NICOLA HARTFIELD

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...

Difficult conversations are exactly that. Difficult. We often resist them or procrastinate about having them. We may go as far as to...

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...

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...

In previous articles I have referred to a set of concerns that we are all share. They are the need for acknowledgement, belonging,...

We have all experienced anger at some time in our lives. An unjust sandpit moment, the parental wrath of a teen missing curfew, the...

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...

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...