Listening is super powerful for building emotional currency and connections with your co-workers, employees, and clients so that you can get the best out of them. Besides, they can also enjoy developing a relationship with you. Assess yourself where you currently sit on the scale of listening.

In this post, Fiona Buckland delves deeper into ways that we can discover our potential to lead and lead others well. She'll take you through some of the key components to building self-awareness as a leader and finding your true purpose.

How well do you know yourself and your leadership style? Knowing and understanding yourself is synonymous with how you lead, how you work with your team and your success with them. So which one are you?

So much has been bubbling up over the last couple of years that led us to change the way we lead people. So even though it's quite unfortunate that a pandemic forced us to change how we work and lead, it's still an opportunity to make room for space and growth. This blog post will discuss the new way of leading and the best practices you can implement for better leadership.

In this blog, Daniel gives insights on becoming a changemaker through techniques such as working with psychologists to help align the values of co-founders and how values are important not just for your company but also for brain care. He also reveals ways to utilise radical candour to achieve company objectives.

There has been a dramatic move into leadership as an art form where authority needs to be distributed among team members and to encourage autonomy, connection, richer responsiveness, collaboration, transparency, and confidence within the team.

Vehicles aren't the only things that have blind spots; we as people have them too. These are the areas you are unaware of in your personality that often have a ripple effect on how other people perceive you, which can then affect the health of your relationships with them.

Many people still find it hard to approach the conversation of mental health. It still is one of the most challenging topics to talk about. Overcoming this hurdle of opening up feels so uncomfortable that most of the time, we think it's better to not say anything at all than risk saying the wrong thing.

Burnout is a far too common occurrence that happens to us working professionals. It's often described as a state of chronic stress, both physical and emotional exhaustion. Like athletes recover after a competition, we must make space for recovery. It's never selfish to start taking care of yourself properly so you can show up and lead your team even better.

Fostering a workplace full of happiness goes beyond organising yoga classes and such. It’s a practice that must be done every day because when employees are taken care of, they take care of the company. Find out three reasons why elevating happiness with your co-workers is essential and the three ways how you can put them into action!

Creativity not only requires us to continue learning, but it also requires us to let go of certainties, old habits, and old thinking to relearn and grow in new ways. Sticking with old habits and thinking that no longer serve you stop you from being creative and from stepping into your full confidence. When you choose to unlearn something that is hampering you, you make space for something new to grow and for new ideas to flourish.

Merilyn Kesküla-Drummond reached out to me then when she was at the point of burnout and have been feeling anxious over if it was right to explore a new way of working. Since then, Merilyn has launched a business called Mylky Moon Lab, where she works with individuals and corporates to question how to live and work in tune with the cycles of nature to create a life and way of working that feels more holistic and grounded.

When was the last time you lost your cool? Maybe you've been under a lot of stress juggling all the things? Perhaps you've been frustrated that a team member can't take action quickly or you and your team have been stretched for resources? All of these situations can put us on the verge of exploding.

When your emotional health is improved, you are open to embracing positive emotions, you're able to decrease the number of stress hormones you have, you're building stronger immune systems and relationships, and you can creatively solve problems that life throws in your way. Sounds good? Let's dive into how you can top up your happiness tank!

Are you experiencing any friction or maybe even anxiety at the thought of starting a task or a project? You may think you're lazy or having unproductive days, but in reality, you may not be in flow. This blog will discuss what flow is and the three things you can do to make sure you're always in flow and performing at your best.

When I coach people and ask them what their strengths are, I'm often met with blank stares and a few mumbles. Do you also find it hard to share your strengths? Let's go over the three layers of strengths and how you can apply them because when you take the time to audit your toolkit and savour your achievements, you can consistently and confidently share your awesomeness.

There are several interesting ways you can decipher your strengths. Underplaying your strength can show up as a lack of confidence. This is due to not knowing what strengths you have or being uncertain how to apply them in situations in work and life. So it might be that you end up holding yourself back, dimming your light or procrastinating.

You have a pessimistic mindset if you feel as if everything feels insurmountable, and this results from the actions you take are not going to help you flourish long-term, but will more likely bring you more of what you don't want. On the other hand, having an optimistic mindset means hoping and expecting things to turn out well.

It is always very helpful to go through life and your goals with a positive mindset. After all, I am a Happiness consultant and Changemaker, and I advocate for intentional and joyful living. One thing that I always advise my clients to work on is their mindset around pragmatic optimism and how it will help them achieve their aspirations for the future.

How have you been looking after your mental health? What rituals or exercises are you doing to nourish and cultivate your mind? Over the years, I find that scheduling time for nature every day has helped me become more creative, collaborative with others and, most importantly, have improved my mental health significantly.