TesseTalks

Each individual has a purpose in life.   I ask what legacy I want to leave behind?    How can I empower others?  Joel White asks.   An answer to this is debunking the myths surrounding men's mental health.   Men are fix, fix, fix.  Women tend to be better at listening, being intuitive, connecting, transforming situations says Joel.   Women in crisis usually find themselves in an ambulance.  Men te...

"Men experience a lot of things women do. We just hide it better because of the influence of conditioning when we're younger.  That's a gift and a curse.    To shape a better world, the quest is  about men and women respecting each of our differences and working together.  When you've got two people who respect each other, you bring the best out of each other- men and women together.  Rewired for...

Known as the workplace culture whisperer, Dr Jolene Church , a leadership expert and sought after keynote speaker, helps teams and organizations build cultures where people feel seen, heard, and valued.  With over two decades of experience transforming teams across government or Fortune 500 companies and global nonprofit, she excels at bringing a human centred approach to leadership, fuelling enga...

In conversation with Laura Gates   In building resilience leaders and organizations, recognise the parts of the business that are not doing well.   Some parts of the system are operating ways simply out of habit or normalised patterns that aren't helpful to the business anymore. To sharpen the strategic perspective, effective leaders need to make sure they can carve out space and time to think and...

"I'm not going to say it was any prettier than it was, but it was an honour to take care of him. He was a great husband".  In "My life Caring for Frank", Carol Weisman shares as she talks about her life caring for her beloved husband Frank.    She put a pause on her consultancy and speaking. She's now returning to international work, grateful for the time she spent with Frank and looking forward t...

Carol Weisman founded Board Builders, an international consultant firm focused on fundraising, philanthropy, and governance in 1994. She is the author of 11 books and is writing her 12 th .  In 2020, her husband Frank Robbins was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease, and spinal stenosis. Carol had to take a pause on her consultancy and speaking business to care for him.   Frank,...

Stephen Light shines light on Team Resiliency. "What makes a high-performing, resilient team is when people know that they feel safe on that team." He says "The teams who stick together, the teams who understand that we have each other's backs. They feel safe around each other. They trust each other. They are aligned on a common vision, a common effort that they are working towards. They talk with...

The Intersection, Faith, Work, and Life is an introduction to God's Design for Integrated Living. The Cities Project Global. awakens equip and unleash leaders into the city. Through Leadership Circles, the reach becomes impactful.  The Leadership Circle is a nine-topic worldview journey into faith, vocation, and culture. And it's, a guided journey that facilitates the growth of leaders through the...

Storytelling: Leadership that build healthy communities is such a timely theme to talk about.    "If we want the best out of our people, we have to treat our people well. You can't rely on them being resilient if you're trying your best to kill them with structure.  We are maturing to be more focused on the contributor, not the contribution. The biggest piece of resilience is believing that you ca...

Future-Focus, Well-Being and Resilience focuses on journeys that can keep us well and support our resilience. No two journeys are the same.  We also recognise habits, practices, lessons that nurture us and help us flourish, support us to be fruitful and enable us to move from surviving to thriving. 1.        We love to capture and share pearls of insight and wisdom. These are aired in our podcast,...

Tesse Akpeki says " When I prioritise finding joy in what I do, success follows naturally.  Creating balance, addressing a tendency towards workaholism, seeking meaning and purpose as I aim for excellence are important features as I flesh out my pathway to wellbeing. A few years ago I came to the conclusion that I wish to enjoy what I do.   Work hard, yes of course, but not at the expense of burni...

Leading and governing effectively recognises that "people are an integral factor to ensuring things are done effectively.   Board members, staff, and volunteers need to be empowered, trained and equipped to serve.  The concept of service needs to be embedded within the infrastructure. Internal audit is an essential part of this pathway. Different systems need to be managed, controlled, and reporte...

Lead with two rules   philosophy serves as a foundation for building wide support for the social, emotional, learning, and mental health needs of students. Through the years, Brenda Yoho has seen this and has witnessed the transformative impact, prioritising these essential aspects of education while contributing to a positive and nurturing school environment. What can we do to make change? What d...

