every person a quick hack to persuade, influence and impact. To be In your Element.
By Ridhwan Yusoff

A New Dimension of My Approach to Program Design

I have been speaking on platform for almost 20 years but I only came across program design 7 years ago. The first person who taught me program design was my teacher and mentor, Blair Singer, who was a student of Marshall Thurber, the creator of the program “Money & You”.  The key takeaway from Blair was that good program design requires us to explore different ways to help the participants to maximise the learning in the room.

Feedback is a gift

With Christmas in the rearview mirror it’s a perfect time to think about the gifts you’ll be giving in 2019. If someone is important to you then they deserve a thoughful gift.  As do you.