Skilful Leaders Blog

Day 18: Learn Resilience from the Willow

By Sally-Anne, 18.04.20

The ability to be grounded yet flexible, to respond more easily to whatever life throws in our path, and to bounce back with resilience and a lightness of being. Perhaps of all the qualities that we need as a leader, and there are many, resilience is one that we might ensure we cultivate...

Day 17: Embrace Your Shadow Self

By Sally-Anne, 17.04.20

In our Power of Pause practice today we reflect on light and shadow, and the question of opposites. Our emotional highs and lows, our ups and downs, and our shadow side. To consider the fact that both are necessary, that it’s ok to allow ourselves to feel what we feel...

Day 16: See the Big Picture

By Sally-Anne, 16.04.20

Being able to see the big picture as well as the detail is an essential leadership skill. If we want something to change, we need to be able to see it from all angles so that we can develop a realistic view of what’s happening and respond appropriately rather than behave reactively...

Day 15: Explore Continuity and Change

By Sally-Anne, 15.04.20

In a world where everything is constantly changing, it can be grounding, and perhaps also give us some perspective, to contemplate our past. Where have we come from? And what do we want our legacy to be, for our children and for the world at large?...

Day 14: Create Inner Space

By Sally-Anne, 14.04.20

Accessing our Inner Stability requires us to be present, aligned, grounded, and adaptable. In order to rebalance ourselves when we get knocked off course by external events, we need to bring our awareness into our body and create space to connect with our feelings and sensations...

Day 13: Develop Fearless Compassion

By Sally-Anne, 13.04.20

Our focus today is fear, and how in the current Pandemic we need courage to move from our sense of fear and into learning and growth as we return to a new and unpredictable world of leadership and work...

Day 12: The Lessons of Slowing Down

By Sally-Anne, 12.04.20

One thing it’s taught me is that it’s not all about the speed and the destination. It’s about the journey too. Taking time to pause, think and check in. What direction am I going in? Am I on the right path? Am I taking the opportunity to slow down, stop and enjoy the view from time to time?...

Day 11: Be Like a Mountain

By Sally-Anne, 11.04.20

Enlightened Leadership isn’t just about ‘doing’. There are times when you need to step out of the situation and become the observer. Being able to develop a sense of inner stillness enables you to think clearly and act decisively...

Day 10: Breathe for Calm

By Sally-Anne, 10.04.20

join me in today’s video, where we continue to practice the three steps of pause, focus and breathe, regulating our heart rate and autonomic nervous system, strengthening our immune system and gently releasing the tension and stress that can harm our health...