by Angela Spaxman | Jun 1, 2021 | Leadership
What is the single most valuable quality that leaders are seeking through executive coaching? I call it leadership presence, also referred to as agile, mindful, creative, integral, teal and/or conscious leadership. This leadership quality is essential in this decade...
by Angela Spaxman | Jan 6, 2021 | Angela's Interests, Leader as Coach, Self-Improvement and Success tips, Updates from Angela
The Empathy & Solidarity Circle is a regular online drop-in conversation where we practice empathizing with others’ points of view and expressing our true views and feelings in a safe, open and confidential environment. Our Intentions 1) To co-create...
by Angela Spaxman | Jan 1, 2021 | Angela's Interests, News & Events
Happy New Year 2021! As we enter the year 2021, I want to fully appreciate the gifts and lessons that 2020 brought us. Even as we suffered many losses, the massive disruptions of the coronavirus global pandemic blessed us with unprecedented opportunities to reflect,...
by Angela Spaxman | Aug 10, 2020 | Leader as Coach, Self-Improvement and Success tips, Updates from Angela
In early 2020, I took an initiative which I called Empathy & Solidarity Circle. I wanted to bring people together in a series of very special conversations with the intention of generating empathy and solidarity even during times of immense societal stress and...
by Angela Spaxman | Apr 22, 2020 | Leader as Coach, Self-Improvement and Success tips, Updates from Angela
Suddenly Hong Kong has changed and we are forced to adapt to new ways of thinking and being. In addition, the world is changing and we face uncertainty and disruption in many aspects of our lives. Change brings huge opportunities to transform for the better and yet we...
by Angela Spaxman | Jan 10, 2020 | About Coaching
This past year, I’ve been studying, learning and integrating a new form of coaching to enhance what I’ve been doing for the past 20 years. This coaching method builds and expands on how I’ve been coaching until now and it brings the opportunity for deeper self...
by Angela Spaxman | Jan 4, 2020 | Angela's Interests, News & Events
We are creating the future. Creation requires destruction and space. The bigger the creation, the bigger the destruction must be and the longer it will take. There must necessarily be a space between getting rid of the old and creating the new. In this space we may...
by Angela Spaxman | Jun 3, 2019 | Book Reviews, Leadership
What are you doing or not doing that limits your positive influence on the people around you? How can you move a team, an organization or yourself more effectively towards the future you want? Scaling Leadership by Robert Anderson and William Adams is the newest book...
by Angela Spaxman | Jun 1, 2018 | Leadership, News & Events
Just as the CEO’s leadership style affects the whole organization, the culture of the senior leadership team serves as a model, for better or worse, for the whole organization. Many senior leadership teams are full of results-oriented leaders who have flown high on...
by Angela Spaxman | Nov 24, 2017 | News & Events, Self-Improvement and Success tips, Updates from Angela
After 30 years (or 55 years depending how you count) of personal development, I have reached a point where I finally really understand and fully believe the cliché that we never stop ‘peeling the onion’ to reach deeper layers of realization and fulfilment. The layers...