I was watching the 7 Samurai last night, the 1954 movie directed by Akira Kurosawa. When Master Samurai Kambel takes on the fight to defend peasants against the bandits, he is a different kind of leader. Brave, compassionate, able to assemble a diverse “team” of like minded samurai, driven by their passion for something bigger than themselves,yet simple human brothers having good laughs as well! The peasants are themselves only driven by fear. And they [...]

Goals? smart goals? breakthrough goals? most recently in the new book of Margaret Wheatley, perseverance, there is a page about “destination” that i found was particularly relevant for me.  ”most of us think we know where we are going. Or at least, we think we should know where we are going…/.. we could lighten up – we could go for direction, not destination. We could invite in what the world seems to want for us, [...]

Valerie Beyssade, co director of Team Global Network France, and I have a debate about using the word Happiness or Mindfulness, and I may have convinced myself more to choose the word Happiness….based on what the UK has recently decided to do. Let us know your opinion – what do both words evoke for you? from Fortune Magazine December 9th – http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2010/12/09/the-happiness-index-is-the-uk – Eleanor Bloxham ../…So I applaud the UK for taking on the challenge [...]

Welcome to TGN new “Connections” blog! We have been around for more than 20 years working around the world in big and small companies, in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, both in corporate companies and in the private education sector. We have a fundamental question to pose – what will make our working environment happier? We believe we are a great place to foster conversations around this topic. 2 years ago I was in [...]

  Come and join us at 6PM on Thursday October 28th at the Blue Lotus gallery to enjoy an hour presentation including a brief movie and a few Nepalese snacks..as well as Nepalese and Tibetan art on display Meet Edmond Antoine, ICF Master Certified Coach and Sandeep Gyawaly from Nepal Sanctuary Trek that will share about The Legacy Odyssey Trek™ An invitation to an adventure that is both internal and external, a discovery of what’s [...]

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