Introducing the Healing Organisation

“F*** off with your hippy shit!”

My client’s response in front of the team to a suggestion I made to introduce a “Kudo Wall” to our team area. I’d been working on my idea for a few months. A “Kudo Wall” is a place where people can put up…

Coaching vs therapy: is it time to lose the distinction?

Healing Organisation Principle #1 | Take the truth

“The truth will set you free” (John 8:32)

For years, from my mid-teens and through my early twenties, I told myself that I didn’t have a problem with alcohol. I always got up for work in the morning. All my friends…

The Healing Organisation Principle #5 | Embrace The Quiet

“Solitude for me is the fount of healing which makes my life worth living” — C.G. Jung

The Healing Organisation Principle #6 | Grow the ‘whole human’

Leader-managers in Healing Organisations see the growth of the individual as paramount.

The question is what do we mean by growth? Before we answer that, let’s explore some of the challenges as to…

Healing Organisation Principle #2 | Embrace pain

“Pain plus reflection equals progress.” — Ray Dalio, American investor

One of the great taboos of human cultures is that of accepting our pain. In both the Eastern and Western traditions, we have developed sophisticated…

Healing Organisation Principle #3 | Express emotions

‘The mind is built on emotions’ — Jaak Panksepp

What do we admire most in authority figures? Resolve. Calm under pressure. Ability to control emotions. Shrewd strategizing. Straight answers.