I used to hate getting negative feedback. because it would reinforce the feeling that I hadn’t done a good enough job (or the feeling that I wasn’t good enough). So what did I do? Avoid…

It was about 6 years ago, and at that time I was the Director of People and Performance for a project management firm. In one of our Executive Team workshops, we each had to present…

How to get the best from Introverts and Extroverts, PLUS one nifty facilitation technique – ‘think, pair, share’. Register for the free Masterclass in June 2021 “3 ways to engage your audience, using visuals (and…

I have a monthly shift as a volunteer surf lifesaver… One of my other lives. At the beginning of each shift, we pull everyone in for a team brief to talk about the surf conditions…

Tonight I will tick off a goal that has been 1144 days in the making. If someone told me how hard it would be, or how many ups and downs, I would have felt devastated. …

Why you need to get used to change (and how to change in the right direction) Have you ever said to a child “wow, you’ve grown!” Even if it was only a week since your…

How do you record your coaching conversations with your team or clients? Most people don’t. Which means that the golden moments can get lost, and the steps forward forgotten. And the next time you meet…

If you’ve been following Zenith Journey for a while, you may know… at the end of 2019 I had another small stroke, and in May 2020, heart surgery. Sometimes we all need some time in…

Science shows that people who are happy at work, are more productive and more sought after leaders and team members. So if it is so beneficial, how can we encourage more of it? I host a…

In 2014, after more than 7 years of working with countless leaders, trying my best to bring a contribution to positive change in organisations, I had a realisation. No consultant will ever change a company….

As the year is drawing to an end and a new cycle of life is waiting to be born, most of us feel like taking some time to reflect on the past twelve months, with…

It has been four years since I stumbled, in a little book shop in Seattle, upon a book that would make me rethink and expand my previous map of the world. The book is called…

Recently I had a conversation with my three year old daughter, which shook me to the core. “Edna, I love you and I am so happy to have you in my life and to have…

In 2007, as I (Alis) began my career as a leadership development trainer, I was (naively) convinced that, if you show leaders what the best practices are when it comes to effective behaviours at work,…

All of the key messages I got throughout my upbringing have been centred around what a successful person should learn/do/achieve in order to lead a happy, prosperous and fulfilling life. For years I strived to…

Twenty years ago, the concept of mindfulness and practices like meditation or yoga were in the realm of hippies, eccentrics, of the quirkiest of us. Since then, a revolution has taken place. While MRI and…

Over two decades ago, a remarkable man, a psychology professor called Martin Seligman, had a dialogue with his 5 year old daughter that would change his own life and the course of the science of psychology…