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How's the recession going for you? Australia claims to have avoided the recession, after reporting positive growth in the previous two quarters. The Australian newspaper reports that "Australia has avoided a technical recession, which is defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. The economy last suffered a recession almost two decades ago..." Read More>>
What are your thoughts? Does this mean that New Zealand's economy can't be all that bad? Or are the Aussies smoking their socks?
Have your spending habits changed at all? Vote here on our poll and we will share the results with you next month!
What's so great about Open Space?
John Stuart recently facilitated some Open Space Technology sessions for the International Paralympic Committee in Bonn, Germany.
Open Space Technology is based on the following principles:
The right people
Whoever comes are the right people.
The right outcome
Whatever happens is the only thing that could have.
The right time
Whenever it starts is the right time.
The end
When it’s over, it’s over. See some images here>>
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A better workplace
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The Art of Possibility
Digby Scott suggests reading The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander (Penguin Books, 2002). Each chapter highlights a distinct concept, which is illustrated through a variety of compelling personal stories combined with powerful questions directed to you, the reader, to ponder and act upon.
Digby says the book is above and beyond much of the "feel-good" literature out there; it provides you with a framework to think and act within, allowing possibility and potential to emerge.
Snippets
Vic Hewson has returned from his conference in Manchester, UK called "Building Resilience in Adolescence," and is preparing for a wintry "Outward Bound" experience in July.
John Stuart is back from Canada and is working with Craig Leith and Vic Hewson on a change management and leadership development programme with the Port of Otago.
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"The Teamworks team certainly “walk their talk”. They have given us lots of theory, but they have also shown us by their own example as a team. The complex issues we have had to work through were a challenge welcomed by Teamworks". - Shane McManaway, Australian Manager: CropCare Ltd
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IN THIS ISSUE
What Recession?
What's so great about Open Space?
Snippets
This workshop moves from the transformational perspective, to the transactional - focusing on ways to help improve individual performance.
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Personal and Organisational Change
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Solution Focused Coaching
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Lominger Competency Card Sort
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Practice coaching sessions
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Action Plans
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“Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.”
– Stephen Covey
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