What cross-cultural glasses do you have?

by Agnieszka Laherto | Jan 29, 2021 | Behaviour, Individual Coaching, Leadership, Values

What kind of cultural glasses were you given as a child?  Every single one of us has them but not everyone is aware of them. I was given beautiful glasses with lovely frames with a label: Made in Poland. It was a gift from my closest ones: family and friends but also...

Doing the right thing

by Fergal Roche | Nov 17, 2020 | Behaviour, Leadership, Values

Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t need a lengthy job description for your role but could summarise it entirely by the four words: Do the Right Thing? In my role as chair of a medium sized charity, I was recently working on the pages and pages that provide a job...

World Kindness Day: Time to have your CAKE and eat it?

by Joss Mathieson | Nov 13, 2020 | Behaviour, Values

Today is World Kindness Day. And this year, more than most, it seems a good moment to reflect and consider how we treat ourselves and others.  Whatever our context, wherever we live, whatever our profession, we face numerous challenges every day which test our...

Empathy Manifesto Part 3: How to become an empathetic leader

by Joss Mathieson | Nov 2, 2020 | Behaviour, Group Coaching, Individual Coaching, Leadership, Values

How can leaders develop the ability to lead more empathetically? The Empathy Manifesto is a three-part series by Catalyst Thinking Partners, Joss Mathieson and Oliver Hansard. In part 1, they explored the need for leaders to use a new suite of behavioural skills to...