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Team coaching – the Total Intelligence approach
The first decades of the twenty-first century stand witness to a dramatic change of the business landscape at an astonishing...
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Thriving for “more”? We prefer caring and daring for “better”
Business, like life, is a journey. What makes it great often lies in the encounters and experiences that we live...
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Committing to a leadership that powers progress for the many, not the few – the Leadership Wisdom Framework
At Companions for Leadership, our paradigm of Leadership Development is based not on climbing a rigid linear ladder of pre-defined...
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Leading complexity in chaos and crisis – the emerging imperative of cultivating a leadership wisdom culture
Would you agree if I say that wisdom is THE defining characteristic of what it is to be human. If...
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Narcissistic Leaders: The Dark Triad, narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism
I think it’s time to talk about psychopathic, sociopathic and narcissistic leaders and the damage they do. Over the more...
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From Cell to Soul – From a Molecular Scientist to a Psychologist and Leadership Coach
You never know when the life-changing moment is approaching. From an outsider's point of view, I was at the top...
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The Calling of The Heart
It was the year of my 40th birthday. In this moment of their lives, people usually look back and reflect...
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The Magic of Life-Changing Encounters
Can it be a coincidence that most of my life-changing moments have taken place in cafés? Over a cup of...
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A Drawing of a Tree
Pinpointing the start of one’s journey is never going to be easy. Life is full of starts. Some things stick...
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Lead by Your Heart
For the last 20 years, I have been pondering more deeply on my own purpose, and my observation is that...
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The Day Everything Changed
When I reflect on where I am today and how I got here, I can see my drive to help...
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Invent Yourself and Then Re-Invent Yourself
Homecoming - Berkeley, California. As I walked into this beautiful Julia Morgan-designed house south of the University of California campus...
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Dare to Be Happy
I saw it coming again like a rippling wave of frustration and anger in my heart. We had been on ...
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My Path to Purpose – A Series of Dots
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once said in a Stanford University graduation speech, “You can't connect the dots looking forward; you...
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The Road Home
I’d lost count of how often that nagging question ambushed me. As I did every workday, I charged down the...
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Leaders, The Shaman of a Paradigm
Nanoseconds often define our lives. These short moments steer us in a new direction of change with no return. They...
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Two Good Reasons
My first life ended on November 24, 2006. I had spent the morning at school, where I had been doing...
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What Are You Waiting For ?
What has to happen for you to truly love, show and stand behind yourself? When life deals out tough cards! ...
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A Call to Adventure
Without knowing it, my quest for purpose started one sunny afternoon in the back garden of a small house in...
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Evolution of Me
Chapter 1. Love. My brother was swimming when I was 5, and my father was taking me to the swimming...
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Life Changing Situations
There is a flower that means a lot to me. The sunflower. Read its name. Sunflower. A flower to the ...
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Moving from Legal Grounds to Solid Ground
When I was in my early 30s–– a lawyer living in Los Angeles––my professional life took an abrupt turn. I...
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Finding my purpose – My journey towards my true self
In 2011, I was recommended a three-day leadership program, the Self Managing Leadership, run by Oxford Leadership. I was very...
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Your own life story by Abby Barton
I was an anxious child. I can’t really explain why, but my default way of being was being worried. As...
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Does Leadership have a Gender?
The LEAD network's activities have led to the emergence of an interesting observation on the concept of female leadership. An...
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How can purpose be a driver for sustainable performance?
Speed of change The VUCA world we live in and the exponential rate of change that we’re already experiencing. We...
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Purpose & complexity
As we move into a new, both exciting and scary era of exponential change and disruption, we can’t rely on...
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