Ronan Harrington

As you’ll know, if you’ve ever considered improving your skills and abilities in order to obtain, or sustain, a leadership position in your organisation or business, there are a lot of talks, trainings, various books and courses on ‘good leadership’ out there.  And rightly so. We do need effective, competent and integrous leaders in all sectors, both business and public, considering the challenges our society is currently facing. Leaders will need to collaborate across differences and divides and so leaders need to be able to compromise - and they need to be prepared to serve! Leadership is not about authority and power. We need leaders that can inspire us to come together and guide us towards the right solutions. This is why leadership is important and it’s what I’ve seen to be true in my career working as a leadership keynote speaker for large international businesses and organisations.        Organisations and businesses also need to put resource...

What constitutes a healthy organisation? A healthy organisation is one in which everything happens in accordance with the overarching goal. In such an atmosphere, there is constant organisational growth and process improvement. Employees are highly motivated, co-operative and there is mutual caring and sharing. Sounds utopian, doesn't it? It could be, but such groups, both huge and little, do exist. And such an organisation is entirely conceivable to evolve. The "leader" is at the top of an organisational structure, and the defining characteristics of a leader are found to permeate all associates who work for him. As a result, in order to maintain a healthy business, the leadership must remain healthy - and this "health" extends far beyond physical well-being. A leader is said to be successful when his or her colleagues may look up to him or her at all times and feel completely comfortable. A good leader has clear communication, honesty, trust, and sincerity. Em...

Resilience describes the ability to manage shocks and continue through disruption in the short term, and to adapt to stresses and other challenges that will present in the longer term. The current environment has been described as a perfect storm of stress factors, with ever-increasing demand for resources from a growing and aging population; and a rapidly changing environment as a result of climate change, with a knock on impact of new diseases. A new conceptualization of resilience must be evolutionary-based, enable a thorough cross-species research, and set the stage for meticulous data collection that tests its specific expression across developmental stages, contexts and psychopathological conditions. How can you develop resilience? Because attitude and response are so important in defining resilience, it is a unique skill. It's an adaptable way of thinking that takes time to master, along with ways for altering one's initial reaction to something terrible or unwelcome.  A...