Life Lessons

Articles and views on the life lessons or skills we may be learning. Opportunities to learn our lessons are repeatedly presented to us in the form of people and situations. Once a lesson is learnt these learning opportunities are no longer presented. Analyzing our life to date helps us to understand the particular lessons we may be learning.

Life Lessons: 3 key lessons to appreciate your team

Life Lessons: 3 key lessons to appreciate your team

Much has been said about Theresa May over the weekend by people more eloquent than myself.  My observation is that she is having to learn some hard life lessons in a very public manner about the value of working as a team.  No matter what your political views may be, Theresa needs our compassion as she learns these lessons.

In the middle of leading a large change programme, I was unexpectedly widowed and survived that period in my life through acts of kindness at work and at home. Over night my whole value base shifted to fully recognise the importance of people.  This was not just for my husband, who sadly I had lost, but also for the value the other people in my life brought. These are the values I believe we need for innovative, creative leadership to be successful. They are ones Theresa May is having to learn very publicly – the value of a team working together, the different individual contributions team members can make and learning to listen to people. read more

By Alison Wem, ago

Angel Inspiration

Over the bank holiday weekend the book, ‘Angel Inspiration’ by Diana Cooper, jumped out at me from my book-case asking to be re-read.  It was many years since I read it first but I found it still very relevant to me in my life now.  I was aware that we all have a guardian angel but I have to confess I had a rather impersonal relationship with mine.  I did not even know their name and apart from a time when I was prevented from being run-over by a car near our flat in London, had never really consciously experienced him/her. read more

By Alison Wem, ago