Three years ago my life took a left turn down an unfamiliar path, sometimes stony, cold and lonely and others times bathed in sunlight, full of love and warmth. This path has felt worn but at the same time narrow and one lane.
Tag: team building
Creating a unicorn
how to sell your professional self is a critical part of business success and one that needs practise, practise and more practise
Being enough
It’s my three month anniversary of being in Antarctica and it feels like it has passed super quickly. I have seen some amazing things over the last few months. I’ve flown across oceans full of floating ice-bergs. Sat next to penguins and seals and watched in awe as pods of wild orca’s cruise past. I’ve…
A little red ship
This weekend sees the arrival of the little red taxi, a trip home for 19 expeditioners who have been here for between 4 & 18 months and food and fuel for the 14 of us who remain. We have spent the last week pretending to be amateur weather forecasters poring over the daily charts the…
creating a community
When you are given a brand new team of people to work with it is sometimes hard, they have history, connections, unspoken values and communication pathways all mapped out. You have to negotiate and tread softly until you bed in your power relationships, make the connections that you need and learn who is who. But what if you…
The importance of community, a reminder from Vietnam
reminding myself of the value and importance of community
the importance of team building
Its been over 2 weeks since one of the most amazing learning experiences of my life. 10 days disconnected from society learning intensely about teams – what makes them work, what makes them fail and what are my weaknesses as a team leader. As I finally have a moment to myself to reflect on the…
Jen Wressell 