This week we were invited to write a blog for ACEVO, the amazing organisation supporting CEOs in the charity sector. We have partnered with ACEVO for many years and this April we are running a session with them again. If you are a member we’d love to see you at the webinar. I felt …
Earlier today I was parking my car and faffing about clearing some rubbish from it. I was putting said rubbish into a bin on the street, head down, solely focussed on the task in front. When I stepped back out onto the road post bin deposit to go back to the car …
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes a powerful relationship. And by relationship I mean any kind of relationship – friendships, work colleagues, family, partnership. I’ve been thinking about what happens within a relationship when people don’t fully say how they feel or what they think. Gabor Maté says ‘trauma …
World Mental Health Day 2022 is on 10th October. We are often asked to work with teams on this day and/ the days and weeks surrounding it. We are delighted to do so, and although we think every day should be Mental Health Day it’s great to have a moment in which we …
I went to a lovely Yin Yang yoga class the other day. At the start the teacher reflected on how the class was a metaphor for life. We were about to spend some time attending to the Yang – the dynamic, the movement, the energy, and then we’d head into Yin – …
We’ve been revisiting boundaries lots here at Bird HQ recently. This week we redesigned our boundaries webinar and rolled it out with two organisations to great success. And we’ve been reflecting on our own boundaries and where we might like to implement more in order to maintain integrity and alignment to our …
I’m Natalie, the Operations Lead here at Bird, and this is my first time writing the blog… gulp! Today, I’d like to share a recent conversation. C is a dear friend. C signed up to this blog after a Bird webinar at the charity where we worked together in an HR team. …
At Bird we talk a lot about looking at our own individual wellbeing and resilience. We explore strategies and ideas that help you take care of yourself as you do challenging work and live in an unpredictable world. It’s really important to think about how you can support yourself, how you can …
I hope you are lapping up the beautiful weather today. As I write I can feel the warm sun on my arms, filling me with a sense of optimism and joy. As we’re emerging (kind of!) out of lockdown in the UK I know for myself and many of my clients new …
This week we have a beautiful guest post from someone Bird has worked with to support a number of the staff in her organisation. As a people-first, task second advocate, Sarah Spencer is passionate about supporting people’s personal development, wellbeing and happiness. Working in the world of leadership & learning development, she is …
