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April 5th 2013 Read full article
I was recently inspired by a group of executives and developers in an organisation I have been working with for some time, as they expressed that their business is about doing what it stands for, and that what it stands for is aligned with a set of deeper values that are more about being the [...]
February 26th 2013 Read full article
The recent release of Les Mis was described by a friend as a Marmite film – audiences seem to either love it or hate it. The same flavour has been in the air about work, maybe it always has. I have spent time in different groups over the last weeks, and I have been struck [...]
February 20th 2013 Read full article
Nick and I recently attended the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) General Assembly at Stellenbosch in South Africa. A founder member of the GRLI, Oasis is one of a pioneering group of 60 business schools/learning institutions and companies representing five continents, over 300,000 students and 1,000,000 employees who are engaged in developing the next generation [...]
January 17th 2013 Read full articleThis ‘blog’ echoes our last end of year offering, with 2012 being as full and rewarding as the last few weeks. The directors have been wrapping up the year with two days together after a two day self and peer review process with core associates, and a day with staff and directors. This has been [...]
December 20th 2012 Read full articleI was watching an excellent BBC documentary last night about London’s Claridge’s Hotel. It was brilliantly filmed with that lovely quirky Britishness where you’re just not quite sure whether it’s serious. Maybe you saw it? Despite enjoying it very much there was a moment when my shackles went up and I felt incredibly uncomfortable. What [...]
December 7th 2012 Read full articleIt’s one of those commitments you make when you have some distance to the event, and when the date approaches you regret the decision. Well that’s how it was when asked to be part of a four person panel at a conference in my North East region in November to discuss leadership – and what’s [...]
December 3rd 2012 Read full articleHow often do I hide my discomforts or fears, rather than voice the emerging question arising in me? How often do I quieten my authentic inner voice and allow another part of myself to offer a quick answer… blah, blah, blah… or follow a known solution… busy, busy, busy? If I have a hard time [...]
February 29th 2012 Read full articleOasis has been working with Bettys & Taylors Group to further strengthen the group’s commitment to globally responsible practice. Bettys & Taylors is well-known for its strong socially-responsible, environmental approach. Along with some striking award-winning schemes, such as the Yorkshire Rainforest Project, there have been projects to strengthen relationships with producer communities; to increase recycling [...]
September 5th 2011 Read full article
With more uncertainty and unpredictability in the world, people and organisations are arguably facing the biggest challenges to the way they work that they have faced for decades. The millennium generation has different expectations and ways of getting things done. In the future workplaces of the world, shared decision making, sustainable leadership, community engagement, faster [...]
July 31st 2011 Read full article