โ€œ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™–๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™’๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฎ.โ€

Today I came across this quote attributed to Elon Musk: I find it worrying how easily such statements spread. Because a lack of empathy is often the real foundation of conflict. Not only in the wars we see across the world, but also in the everyday battles happening inside organizations. Across our islands I regularly…

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—œ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

First of all, the journey, both physical and mental. Getting to Statia alone almost takes a full day. Add to that the need to realign with the islandโ€™s culture and history, the way people perceive me, and a team going through a challenging phase. As a coach, that asks a lot of you. So my…

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๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง.

Itโ€™s interesting how, as a consultant and coach, I am motivating others to celebrate their wins, yet hesitate to share our own. I received this beautiful feedback from Shahaira Richardson, teamleader at Guardian Sint Maarten, three years ago but never shared it.Not because I wasnโ€™t proud, but because I struggle with visibility that feels like…

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