Emma Canter

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] I’m believe that the best opportunities come from our darkest and most troubling moments, failure. Last year, I regularly listened to Elizabeth Day’s podcast called ‘How To Fail’. The episode that caught my attention was an interview with Ruby Wax, a name I … Read more

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”] I’m curious about our attitude towards failure. We experience it and yet we try to pretend it isn’t there; we see it as negative, embarrassing, stupid. In fact, we are so against failure – and even people who fail – it has become a … Read more

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] A book review with a difference this time: I’m using the theory behind my latest read to illustrate more about goal and resolution setting as that’s my theme this month. The Flexible Body, by Roger Frampton isn’t a reading book, rather something to … Read more

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”] I’ve always believed that we shouldn’t wait for New Year to set resolutions. We thrive and grow by having goals and this is more appropriate than ever for 2021. I imagine many of us woke up on New Year’s Day with a sense of … Read more

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”] I believe that resilience is the key to surviving long-term crisis, such as we have experienced throughout most of 2020. It’s a topic I often cover with my coaching clients but, because of the pandemic, it’s something I’ve been putting some extra time into … Read more

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”] During November, I focused on resilience on my Instagram channel. I see resilience as the quality which allows us to thrive, rather than just survive. This currently feels important given the extended period of crisis that we are in the middle of. I’m pleased … Read more

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] During lockdown, the practices discussed in my latest Leadership Learning Series book review have enjoyed a resurgence. Because our underlying stress levels are higher, simply down to the fact that we are experiencing great change and a strong sense of the unknown. This month, … Read more

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] Understanding and recognising good leadership is a big part of my life. It’s true that, when something is in the forefront of your consciousness, you see it everywhere. But I am still surprised when I recognise a leader where I didn’t expect to … Read more