In this article, well-being and effectiveness coach Wayne Stickel explores the experience of people living with disability in being open, truthful and willing to express themselves authentically. More importantly, he ponders the question: how can we become vulnerable enough to be authentic and genuinely comfortable in our own skin?

How vulnerability can free you of the hard shell of living with disability

If there is one thing that will kill off a vision, as well as relationships, possibilities, workability and more, faster than anything else, it’s resentment. As a leadership coach who specialises in working with people living with disability and someone who lives with a disability, Wayne Stickel knows how all-consuming resentment can be and how much it can be exacerbated when people with disability are treated differently from others. In this article, Wayne explains why the key to overcoming r...

Is your unwillingness to forgive causing you to harbour resentment?

As a professional contributor, team leader or organisational captain, you need to collaborate with all kinds of teams. However, do you sometimes find yourself shying away from asking for support? Perhaps that’s because you want to get the job done according to your own standards. And when you do seek support, do you feel compelled to control the outcome? In this article, leadership, effectiveness and results coach Markus O. Winzer explains why it is counterproductive to do it all and shares so...

Do it right, do it yourself! How to let go of control in your team or business

People-pleasing will keep you busy and make you feel important, but it will get in your way of becoming an effective leader. In this article, transformational leadership coach Jeanette Mundy addresses two key qualities that potential leaders need to develop to go beyond people-pleasing and step into being the leader they can be: authenticity and assertiveness.

Escaping people-pleasing: Transforming into an assertive and effective leader

Modern society has provided an opportunity to redefine the traditional male and female roles that have been passed down from father to son and mother to daughter for millennia. However, rather than treat each other as humans and appoint the best person for the job, we seem to be caught up in the need to balance the power between the sexes, for example, by electing women just because there are too many men at the top. In this article, John Williams discusses why healthy masculinity is no threat t...

Why healthy masculinity is no threat to feminine empowerment, and “real men” are not afraid of women having power

Are you a business owner who feels overwhelmed and frustrated because you are constantly putting out fires? Is addressing whatever issue pops up on any given day preventing you from being the proactive, strategic and productive leader you want to be who is working towards achieving a clearly defined set of goals? If so, you are not alone. Anthea Stevanovic explains why this issue is so common and the steps she uses to successfully support her clients to elevate themselves from firefighters to fu...

Are you a firefighter or a business owner?

Running a business can feel like a never-ending marathon, with each day presenting a new set of obstacles to overcome. Business strategist and consultant Anthea Stevanovic regularly works with business owners who put themselves last, often forsaking their health to keep up with it all. In this article, Anthea shares her 5-step exercise to break the cycle for a sustainable business and a balanced, healthy and enjoyable life.

Are you sacrificing your health for business success?

Where fear, fantasy, power, and fluid desire create the illusion of consent. Introducing the Sovereign Consent Framework (SCF) and the coined concept of Regenerative Consent — a groundbreaking model for navigating consent through sovereignty, trust, and layered coherence

This article radically reimagines the consent conversation by moving beyond behavioural signals and legal checklists into the ontological heart of human experience. Through the lenses of the Being Framework, Metacontent Dis...