by Angela Spaxman | Feb 27, 2017 | Leader as Coach, Leadership, News & Events
Whenever people ask me what I’ve learned through the process of implementing Holacracy in my start-up organization over the past year, I like to begin by saying that it’s not possible to understand Holacracy solely by reading about it. There is a lot to learn in the...
by Angela Spaxman | Aug 5, 2016 | Leadership, News & Events
I’ve been working with a large global organization that has laid off 10,000 people in the past 12 months and is desperately trying not to repeat that number in the coming months. So I currently have an inside seat on the challenges and opportunities that go along with...
by Angela Spaxman | Mar 30, 2016 | Angela's Interests, Leadership, News & Events, Updates from Angela
It’s time for me to look up from my desktop to catch you up. Here are a few things that have been getting my attention lately. Loving Your Work Website Relaunch We relaunched the Loving Your Work website with a beautiful new mobile-friendly look, more clarity...
by Angela Spaxman | Dec 28, 2015 | News & Events, Self-Improvement and Success tips
Clarity is power! When you know clearly what you want, where you are headed and your next steps for getting there, you automatically feel much more confident. This type of confidence –grounded in your own desires– is one of the primary outcomes of...
by Angela Spaxman | Nov 26, 2015 | Angela's Interests, Leadership, News & Events, Updates from Angela
The tragedies in Paris 2015 provoked in me a flurry of reading in my attempt to make some sense from the pain. This article is a guide to some of the best thought leadership I discovered on the topic of global terrorism. As I take the view of a responsible global...
by Angela Spaxman | Sep 4, 2015 | Leadership, News & Events
Leadership effectiveness means using our leadership behaviours to create the results we want efficiently. It’s relatively simple to measure our results, but how can we really know if our leadership communications and activities are adding value or if our teams...
by Angela Spaxman | May 8, 2015 | Leadership, Mindfulness, News & Events, Updates from Angela
How often do you stop to notice what you’re doing? Once a day? Once an hour? Are you always or never actually aware of what you’re doing? Your brain is exposed through your senses to 11 million bits of information in every moment, and you can focus...
by Angela Spaxman | Dec 3, 2014 | Angela's Interests, News & Events
One of the great things about owning your own business is that it never has to stay the same. Having established my coaching business 14 years ago, I have been through several different phases and I sense myself emerging into yet a new one now. The way I explain this...
by Angela Spaxman | Oct 16, 2014 | Angela's Interests, Leader as Coach, Living and Working in Hong Kong, News & Events
In Hong Kong today our passions are running high. The Umbrella Movement has captured our attention, whether by enraging us at the challenges to our way of life or by inspiring us to higher ideals of freedom and peace. Law and order, peace, prosperity and freedom: we...
by Angela Spaxman | Aug 25, 2014 | Leadership, News & Events, Self-Improvement and Success tips
When I coach someone through any kind of change, whether changing leadership style, changing careers or anything else, I start by looking under the hood. In coaching this means to look at the system of beliefs that is creating the current environment and can therefore...