Active Listening
Active listening is so much more than just hearing the words that someone has to say. Hearing the person behind the words allows us to...
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- Oct 20, 2021
- 4 min
Difficult Conversations
Difficult conversations are exactly that. Difficult. We often resist them or procrastinate about having them. We may go as far as to...
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
Kindness Matters
Be Kind. Two words that we have often heard spoken in this country. They are an important part of New Zealand’s covid brand. Some might...
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
Loud and quiet anger
Anger is a natural consequence of not getting what we want and need. It is a response to an injustice, real or imagined. It is a way of...
- Jul 27, 2021
- 2 min
Imagine an iceberg
In previous articles I have referred to a set of concerns that we are all share. They are the need for acknowledgement, belonging,...
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
Anger tells our story of pain
We have all experienced anger at some time in our lives. An unjust sandpit moment, the parental wrath of a teen missing curfew, the...
- May 24, 2021
- 2 min
Conflict can exist in the absence of a dispute.
Most of us fear conflict and do our best to avoid it. Sometimes this can be to the detriment of expressing our true feelings or voicing...
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
Magic in the Circle – a reflection
I sit and wait. Seven empty chairs wait with me. Soon they will be filled by a leadership team that has lost their will to lead. A single...