Episode 3: Love, Leadership and Hope w/ Helena Clayton
Is there a business case for love? Does love need to be productised or deliver an ROI in order to be valued in the world of work? And what exactly does love mean in today's complex, fragmented world?
These are just some of the questions this week's guest, Helena Clayton, explores with host Elloa Barbour. Helena is a highly experienced coach, facilitator and consultant specialising in leadership development to help people and organisations change and grow. She works with various approaches including systems mapping, shadow work and a focus on love. This episode for you if you hear the word love and wonder if it has a place at work.
In this episode, Helena and Elloa discuss:
Helena’s career story
What successful consulting depends on
The origin story for Helena’s research and work on love
The ups and downs of the creative process
What love looks like in the world today
How can love be useful for this really complex, messy time
How a significant loss influenced her work
What is means to work in a systemic way
What systemic constellations involve and why they’re useful (they're so good - check them out!)
Find out more about Helena and her work here:
Leadership and love: the future of the heart of work
Helena's podcast, Leading from Love
Connect with Helena on LinkedIn or Twitter
Other links
In this episode, Helena references:
Debra Meyerson's work on tempered radicals
Steve Hearsum – the Trojan Mouse
Joanna Macy’s work on active hope
Jem Bendell – deep adaptation
Bert Hellinger's Systemic Constellations
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