It’s that time of the year where we tend to reflect and take a closer look at our lives. Whether it’s reevaluating the relationship we have with ourselves, those around us or our employer. A new year is an opportunity for a new start and when we experience a desire to...
In my early 20's, while still living and working in Rio de Janeiro, I used to keep an eye on the GREAT PLACE TO WORK® list published annually by the Fortune magazine. I confess that back then I would often daydream of working for such companies. At the age...
By: Nathalie Heynderickx and Zen Goh Research has shown that mindfulness has benefits for individual and organisations (Bartlett et al., 2019; Good et al., 2016; Sutcliffe, Vogus, & Dane, 2016), and the good news is that it can be trained. Given the promise of mindfulness, corporate mindfulness has become nearly...
By: Nathalie Heynderickx and Zen Goh Congratulations! After many meetings and some serious lobbying, you have secured the budget for your first Corporate Mindfulness Program. Well done. Now, the pressure is ON and it’s time to carefully plan the initiative so you can deliver the results you promised to the executive team...
The industrial age is over. The digital age is here. Our work is less physical and more mentally demanding than ever before, so we must be mentally fit. Forward-thinking organisations and leaders have realised this and are doing something about it. Are you one of them? Corporate mindfulness has been adopted...
Back in 2007, in my first large project in Australia, I was assigned to lead the business intelligence component of a complex multi-million project for a high profile client. It was a pioneer SAP implementation in Asia Pacific and we had SME's joining us from our Canadian firm which...
The Leadership Development industry is a multi-billion-dollar business, with thousands of models, theories, books, articles and research papers on the topic. I see leadership, first and foremost, as the ability to lead oneself first, and influence and lead others second. Leadership, in my view, must also have an altruistic component. The...
As Seth Godin said ... Not too far away from us, there are kids without enough to eat and without parents to care. A little further away, few hours by plane, are people unable to reach their goals because they live in a community that just doesn't have the infrastructure to...
The cheetah is the fastest animal on earth and a great illustration of a favorite mantra: "Speed Up By Slowing Down." If you are wondering what does the cheetah have to do with a Mindful-Agile Mindset. The answer is EVERYTHING. But let me get back to that later... Earlier this year I...
