This week I was introduced to a website called Future Me. It allows you to email yourself (or anyone else, I guess) in the future. This tool could be incredibly useful to you in tracking your self awareness. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it,...
One important part of developing self awareness is comparing the views you have about yourself with the views that others have about you Self awareness is socially constructed, which means it’s generated by being in relationships with others. You can’t really be aware...
I'm interested in self-awareness, leader effectiveness and leadership at all levels. My research aim is to: ‘Criitically explore self-awareness and its relevance to leader effectiveness across all levels of the Welsh public service’ To help move my study from theory...
I had some great feedback about my blog this week and a suggestion for further blogs - how to become more self aware, which has got me thinking.... Now you know that my model of self awareness has 3 layers, right? ◦ Internal self awareness: recognising your own...
Today I was delighted to be able to deliver a short workshop to colleagues about self awareness, my favourite subject! I was struck by 3 things…. People really are interested in self-awareness. The human conundrum to ‘know thyself’ has been around for thousands of...
Twice this week I’ve had positive and kind comments. I’ve been really taken aback and surprised at such genuine kindness, forcing me to reflect and re-evaluate my self awareness……………….
The Friday Pulse has a Five Ways to Happiness at Work framework. Here are some of my thoughts connecting self awareness and leader effectiveness to the framework…
Today has been a day of self care. It was week two of the Mindfulness course that Great Ormond Street Hospital is delivering to its staff and it was a day when I had an hour to fit in some yoga
Today I found myself talking about my research and I thought maybe I’d share a few things I’ve discovered and developed over the last 4 years with you …. My area of interest is self awareness, leader effectiveness and leadership at all levels I’ve developed a three...
Going in to the office is a peculiar experience these days. Familiar is now strange and order is now reordered. Here are some things to think about…. Be welcoming - some people are using offices they are unfamiliar with, so show them the ropes and make sure they can...
Today I came across this article and a term I’d never heard before: Intelligent Kindness. In one simple phrase it encapsulated to me, precisely what we mean when we talk about kindness in the world of work. This article specifically refers to kindness in healthcare...
My thesis is complete. It is done. It is submitted! After 4 years of reading, learning, writing, revising, critiquing and wanting to throw in the towel, it’s written. It may need refinement and editing but all of the sections are now on a page and the whole thing has...