Hello KSKOers On the 5th December, my grandfather would have been 124 years old. What was the world like when he was young? What was work like and what were leaders like? When I joined the Gloucestershire AiSpire Network a few week ago, we talked about how we’re...
Wiring Your Brain for Positivity It’s 2026 and the new year has begun in earnest. Time and tide waits for no man, but before we’ve really got going, we’re already telling ourselves stories about what this year will be like. Busy. Hard. Uncertain. Our new year’s...
It’s not like it was 25 years ago. When I started in the world of work, talking to people in senior positions wasn’t really the done thing. You did as you were told and tried your best not to find yourself at the sharp end of your boss’s pointing finger. I’m glad to say things are different now and employees have different expectations of their organisations. They hold their leaders to account or they speak up and move on. Join me in sharing my reflections on the last 20 years and observations on what Linda said.
The first nine Knowing Self-Aware Leadership blog articles of 2025 are exclusive extracts from my book, The Self-Awareness Superhighway, focused on the nine directions of the self-aware leadership compass. Here’s the minimalistical all about reflection. You can read the full article here.
The first nine Knowing Self-Aware Leadership blog articles of 2025 will be exclusive extracts from my book, The Self-Awareness Superhighway, about the nine directions of the self-aware leadership compass. There’s the first minimalistical from the first blog article all about care.
Many years ago, I worked with some unpleasant people. If you weren’t in their club you were out in the cold and boy, was that made clear. I often used to ask myself, in between my tears, ‘do these people have any idea of the impact they’re have on others??’. Sometimes impact would be exchanged for ‘damage’, ‘pain’ and ‘hurt’, but they were all variations on a similar theme.
What’s new in the Self-Awareness Superhighway: Reflections Journal 2.0? Check out the new format and the different spaces where you can: assess yourself against the self-aware leadership compass, write down your reflections, doodle thoughts and ideas about what you want to do differently next time. And it’s square!!
Check out the concepts from The Self-Awareness Superhighway on feedback….. Feedback is essential, but not easy, neither to give nor to receive. As a leader, creating a feedback-friendly environment is a critical skills for building relationships with individual, developing relationships between team members and in achieving organisational effectiveness.
I was recently joined by Juan Gonzalez to discover more about learning, unlearning and experiential learning. Being that experiential learning is the 9th direction of my self-aware leadership compass, this was a really good opportunity to discover more. Here are the core concepts from my blog article.
Join me in conversation with Ricardo Brito talking about career storytelling and piecing together all of your experience to make sure you shine bright at your next interview
The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast is turning two this September, 2024! Over 78 episodes, host Dr. Nia D. Thomas has taken listeners on a journey through the world of self-awareness in leadership. This Reflection Report condenses the wisdom shared by global thinkers, exploring how self-awareness shapes leadership, decision-making, and team dynamics. Dive into why self-awareness is the secret sauce for building kinder, more respectful, and creative workplaces. We’ll spotlight the key takeaways from the podcast, offer actionable strategies for developing self-aware leadership skills, and look ahead to the future of leadership in a digital world. The consensus is clear: self-awareness isn’t just a nice-to-have—it’s a cornerstone of effective leadership, employee wellbeing, and organisational success. This report is packed with insights and recommendations to help individuals and organisations cultivate a culture of self-awareness, ensuring that leaders have the tools to reflect, recognise impact, and regulate behaviour in their daily practice.
A LinkedIn post caught my eye. It was extolling the brilliance of an idea implemented by a department within a prestigious UK National Health Service (NHS) organisation.
The new initiative is designed to welcome new employees and make them feel comfortable and valued in the organisation. This is really important. A strong welcome and good onboarding starts a new employee’s journey with an organisation off on the right foot and shows that they are valued and cared for.
But, the prized element in question? Was it access to coaching? Was it a voucher for professional development? Was it even free yoga classes every Wednesday morning?
No.
It was biscuits.