Stop thinking this December/January I think. Thinking is addictive. 2020 has been arguably a period of liminality. Previously I have used the transition between the New and Old Year to think. But this year-end, instead of reflecting on the past and thinking about the new year – I will stop thinking and just be in …
What we do now creates the heritage of the future What heritage are you contributing to, for the future? The concept of Heritage can be both deceptively simple and incredibly complex. It can also be narrowed to the practices, traditions, beliefs in a society but there is also the added dimension of time – that …
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The Institute of Directors of South Africa (IODSA) invited me to do a webinar on “ Decoding the Boardroom – Board culture and the unwritten rules” as part of their Boardroom Bytes series, on Wednesday 5 August 2020. Joy-Marie Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of Boardvisory, a niche advisory firm which nurtures the true …
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Being a Board Director during Covid-19 Directors spend a significant amount of their time in boardrooms and need the requisite intellectual curiosity, self-awareness, and competencies to achieve their organisation’s strategy. Today’s boardroom is already dealing with digital governance and the shifts in environment, sustainability and accountability. In an evolving, technology-driven world, the boardroom of the …
Evoke Awareness – A Poem The visceral “fight or flight” feelings evoked by seeing street protests, remind me also of the feelings I experienced, when I first started coaching. That sense, that I am being judged because I am seen as an “Other”, a woman coach, a brown woman coach, an inexperienced coach. My being …