It’s smart to take stock of whether security and familiarity might lead to your downfall, says Davina Greene. All of us know about the Comfort Zone, linking it mainly to absence of worry and anxiety. We’re so busy trying to stay in it that we often employ […]
Read more →Read the books, went to the events…but forgot to actually do anything? Sounds familiar, says Davina Greene. We’ve heard it a million times before: action speaks louder than words. But have we taken heed? In truth, I could fill pages with all of the reasons for which […]
Read more →Have we developed too much pride (or submission) to ask the interesting questions, asks Davina Greene. Curiosity implies a hunger for knowledge, a desire to know why things are the way they are and how they could be different. It implies potential, whether generally or in a […]
Read more →There’s little more frustrating than other people knowing more about you than you do, says Davina Greene. There’s a concept that made me smile when I discovered it, mainly because I had encountered it so frequently (and, at times, so entertainingly) throughout my career. Even now, it […]
Read more →Is the great the enemy of the good, or the good the enemy of the great, asks Davina Greene. Whenever perfectionism emerges as a theme during a coaching session, I always think of two of my former colleagues. One of them, regardless what project we were discussing, […]
Read more →In a Leadership-obsessed world, it’s worth reminding ourselves what it’s really all about, says Davina Greene. Leadership, leadership, leadership. You can barely escape the word nowadays. So many employees want to be “on the leadership track”. Politicians and business managers proclaim themselves leaders when, actually, they’re simply […]
Read more →When something goes wrong, do you withdraw from the world? Then it’s time to review your emotional strength, or ‘resilience’, says Davina Greene. Several years ago, I was doing Performance Reviews with my international teams. In one branch, there were two people with equally strong potential, at […]
Read more →Sometimes we need to slow down in order to speed up, says Davina Greene. Have you ever wondered how a company can make thousands of people, spread across the planet, achieve a common goal, while you – with your one body and one brain – just cannot […]
Read more →It’s hard to move forward if you don’t know why you’re doing it, so find your Purpose – says Davina Greene. Have you ever taken the time to contemplate your Purpose? Beyond the bigger question of “Who are we, and why are we here?”, have you ever […]
Read more →Sometimes joining in with (or passively rolling with) group decisions isn’t the best way, reminds Davina Greene. Have you ever been part of a group – work, family, social….any context, really – where you noticed that thinking differently or questioning things was very much frowned upon, causing […]
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