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Catch up on the latest insights from Aslan Coaching founder Lisa Cresswell.
Themes include Resilience, Quiet Leadership, Domestic Violence, Just Culture and Psychological Safety.
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The gentle seesaw
Do you need Balance (noun)? Or is it better and easier to be Balancing (verb)? The re-opening of society is making everyone re-organise...
Apr 2, 2022
Mirror. Signal. Manoeuvre.
Mirror. Signal. Manoeuvre. Drilled into us by our Driving Instructors. It's one of the simplest checklists there is. Although we've all...
Mar 26, 2022
Psychological Safety - Radio Interview
I was a guest on Cork’s 96FM again this week, talking to PJ Coogan about psychological safety. I could talk all day on this topic so I...
Mar 21, 2022
Listening fast and slow
When someone is talking to us they speak at about 125 words per minute, but our brain is capable of processing up to 800 words per...
Mar 19, 2022
Regulating distress
Good people become upset when they see others suffering. Intuitive people literally feel it. Bad news stimulates our parasympathetic...
Mar 12, 2022
Resilience in Action
When a client experiences a sudden huge challenge... When they dig deep... When they take action... When they open their mindset to...
Mar 5, 2022
Reversing burnout
I have been doing a lot of Resilience Workshops recently – a sign of the times. After one of the workshops I was approached privately by...
Feb 26, 2022
Stop suppressing joy
How long did you celebrate your last big success? An hour? A day? With the demands of modern life we might acknowledge a success but...
Feb 19, 2022
Courage before Confidence
This week's tip is to remember that confidence doesn’t come first before courage; it’s the other way around. Courage must come first –...
Feb 12, 2022
40% longer to get back
Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, but refused to keep one in his study. He feared it would distract him...
Feb 5, 2022
Guest slot on Cork 96FM
What a great start to the week to talk to PJ Coogan on Cork's 96fm & C103 this morning about #Resilience Listen back HERE
Jan 31, 2022
Insider knowledge
Being a leader isn’t easy. It’s easy enough to lead the people we get along with -- the ones who are on board and share the same values...
Jan 29, 2022
The Real Asset
If you bought a new family car, you'd look after it, right? If you saved up and bought a machine or equipment for your business that was...
Jan 22, 2022
Fitting in is not belonging
You may have heard of Brene Browne. If not, her TED talk on vulnerability is one of the most watched of all time. And well deserved –...
Jan 14, 2022
One Word
2022. It has a nice ring to it. It’s easy to say. Will it be easier than 2021? Or 2020 which seemed so promising with its lovely ‘roll...
Jan 7, 2022
Listening to Leaders
There can be no better examples of leadership than hearing the stories of actual leaders; those who are in it, living it, facing the...
Dec 18, 2021
Sink? Or Surf?
When I was 20 I travelled to Calcutta to work in a street clinic. Not your average college-time interrailing experience for sure 😊...
Nov 27, 2021
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