In my experience, there is a significant difference between leading an organisation and leading a leadership team well. This case study shows how deep, system‑psychodynamic team coaching enabled a senior leadership team to work with complexity, share authority, reduce isolation, and lead ambitious cultural and strategic change with greater integrity and impact.
This article is part of my ongoing series about heroes—not the kind celebrated for titles or platforms, but those whose ethical courage shows up when systems fail.
It follows my earlier piece about David Turner, and continues my reflection on what it really means to live—and lead—according to the Principles of Public Life: integrity, accountability, openness, respect, and stewardship.
This piece centres on Tricia, a tireless campaigner, professional, and friend, whose life has repeatedly demonstrated that ethics are not abstract—they are practiced, often quietly, often at personal cost.
Are your staff, or partners heading towards burn out? Are you seeing significant signs of 'Strain Zone' fatigue building up? In this blog i share the insights about being Strategic about your Time and Energy.
In my experience there’s a big difference between having a strategy and actually ‘being strategic’. This case case study shows how I’ve helped an organisation make that difference, with the help of my Time & Energy Auditing tools.
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In my experience, there is a significant difference between leading an organisation and leading a leadership team well. This case study shows how deep, system‑psychodynamic team coaching enabled a senior leadership team to work with complexity, share authority, reduce isolation, and lead ambitious cultural and strategic change with greater integrity and impact.
Read MoreAre your staff, or partners heading towards burn out? Are you seeing significant signs of 'Strain Zone' fatigue building up? In this blog i share the insights about being Strategic about your Time and Energy.
Read MoreIn my experience there’s a big difference between having a strategy and actually ‘being strategic’. This case case study shows how I’ve helped an organisation make that difference, with the help of my Time & Energy Auditing tools.
Read MoreSimplifying work and life is an essential skill, especially as we move through these times of change. This blog describes why and gives examples of businesses I have helped found, that show multiple practical insights about these values-in-action. Traits of ethical leadership include the ability to Simplify and being straightforward.
Read MoreCulture Change is always difficult. This case study gives insights for how to succeed. I worked with an amazing organisation in one of Scotland’s most deprived areas for two years, helping empower the people on the front line and – in the process – transforming their culture.
Read MoreAs we come through the post-crisis phase after the pandemic, I am working with organisations and different professions who are exhibiting signs of burn out, so in this blog I reflect on ‘Perfection’ and suggest ways of practicing around it.
Read MoreThis blog reflects on my recent work, supporting ethical leadership structures in Scotland, which goes together with the need to pause, breath and consider sustainability in all our working lives as we move towards COP 26.
Read MoreThis blog focuses on what it is to lead and manage a small sustainable community development organisation. From a podcast of a coaching client, i look across at the themes emerging in many of the organisations I’m working with to look at what is needed in 2021
Read MoreHaving spent 15 years delivering courses on partnership development and stakeholder influencing, I think there’s another level of partnership missing from many models out there. Which leads me to the psychodynamics of partnership working.
Read MoreIn this blog i celebrate the importance and impact of supervision of staff.
Read MoreIn this blog i am both celebrating the leaders i coach plus offering insights about what makes them so effective.
Read MoreManaging workflow is an age-old issue. But a few years ago, I realised that it’s not just a matter of how long you spend on a task, but how much energy that task takes. My innovative Time & Energy Audit was born.
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