Browsing Posts tagged respect

Following in the footsteps of Michael Bungay Stanier I have signed and affirmed the Charter for Compassion, a global effort to raise the awareness of compassion in the world. This simple act had me thinking about compassion over the weekend and how it comes about. There are people in the world who are naturally compassionate. [...]

The meaning we bring to our words in a conversation is important. Each of us has grown up learning what words mean so well that we often fail to recognise others may be using the same words but with different meanings. The result? Confusion and often a lack of respect. To illustrate, let’s imaging two sergeant’s of [...]

I’m still buzzing from last night’s presentation on leadership by Richard Bosi. His Lionheart presentation of no less than 3.5hrs straight was built around the guiding values of courage, wisdom, faith and love. Presentations on leadership are a dime-a-dozen so why was this one different. Richard is obviously well read, and time in Australia’s special [...]