A THINKING PARTNERSHIP

We think with our whole body, not just the brain between our ears! Creative thinking involves mind, body, emotions and spirit. Working together holistically one partner’s idea triggers thinking in the other, which provides a platform for building robust understanding and confident action. Sensations, intuition, gut instinct, emotion, inspiration and values are all at play in these creative collaborations.

My approach is systemic, holistic and regenerative: I see people within their context and beyond, and together we consider the impact and import of beliefs, behaviour and actions. I believe people want to live whole lives, satisfying at all levels. The professional is impacted by the personal and vice-versa. I encourage thoughtfulness and growth across the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual intelligences.

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In a world of fake news, alternative truth, social media and spin, of radical transparency and increasing complexity, I offer a space to step out and think both deeply and more widely – and over time. I do not offer the quick fix or the trendy answer. Together we question, provoke, listen, reflect and challenge… building brave and rewarding dialogue. I look to develop leaders who are willing to stand by their values and sometimes stand apart from the crowd.

The special space created by the Regenerative Coaching encounter is like an alchemist’s crucible. It brings heart, mind and spirit together to produce ‘gold’ – the ‘something new’: I support the emergence of the best in the leaders I work with, to help them find their ‘gold’. Together we serve a bigger purpose than our own ambitions. A regenerative mindset brings new perspectives to seemingly intractable problems; it seeks to revitalise depleted structures and renew trust where this has been eroded. In Regenerative Coaching we take time to reflect on best ways forward for self, organisation and the societies and places impacted by our choice of action.

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Powerful, ugly emotions like greed and envy, guilt, rage and shame, sit uncomfortably alongside our compassion, love, care for others and natural desire to collaborate. We are both brilliant and banal; full of great courage and shame-making cowardice. We are human.

We burst with dreams and good intentions but we’re also prone to despair and paralysis; we want to move forward but we linger back; we desire to do better, to reach up high, but we shoot ourselves in the foot. I love to work with this wonderful messiness. Together we ‘stand in the compost heap of life with our eyes on the stars’. (Bill Sharpe, Futurist)

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