The fascinating complexities of Leadership
Leadership is not just about evolution but also about revolution. So many leaders that I know are steeped in the textbook leadership styles. This week I met two extraordinary leaders, both revolutionaries. The first, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict who pushed the boundaries of his own business to help others in the same predicament. [...]
Read more »Influential Leaders: Jan Hills
JAN HILLSJan transforms leadership and management from a neuroscience perspective believing that with a growth mindset, failing is just a learning experience. Work with the functioning of the brain, not against it. Throughout her career, Jan has helped leaders run better businesses. She has a qualification in NeuroLeadership and in 2009 she started to use [...]
Read more »Professor Chris Kemp nominated for an ILMC Arthur Award
The nominations are in for the ILMC Arthur Awards! We are proud to announce that Mind Over Matter CEO, Professor Chris Kemp has been nominated for an ILMC Arthur Award in the ‘Most Professional Professional’ category. Nominees were selected by an anonymous jury made up of ILMC delegates and the winners of last year’s awards. [...]
Read more »Stopping Drinking
Stopping drinking inadvertently changed my life Exactly two years ago I had to give up alcohol owing to its reaction with a chemotherapy drug that I take. At first, this seemed unthinkable as I loved to drink almost every day. A few glasses of wine after work, some beers at the weekend and the obligatory [...]
Read more »Speaking to strangers on the train
Speaking to strangers on the train: Learning about worlds outside our own Last week on the way back from London. I got on the train and sat next to a man in agony. He had a serious problem with his back and had two large cases to carry. Every time I asked him if I [...]
Read more »Influential Leaders: Jan Flawn CBE
JAN FLAWN CBEJan had no qualifications but used business acumen and a nursing background to transform the lives of those with neurological conditions providing commitment and care. She is also the founder of Women Leaders UK. Jan Flawn left school at age fifteen with no qualifications. She became a compassionate and gifted nurse and exceptional [...]
Read more »Employing Staff
Employing staff: Don’t judge a book by its cover: Six key things when interviewing Interviewing in the public sector I used to work at a University and when receiving applications and interviewing on panels there were some unseen rules, which were used to sift and also to bar people from being employed. I am sure [...]
Read more »MOM and iSSUE Partnership
MOM and iSSUE working together in a new partnership Professional Security Magazine Online talks about Mind Over Matter and iSSUE's partnership. Working together to make events safer for attendees and staff. Professional Security Magazine Online - November 2017 - Swiss Partner If it is of interest, Mind Over Matter Consultancy delivers a range of interactive, highly-pressurised programmes [...]
Read more »Influential Leaders: Pascal Viot
PASCAL VIOTAn event management expert, Pascal juggles being a security expert with being a dad and switches from professional to private by cooking Head of Security at Paléo Festival Director of iSSUE (The Swiss Institute for Urban and Event Security) Associate Researcher in Urban Sociology at The Swiss Federal School of Technology of Lausanne Pascal [...]
Read more »Mental Health – Is the cure the problem?
An everyday story of ruptures in mental health services Reports show that there is a mental health crisis and long waits for treatment are adding to this. Theresa May’s pledge to deal with the “burning injustice of mental illness” is in jeopardy. Increasing demand versus cutbacks is creating an uncomfortable scene. I have a personal [...]
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