Spark your Drive®: The Business Case
Spark your Drive® is a proactive, developmental and interactive initiative to build the capability of change agents. Key problems for change initiatives are people feeling ‘done to’ and depersonalised by…
Feeling Stuck?
People enjoy working with Jim. Even in the middle of the flash floods and chaos of a Mumbai monsoon, he exudes a sense of calm and consideration. Downside of being…
Gladiator Leadership
I saw the look of shock on her face and had to laugh. When Fiona’s boss had signed her up for this Learning to Flourish leadership course, she’d been a…
Navigating new boundaries
We’re all aware of the devastating impact of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) but few people seem to know about its positive opposite, Post-traumatic Growth (PTG). The fact that we can…
A Disruptive World – TEDx Glasgow 2016
As an organisational psychologist and coach, enabling leaders to drive change has been my job for the past 20 years. But it’s only recently that I’ve started working with Scotland's…
Leadership Spark
Learning to Flourish has just celebrated our 4th birthday with the launch of a new leadership development programme. This three-stage initiative, using the DRIVE™ leadership strengths psychometric, can be run…
The DRIVE behind Diageo’s young leaders
Learning to Flourish launched its new strengths framework at Diageo’s annual leadership event for graduates in Edinburgh on 27 April, 2015. At the event, young leaders from Diageo’s European supply…
Stretching your Strengths to Bounce Forward
When we talk about resilience we often focus on bouncing back from adversity. But we also need resilience to push ourselves beyond our comfort zones and seize new opportunities -…
Make a fresh start: give your weaknesses a break
1. Know the difference between strengths & skills If you're armed with the knowledge of your distinctive strengths you'll know your path to acquiring these prerequisites for leadership success. Decisions…
Unlocking Leadership Potential with Strength-focused Coaching
Coaching is the ultimate in personalised learning and development, with a wealth of evidence to demonstrate its performance benefits in business and educational settings. In recent years, one of the…