It’s our belief at Bird, that everyone is a leader. You don’t have to be managing a team of people in the workplace to be a leader. You don’t have to be managing a team of people anywhere to be a leader. You just have to be authentic, put your stake in …
..is ‘what is our company’s wellbeing strategy?’ Wellbeing, self-care, and emotional intelligence are not a luxury, they are an absolute priority. The landscape is changing; early adopter organisations are recognising wellbeing isn’t a nice to have. It is essential. It needs to be implemented in order for individuals and teams to thrive. This …
This week we hear from Bird associate Elloa, sharing her reflections after our Bird associate workshop day last month. Enjoy… A few weeks ago, all of the Bird Associates and Abby from Work Well Being, a great organisation that Bird partners with, spent the day together working (and playing!) our way through some …
Nonsense is everywhere. My definition of nonsense is ‘actions and words that make situations more complicated, noisier, and are not at all aligned with personal or organisational values, vision or purpose.’ Nonsense can be found in organisations, in relationships and sometimes in our own brains. Nonsense is stuff like ‘this person said …
On Tuesday this week I ran a full day session in partnership with the brilliantACEVO. We worked through particular issues or challenges that attendees were experiencing by using a process I’ve developed based on the Coaches Training Institute models, Dr Brené Brown’s research and The GROW model. What I know is we …
We live very busy lives. We pack our schedules with 100 things to do. We get a great deal of joy from doing what we do. Doing stuff can be energising, it can be an opportunity to learn, and it can lead to connection with others who are also doing things. But …
This evening I will be running a course for a group of female leaders who will be mentoring and coaching others. Whilst it takes a long time, a lot of practice and in-depth training to truly master the art of coaching, there are some simple skills you can implement with your teams …
The process of trying to feel fulfilled and joyful can be exhausting. We spend time exploring situation after situation, trying to find the places, people and projects that make us feel alive. It can erode at our resilience as we search to create the perfect set up for ourselves. However, there is …
The wounded healer is an army medic, rushing to his fallen comrades as they cry out in pain, desperate for his medical expertise. He moves from one to the next, tending to haemorrhages, administering pain killers, splinting broken bones. But as he works, he leaves a trail of his own blood behind. …
When I was on my leadership course in Copenhagen recently one of the pieces that particularly spoke to me was around trust. I’d noticed I’d already been practicing trust on my flight over there. For some reason over recent years I’ve become a little afraid of flying, but on the short trip …
