Specialists in Leadership and Organisational Change using the skills and creative techniques of experiential learning and action learning with great success.
We define Critical Leadership as– “developing the ability to be self aware, to ask questions in order to gain further knowledge & insight. Critical leaders strive to improve and do this by reflecting on behaviour and questioning current practice."
#criticalleadership#selfaware
"A leader is a dealer in hope" Napoleon Bonaparte
The transactional parts of leading- plans, roles, resources are essential but not sufficient. In hard times a leader must bring #hope that good things lie ahead. We train & coach leaders to have the #resilience they need.
Great book by Laura Bates “Fix the System not the women” Read her list on “things women do to keep “safe” on a daily basis and prepare to be shocked! #fixthesystem#women#safe
Celebrating International Women's Day with wise words from one of Pam Heneberry's favourite writers,
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
#IWD2025#AccelerateAction
PDC are delighted to be working with @bectu /@CULTCymru. Another amazing group developing their mentoring and coaching skills. It’s been a real pleasure working with this talented group – Da iawn! #coaching#mentoring
Why solution focused coaching can be the right approach for you. The model by Shazer & Berg suggests that – the future is “created” & small changes in the present can lead to big differences in the future. What do you think? #solutionfocusedcoaching#smallchanges#bigdifferences
In a business full of fads and unrealistic claims, there is one learning technique that just goes on quietly transforming managers across all sectors. Action Learning is work based, self sustaining and perspective shifting. Want to know more? Talk to Pam at PDC.
#actionlearning
Our Leadership Development programmes embed #coaching & #mentoring into our longer development programmes. We work with managers to develop their coaching & mentoring skills to transfer their learning back into the workplace & change behaviours and working practices.
#leadership
'In a world that can often feel fragmented and full of hatred Donna Hick’s ideas about “Dignity and its essential role in resolving conflict” is a must read' Pam Heneberry.
#ideas#dignity#resolvingconflict
Speak up! Speaking up in organisations can be harder than you might think. Without honest conversations, errors go unreported & small issues grow into major threats. Leaders have a vital role in creating a team culture where it's safe to raise uncomfortable issues.
#SpeakUp
We’ve been considering #Anxiety in Learning & Defensive Reasoning (Profs. Chris Argyris & Russ Vince) looking at why we may adopt these attitudes & considered 4 positions:
We may lose control
We may not win
We may not be able to hide our negative feelings
We may not be rational
'Working as an Executive Coach I often speak to leaders who feel they are stuck . Maybe feeling powerless & without purpose. Reading Timothy Butler’s work 'Getting Unstuck' has often inspired me to think of strategies that can help us move again.' Pam #stuck#strategy#unstuck
There are no "hacks" for building a good team. And you don't have to be a genius. You just have to do the right things persistently, even on bad days:
Keep the #purpose clear
Clarify #roles and #goals
Give - and take - #feedback
Make #learning part of the team's task
#goodteam
'I have been re-reading Jim Collins “Good to Great”. Reminding myself of some words of wisdom …
A” Stop Doing” List is more important than a “To Do” List' Pam. #wisdom#stopdoing
Our half day Personal Resilience session helps individuals to look at their own current level of resilience and how they may make changes to build and develop their wellbeing and coping mechanisms.
For further information contact pam@pd-centre.com
#Resilience#changes#wellbeing
Great article written by one of our key associates Sally Crompton which was featured in The Edge, A Leader's Magazine winter edition. It featured one of our guest speakers on @UniSouthWales Women in Leadership programme, Welsh rugby professional Lowri Norkett-Morgan. #article