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Keep The Lessons Learnt
Last year gave us lessons in spades. As we now embark on the new year, it’s prime time to reflect on the lessons and decide what is important to take into 2021 and perhaps beyond. What did you learn from 2020? And how will you make sure you use the lessons to thrive in 2021?
10 Ways to Think More Effectively
In a world that seems intent on throwing shiny things and loud distractions in our path, it is critical that we pay attention to how we think, and how we impact others’ thinking. Let’s take a look at ways to think more effectively — with and without CCS Cards.
Not Creative? Here’s 4 Things To Get You Started.
Creative thinking is one of the first steps in innovation and something that many organisations are prioritising. So, is it possible to turn creative thinking on when we need it? Bill Jarrard says yes, and gives the four key ingredients.
The Missing Piece from the Leadership Conversation
What does leadership mean to you?
The definition you hold of leadership is important because it will inform how you see yourself as a leader, how you lead and how you help others to do the same.
3 keys to having tough conversations
Some conversations are tough, but not having them might be even tougher. Living with the discomfort caused by assumptions or worrying about negative outcomes, can churn up a lot of energy and waste a lot of time. How can CCS image cards make having tough conversations easier?
The Right Formula for Successful Collaboration
My partner, Craig and I have lived and worked together for over 25 years. If you were to test us on any personality, learning styles or team profile, you would see that we usually come out in diagonally opposite quadrants. This can cause a lot of tension, heated debate but ultimately, hopefully, a great outcome.
Resolving Couple Conflict – alone
What happens when a wife makes a life-changing decision that will affect the whole family, without consulting her husband? In this special guest blog, Elena Piani shares her experience of using CCS Cards to help a friend open up and work through this situation …
Calamity, connection, growth
[And a free board game!]
Like many Australians, we spent the summer glued to our ‘Fires Near Me’ app — checking it 24/7 to see if we would make it through the heat with our house still standing. Now here we are, self-isolating and social distancing — terms that now roll off our tongue like we have been saying them our whole lives …
Introducing Deliberate Creative Thinking
with CCS Cards
Guest Blog by Bill Jarrard, co-founder Mindwerx International I have been using CCS cards since Craig and Leonie first introduced them, in all sorts of…
Healing Hearts
What do you do when you gather for a fun night with girlfriends and the high energy, effervescent, joy giver of the group, confesses she is not in a good place?
I am afraid to sing in front of a group
What I am about to tell you I don’t normally share with people. Partly because I am embarrassed by it, and partly because I don’t really like talking about myself in this way. But, I recently had a significant breakthrough with something and I really want to talk about it…
Empowering young people — with a little help from CCS Cards
I found Bethany, a quiet, slight sixth grade girl, waiting for me outside the classroom after the very first emPOWERment project class. She said, “You…
LeadingQueen: What Freddy learnt about collaboration
Have you seen the movie Bohemian Rhapsody? If you haven’t, you must — I believe it will touch your heart and soul and remind you…
Permission to connect
Maslow placed connection about 3 rungs above basic needs in the hierarchy of needs. We now know that connection is a basic need. It belongs…
Bad neighbours and world peace
I opened my mailbox to find a hand delivered printed letter. (Real mail in a mail box — what a concept!). It began with “Dear…
Freshly UNPACKED!
Our attention spans have dropped at least 4 seconds, Netflix is a household name in Australia, and the iPhone has had at least 6 versions.…
Three Simple Steps to immediately experience the Happiness Advantage
‘The happiness advantage – because positive brains have a biological advantage over brains that are neutral or negative, this principle teaches us how to retrain…
The CCS Ideal Team and GROW
Guest Blog by Glen McKernan, Director GM Growth Consulting I recently facilitated a session with a senior leadership team using the CCS Ideal Team process…
Creating Learning Environments To Inspire Innovative Thinking
Guest Blog by Janet Sernack, Founder and CEO of ImagineNation As a seasoned corporate educator and coach, three factors currently stand out to me that…
Visual techniques that deepen coaching conversations: using the new CCS cards with ICF in the US
Guest blog by Ellen Moran PhD For the past few years my passion has been to find ways to help teams collaborate for innovation in…
Prepare to get better
It may happen at the beginning of a new year. It may happen at a transition point, between projects, when teams are merged, or simply…
Why The Best Gift This Christmas Is TIME OUT
There’s a lot of good reasons that you should take a break over Christmas. One of the very best reasons (at least in my opinion),…
Bank On Hope
Giving. Generosity. Hope. They’re probably not words you tend to associate with a bank. But that is exactly what I have just experienced and seen…
Achieving Beyond The Vision: 6 Factors That Make The Difference
When things change – whether it’s a merging of two teams, new leadership, or the original purpose of your team has shifted – it’s probably…