Author Archives: Laurel

Personal Impact

Posted on 9 April 2013 by Laurel

“If you think  you are too small to have an impact, you have never been to bed with a mosquito.” Anita Roddick. This quote amongst a number of others I often use in my coaching activities. Quotes, especially those that … Continue reading →

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Resolving Conflict Through Metaphor

Posted on 25 October 2012 by Laurel

I have recently been asked to work in the area of conflict resolution. It seems that with increased stressors in the workplace such as impending change or simply people being forced to work together with others they normally would not … Continue reading →

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Leadership, Risk and Personal Safety

Posted on 10 July 2012 by Laurel

Leaders today need to be “learning agile”. This means taking risks, reflecting and innovating. The Centre for Creative Leadership( CCL)  has published a paper “Learning About Learning Agility”   which explains this in detail and provides a model for these behaviours ) The article … Continue reading →

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We All Have the Right to Feel Safe All of the Time

Posted on 19 April 2012 by Laurel

When I worked for police, we were involved in delivering and promoting a program known as Protective Behaviours. In the context I was working in, it was aimed at young people and provided a terrific way of making decisions in … Continue reading →

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Metaphor

Posted on 24 February 2012 by Laurel

Metaphor is a powerful way of: developing ideas, starting a conversation, transferring knowledge and developing an understanding of complex concepts. In much of the work I undertake I weave in metaphor at some point and often along with story.  It … Continue reading →

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Leadership Workshop

Posted on 8 December 2011 by Laurel

Due to the success of the IMPACT workshop held in October 2011, Anne Hartican of Bespoke Results and I are facilitating another workshop on March 20.Again it is being held at Melbourne’s boutique conference centre Airlie ( see image left) … Continue reading →

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KM Asia

Posted on 28 November 2011 by Laurel

Recently at KM Asia in Singapore I co facilitated a workshop with Arthur Shelley from Intelligent Answers. We aimed at facilitating the workshop so the participants could develop an understanding of the use of metaphor through the Organizational Zoo (see … Continue reading →

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Narrative Research

Posted on 18 November 2011 by Laurel

Recently I was discussing the issue of narrative research at the KM Asia Conference in Singapore. Some years ago I was engaged in using the technique, albeit in a very raw form when I was evaluating a program I was … Continue reading →

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Organisational Values and Behaviours

Posted on 22 September 2011 by Laurel

I recently facilitated a workshop for a client who was grappling with the issue of organisational values. In initial discussions we agreed that the values were meaningless if just posted on the wall as words.  What one word means to … Continue reading →

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Leadership Workshop

Posted on 11 August 2011 by Laurel

IMPACT Influencing, Mastering Power, Authority, Control, Tactics a professional development opportunity Registrations are now open electronically for the IMPACT workshop on October 25. The workshop is being facilitated  jointly by Bespoke Results and Creative Cognicion. It is a wonderful opportunity … Continue reading →

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