Eco-Leadership Institute

Final Call: Join us for a trilogy of events: Re-enchanting Organisations! This is a unique opportunity for like-minded individuals to come together and embark on a journey of re-enchantment in a disenchanted world. We have a few seats remaining for the first event in our trilogy! Soul at Work: Bringing Spirituality to Work 🗓️ Dates: 8th-10th November 2024 📍 Location: Convent in Reus, Spain This special gathering will create a container where we explore the boundaries between the secular and the spiritual. Together, we will share our experiences of how spirituality manifests in the workplace and reflect on re-enchanting ourselves, our leadership, and our organisations. Who Should Attend: Organisational leaders, consultants, coaches, faith leaders, and anyone engaged in spiritual practices at work. If you have a deep desire to explore what it means to bring your soul to work, this event is for you! Spirituality is a diverse experience—everyone is welcome. Bursaries are available upon request. Don’t miss out on this chance to connect and grow with fellow seekers! 👉 Check out the event brochure for more details: https://lnkd.in/eXb94NJ4 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gzgbp-a2 #ReEnchantingOrganisations #SoulAtWork #Leadership #Spirituality #Community #Transformation #Reus #Spain #LeadershipDevelopment #PersonalGrowth Looking forward to seeing you there! 🌍✨

Join us for our monthly webinar on 12 November when we welcome Leslie G. to discuss Dreamwork and Coaching. Dreams are a precious resource, offering us information, guidance and insight from our unconscious every night (and sometimes during daylight, too). What is the place of dreamwork in coaching? Do you ever ask coaching clients about their dreams?  Have you ever dreamt about a client? This webinar will introduce some Lacanian-informed practical approaches to working with dreams in the context of coaching engagements. Avid dreamworkers and those who rarely if ever recall or work with dreams are equally welcome. This webinar follows Leslie’s prior sessions on applications of Lacanian theory to the practice of coaching. While the body of Lacanian theory is vast and has a reputation for being dense and difficult to understand, Leslie will distil a few kernels to stimulate practitioners’ thinking and offer ideas that can be immediately applied.  This webinar will be useful even for those who have never previously heard of Lacan. Follow the link to learn more & to register: https://lnkd.in/eGprBMf7 We hope you can join us!

We are proud to announce our upcoming Certificate in Leadership Coaching - Systems Approaches course launching in January 2025! This fully online course taught over 7 modules will cover the concepts and practical methods of Systems Coaching. Students will dive deep into the leadership, ecosystems, and strategic thinking needed to prepare leaders for the challenges they face today. Early bird discounts are available until 1 December. Get in touch if you are interested! #leadership #coaching #ecoleadership #leadershipcoaching #leadershipdevelopment #executivecoaching #hr https://lnkd.in/e34w5vdQ

We'd like to invite you to a free workshop tomorrow on Institutionalisation and Conformity of Thinking which is part of our Psychodynamics of Humanitarianism Workshop Series in partnership with the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. This workshop focuses on Institutionalisation and conformity of thinking. We all work in organisations, and in some ways are 'conformed' to the cultures we live and work in. However, too much conformity leads to institutionalised ways of thinking and working. This can prevent the innovation and change that is needed. INGOs are often accused of pushing agendas from the centre, without listening to those at the edges of the humanitarian systems. Institutionalisation and conformity of thinking can be explicit power plays or a much more subtle form of culture control. The dangers are self-evident; diverse experiences and voices are shut down, preventing local and specific responses that are needed to address particular challenges and contexts. Global North-led INGOs also experience institutionalisation and conformist pressures within their own organisations, that constrain autonomy and innovation. This workshop aims to create a space to explore these and other issues. Follow the link to register (it is a free event): https://lnkd.in/gF8Meth4

We have a few spaces left! Get in touch if you are interested in learning more.

Re-enchant your work, lead with your soul, and embrace the beauty of our precarious, interconnected world.

The first of three 'Re-enchanting Organisations' events is fast approaching. Our Soul at Work event will take place at a convent in Northern Spain on November 8th-10th, and we invite you to join us. We will create a temporary faith community and provide a supportive space for participants to reflect on their desires, what they want from their work and life, how to engage their soulfulness, and connect with like-minded others in a very special place. Soul at Work is a response and a refusal to accept the disenchanted world we live in. The Eco-Leadership Institute is focusing its work on re-enchantment, believing that no deep change is possible until we rediscover our collective capacity for soulful work. It is the first of our Re-enchantment Trilogy Events, that aim to replenish, re-imagine and re-ignite our spirituality, our connectivity with nature, and our creativity. Bringing our soul to work is an opportunity to encounter ourselves and others, exploring how we engage our spirituality. Leslie Brissett (0)and Hetty Einzig will join Simon Western in holding this space. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eXb94NJ4 Bonus: We will have film-maker and photographer Nic Askew attending, who will be collaborating with us to try and capture the soul of our work, and has offered an individual 'Soul' portrait to all participants.

The first and perhaps greatest challenge we have when working to lead change in organisations is to re-imagine organisations as ‘ecosystems within ecosystems’. This short thought piece by Simon Western explores the vibrant, fluid, overlapping, energy-consuming and energy-producing ecosystems in which organisations exist. We hope you enjoy the read! Subscribe to our Substack for more content like this! #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #organisations #ecosystems

Our latest essay on Substack is an exploration of how we navigate our desires in the current social landscape. It seems we have done little work on thinking about what shapes our desires, where they come from, and how others influence our desires, and in this essay, Simon Western explores these ideas in depth. We hope you enjoy the read! #desire #leadership

Our latest edition of the Edgy Ideas Podcast is out now and features Gabriella Braun, Driector of Working Well, a specialist consultancy firm using psychoanalytic and systemic thinking to help leaders and teams. Listen in as Gabriella and Simon discuss psychoanalysis and humanising the workplace. In this episode, Gabriella delves into her fascinating journey, sharing her insights from her latest book, All that We Are: Uncovering the Hidden Truths Behind Our Behaviour at Work. She discusses how psychoanalytic principles can provide deep insights into organisational dynamics and group behaviour, influencing everything from leadership to team cohesion. Her emphasis on emotional awareness highlights its critical role in effective coaching, while she explores how vulnerability in professional environments can foster stronger connections and transform group interactions. Gabriella also touches on societal issues, emphasising the need for sensitivity and awareness in addressing them within organisations. The discussion centres on the broader theme of living a balanced, meaningful life, where understanding human desire and behaviour, curiosity, and playfulness contribute to workplace success and a more connected, compassionate society.