About
The gift in it has been an awareness of the power I have to lead myself, to redefine what trully matters and courageously pursue it authentically.
Becoming a self leader has been magical, in a liberating way. You realise a power to sculpt and impact on your life bringing out your inner artist.
This has attracted me to center my coaching work on self leadership.
Here below is a definition of Self Leadership from two Journals(Jstor &Sage Journal).
Self leadership is the ability to purposefully lead yourself, to achieve your personal and professional goals and objectives.
Self leadership helps in mediating between external leadership and your motivation that support the company you work for to be successful".
Self leadership is self influence on decisions and tasks driven by rewards that activate your motivation.
John Maxwell notes that "Self leadership is the greatest leadership challenge."
It entails your self awareness, self acceptance and self management. It is from this point that you are able to relate with others in a healthy manner as one gains masterly in emotional intelligence which regulates our interactions.
In addition you embrace flexibility that is necessary to navigate life with its various seasons.
Most of us are held captive by our self sabotaging thoughts and beliefs. This obstructs our actions and impairs our relationship with self and others. Positive intelligence as explained by Coach Shizard Chamine is our ability to identify the saboteurs that constantly hijack us , develop coping mechanism that calms our mind to activate the sage that helps to counter the saboteurs by innovatively finding solutions.
As his mentee through his seven week program on Positive Intelligence, I experienced the amazing power of Selfleadership and its impact in shaping our world positively.
I am an Alumni of Academy of Executive coaches, UK and Career Connections, Kenya, since 2017. A graduate of University of Nairobi, With over twenty five years experience in the corporate world, spanning three people focused areas namely, Human Resources, Customer Relationships management and Corporate Social Responsibility.
I joined Gratitude Network, USA team of coaches 2021, to support selected social entrepreneurs enhance their leadership skills globally.
I am excited and fulfilled as I coach. I see great joy as clients get their moment of realisation and the resultant outcome, the AhA moment of awareness with clarity, that sparks them into action. The new knowledge and inspiration tthat they can use the innate power to redraw their lives, echoing our motto, "Chisel in hand, sculpt your life"
Come, we explore, engage as together we sculpt your thoughts and actions freeing that leader in you.
My promise to you is that through tiny actions, we build momentum, for take off like tiny Sweets that fill our mouth with sweetness,
I am fascinated by nature and derive alot of peace and tranquility from watching plants grow. It is therapeutic, a reminder for us to slow down and trully savour life for what it is.