Month: December 2020

The manager as coach: tuning into and exploring metaphors with clean language

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By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th December 2020 I had the opportunity to attend Judy Rees’ Metaphorum annual digital conference this year as a volunteer co-organiser. Now in it’s fifth year, and unlike many conferences that have been organised this year, Metaphorum has always operated on a digital platform. It was fascinating to see all the ground-breaking …

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Creating the conditions that make difficult conversations possible

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By Elisabeth Goodman, 8th December 2020 Creating psychological safety and belonging are fundamental factors for high performance teams “..the way we engage with each other, discuss and debate important issues that we may disagree about, and challenge ourselves to find common ground with one another, especially when we have different beliefs and backgrounds, has everything …

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