Benefits and Impact of professional coaching
People often ask about the benefits and impact of coaching. The complex and challenging issues we face also create opportunities and a chance to do things differently and better. Both team and individual coaching enable people to focus on the areas that they have...
Creative Workshops – Creative starts & stumbles: finding inspiration in the everyday
Creativity and the creative process is not always smooth sailing. A recent Maverick Minds workshop ‘Creative Starts and Stumbles: finding inspiration in the everyday’, was delivered at the QATA (Qld Art Teachers Association professional development conference). It was...
Project mm365
A feature of my coaching practice is to help others tap into their creative potential. It’s about walking the talk and honouring my creativity which in turn will help me be a better and more empathic coach. At the end of 2021 I asked what my creative project would be...
The best public swimming pools around the world
We are swimmers; and for those of us who love to swim and enjoy the physical and mental wellbeing and benefits this one’s for you. This is now my swimming bucket list. I might see you at one of these spectacular pools....
Let’s go potty – invest in plants for your office and home
Research shows, (we know this intuitively), that being around plants is good for our health and wellbeing. If we are fortunate to have access to a garden, park, forest, or streetscape our mental health and wellbeing increases. This has become increasingly important...
Seriously Playful Creativity – a book to spark your creative life and projects
During 2020 I focused on bringing to life my book Seriously Playful Creativity, an A to Z of Creative ideas to spark action and reflection. It was a personal and professional legacy that I wanted to create during a time of such uncertainty and volatility. It was a...
World Creativity and Innovation Week – Creativity in action
What’s getting Maverick Minds attention and worth celebrating is the start of World Creativity and Innovation week (WCIW), which runs from 15-21 April 2021. WCIW was Founded by Marci Segal, on the 25 May 2001, in Toronto Canada. Marci has spent her career focused on...
Seriously Playful Creativity: An A to Z of Creative Action and Reflection
I’m delighted to let you know that my new book Seriously Playful Creativity: An A to Z of Creative Action and Reflection is out in the world and even more delighted to see a diversity of interest from accountants, health professionals, management consultants, coaches,...
Professional Development – Team Management Profiles
Cathryn Lloyd is an accredited Team Management Systems (TMS) Team Management Profile facilitator. The TMS Team Management Profile (TMP) is one of the world’s leading psychometric profiling tools for personal, team and leadership development. TMP is a useful framework...
What we can learn from creative pursuits
Being limited to where we can go and what we can do does have benefits. From my perspective it has provided quality time for various creative pursuits and being in my art studio. Aesthetics has a huge influence in how I approach things in life. Making art...