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Going into 2021: What should we be thinking?

We know that security is a primary human desire and that whenever we don’t have it, we feel – at the least – uneasy, and sometimes much worse. It is also certainly true that 2020 has been a year unlike any other in terms of the uncertainty and fear that it has generated. We wouldContinue reading “Going into 2021: What should we be thinking?”

Interview with a BP #6: Christopher Lawrence

BP stands for “Business Practitioner”. Join us as we interview inspiring BPs about their journey to becoming leaders, coaches, and mentors. Today, we feature Christopher Lawrence, a Motivational Maps Business Practitioner, Life Leadership Coach, Entrepreneur, Change Coach, Certified Master Coach Practitioner (CMCP) and trainer, and founder of Change My Life coaching. 

Why You Should Use Motivational Maps in Your Recruitment Process

Motivational Maps can make a very big difference when it comes down to the the final selection interview, and there are, say, only 2 or 3 candidates left in the field. Often, because of the rigorous process organisations have gone through to pare the short list down to such a small number, the quality of the candidates is high, and it is difficult to differentiate between them. Who, in fact, will be the best fit?

Motivation and the wild wild sea

Finally, I launch myself in – into the gentle waves and I am immersed in the freezing cold. My hands especially feel it – my core tries to resist. But what joy as the current takes me, and as I flip and flop and attempt this stroke and then that, and know I am back. Yes, back from the sunless rooms and corridors and into the light and into the sea. The wild, wild sea – turbulent as all my motivations, inspiring me to live, provoking me to embrace the wholeness, the wideness of every uncontrollable atom of existence.

The Three Priority Decisions of Your Life

All decisions have consequences, so this blog is not minimising the importance of carefully considering any choice you have to make. But in the scheme of things the Pareto Principle applies: 80% of decisions are pretty low grade, and on 20% of our decisions big outcomes depend.

Why Leaders Need Personal Development

What is leadership? As Dr Johnson observed about light, it’s easy to see what light is, but not so easy to say what it is; so with leadership – we can easily see its positive presence – and the dire consequence of its absence – but to say what it is proves more tricky.