
TheSoundingBoard
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TheSoundingBoard
@SoundingBoardNI
I listen so you can hear yourself think. 1:1 bespoke #leadership & executive #coaching. Crafting great questions to catalyse insights. More random @aineokeeffe


In memory of our dear friend and colleague Stephen Bevan, we've collated a wide selection of his blogs and articles that he wrote over the last 20 years. These include pieces for IES, @WorkFoundation, @WorkWithCancer, @hrmagazine and @ConversationUK. bit.ly/3RAk5h2

Pausing isn’t about taking up a lot of time or disengaging from immediate tasks, but about integrating moments of contemplation daily. Moral leaders see pauses not as interruptions, but as opportunities to develop moral muscle. More in our latest report 👉 bit.ly/3SYP8Eb




Leadership is defined as much by how well people respond to unfolding events as how good they are at driving an agenda. Research shows senior leaders spend an average of 36% of their time in reactive mode, responding to such events. Nitin Nohria offers a matrix of types of event & how leaders should respond: 1) Normal noise: small issues likely to stay small - don't get drawn in 2) Clarion calls: significant issues likely to remain significant - be all-in 3) Whisper warnings: small issues that might become significant - nip them in the bud 4) Siren songs: significant issues that are likely to diminish over time - don't overreact. Watch and wait He offers a three step process - sensing, sizing & responding - to help leaders react effectively to the full spectrum of unfolding events: hbr.org/2024/01/leader…. Via @HarvardBiz






Two words, each hundreds of years old, that are still worth holding on to: ‘respair’: fresh hope, and ‘resipiscence’: a return to a better frame of mind. Here’s to both in 2023. Happy New Year.



"Good work is hard to find. Millions of people have two family members in work and still can't afford the basics of life. And people who are in good work, can't balance that with their lives. Fundamentally, the relationship between work & life is broken." bit.ly/3LyASwB