Celebrating my brother, a sister's tribute is a special place. Lucy Harrison gives so much of herself to other people.  When TesseTalks sat with Lucy as she paid a tribute to her brother Peter, we knew we were listening to something really special.   Lucy is passionate about bringing awareness to the sibling bond. Understanding how it is when you lose a sibling is so important and it is not talked...

 Wild waters are always going to be there. They may not be raging at this precise moment, but the potential for that disturbance and that turbulence is always there. Good Leaders Turbulent Times And How To Navigate Wild Waters At Work , Martin Farrell's book is an enriching and purposeful read, full of good, uplifting stuff, with a good dose of reality.  "Suffering happens, pain happens. We'd bett...

Help can be very humbling. It is hard to admit I need help right here. When I see someone or something that needs help, my first response is to go help. But is that the best thing in the moment, "What kind of help is needed here"? asks Erin Randall as she notes the seismic shifts that emerged for her as she read The Super-Helper Syndrome. Systems are greater than goals. If your goal is to be a hea...

The Super-Helper Syndrome: A Survival Guide for Compassionate People authored by Jess Baker & Rod Vincent, serves up a rich meal to underpin what healthy helping looks like. "Do all things with great love. Avoid helping as a from of rescue, there needs to be reciprocity in helping. People who are helped need to have opportunities where they feel like they can be helpful to others as well." shares...

Fran Borg-Wheeler describes Heart Centred Leadership as being about connection, compassion, care and harnessing the power of kindness in leadership. "My vision was for young people to be able to have safe place to live and for them to get the support to be able to flourish in life and create better futures. I was starting to experience some mini strokes.  My health was a little bit questionable, b...

Excavating Memory, Archaeology and Hope is an invitation by Elizabeth Mosier to listen to the objects speak. The true treasure is not the object at all. Instead, it is the stories the object tells about the people who owned or used it, what the thing tells you about the person and what is of importance to them. Once Elizabeth embraced that concept. It changed everything about the way she viewed ob...

Mountains and valleys, ordinary to extraordinary is a theme that thrills anthropologist Erik Seversen . Erikspotlights the essence of feeling fulfilled and purposeful. Describing himself as ordinary he admits doing extraordinary things, especially after being told he would not be able to do something. He learned to confront his fears and embrace the possibilities and gifts in less than ideal situa...

Says David Taylor-Klaus , "Vulnerability is a human gem. It's a core part of who we are and it doesn't have to be hard. It just has to be conscious. And when you bring it up to conscious awareness, when you invite it, when you lean into it, it's not hard, it's a practice. Being attentive to your frame and your energy as you're creating something, whether that's your presentation to your board or s...

People are less familiar with, feedforward which inspires quality performance. That's because there really isn't any point pointing out to people what they're really bad at, because they probably already know. The brilliant thing about feedforward is that people at the receiving end of feedforward see aspects of their performance that they are less good at - start becoming better! This is because...

Debra Allcock Tyler reflects on the power of feedback "What is the point of saying something to somebody that they are not going to do anything about? Instinctively as a human being we assume feedback is going to be bad. As managers and as leaders, we have an enormous amount of power of other people. The biggest power we've got is over their emotional state. "Feedback is about the person who gives...

"Working with a coach is lovely. In that space a coach can really push and prod and poke, just like the journalist would, but in a much more supportive way. You can't think your way into a career change, because at some point you get stuck. So much is shifting. This isn't a kind of one and you're done. It's not like you decide and you're stuck forever", says Rachel Schofield . Rachel Schofield wor...

TesseTalks review "Boundary Boss", written by Terri Cole - The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen, and (Finally) Live Free, with special guest Erin Randall who is all about happy people doing great work. Boundaries really matter. In Boundary Boss, Cole models how people can connect with the appropriateness and benefits of putting boundaries in place and begin to apply this understanding to thei...