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Blame or Learn? When things go wrong we have a choice: Find someone to blame or see what we can learn. Bureaucracies blame to avoid criticism, Leaders learn so they can improve. It’s our choice. PDC trains leaders to learn. #leaders #learn #improve #choice

“Leadership self-compassion means being warm, forgiving, and understanding towards ourselves as leaders” quote from Compassionate Leadership by Professor Michael West #Leadership #selfcompassion

How I do my work is the work (McDonald, Burke, Stewart) In leadership separating means from ends is dangerous. Our everyday interactions are as important as the big vision statements. #leadership #interactions #visionstatement

Our next guest speaker on the Women in Leadership programme at the University of South Wales will be Leanne Wood, former leader of Plaid Cymru. Leanne is now a member of the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales. 'Leanne has been a great support of our programme over the years and we are delighted to be welcoming her back in November' Pamela Heneberry. #guestspeaker #womeninleadership

It's National Work Life Week encouraging encouraging organisations and individuals 'to focus on work-life balance and well-being in the workplace.' We offer a range of online Well-Being sessions that cover: Being in Control Self-Talk and Limiting Beliefs Developing Your Skills and Your Impact Developing Your Emotional Intelligence Staying Resilient in Difficult and Challenging Times Imposter Syndrome Interested in further information contact pam@pd-centre.com #WorkLifeWeek #worklifebalance #employeewellbeing

If you’re looking for inspiration as you face difficult emotions have a read of Rumi’s poem “The Guest House”. It may just give you a glimpse at a way to move forward. #difficultemotions #inspiration #moveforward

We’ve been thinking a great deal about Culture recently and how the concept of Action Learning can help people challenge those “taken for granted” thoughts and behaviours. Watch out for Arthur Turner and Pamela Heneberry's article on change, culture and action learning. #culture #actionlearning #takenforgranted #thoughts #behaviour

Pam is looking forward to planning Bectu / CULT Cymru's next Coaching and Mentoring programme. 'I love their “can do” attitude' Pam. “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”- Fred DeVito #coaching #mentoring #CanDo

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” – Jim Rohn. At PDC our experienced coaches are working with a range of leaders from both the public and private sector to facilitate change in thinking, behaving, understanding. If you’re feeling Stuck please get in touch to find out more about our 1 to 1 and Team Coaching. Contact pam@pd-centre.com #changeinthinking #behaving #understanding #onetoone #teamcoaching

Congratulations to associates Arthur Turner and Louisa Diana Brunner latest book “Coaching around the clock” has been published. 'A creative and memorable framework that helps coachees find a logical way to deliver meaningful coaching interventions.' (Pam Heneberry PDC) For further information on how to purchase a copy, contact Arthur Turner. #book #coachingaroundtheclock #framework #coachinginterventions