The Numina Blog

What motivates people is connected to their highest values. And, often, what holds them back too. As a coach, leader or friend, there are times when to really help someone you want to explore what is most sacred to them. In this piece, we will explore how to enter the...

The average executive now spends over 23 hours a week in online meetings. We’ve all been trapped in meetings that seem to do little more than catch people on past events or hand out gold stars. As a steady diet, that gets boring…fast! Which is why we...

Companies have spent billions of dollars on traditional leadership development programs, including leadership trainings, employee workshops, retreats, and other one-shot techniques to improve performance. This may briefly change employee behavior, but the improvements...

When you look at yourself, you have a bias. According to Harvard psychologists, we tend to think that the person we are today is the person we will always be. They call it the ‘end of history illusion’. Despite awareness that our past self is clearly different than...

Whenever I take on a new client, I am always keen to meet their inner risk manager, the part of them that is constantly scanning for risks, dangers and threats. Great leaders and entrepreneurs often report an almost clairvoyant quality seeing threats and opportunities...

Great leaders we have had the privilege of coaching know how to use fear for growth. Weak people sometimes think it is smart to use another person’s fear to get what they want out of them or keep them down in some way. Try that for too long and watch the negative...