DO it!
The DO Lectures is here to share stories of remarkable people in the hope they will inspire you to go and do amazing things too. I was honoured to be...
09Oct
October 2020
September 2020
22Sep
MyPeople Meets – Manley Hopkinson
Read the full interview with Manley Hopkinson - Founder & passionate advocate of The Compassionate Leadership Academy See link below: Manley Hopkinson MPM
18Sep
Intentional Learning & the Career Advantage
"The World Economic Forum recently declared a reskilling emergency as the world faces more than one billion jobs transformed by technology. The world of stable lifetime employment is now fully...
August 2020
03Aug
Psychological Safety
“There’s no team without trust,” says Paul Santagata, Head of Industry at Google. He knows the results of the tech giant’s massive two-year study on team performance, which revealed that the...
July 2020
20Jul
Compassion is not the soft option
A polar bear can cover 50 meters in under 3 seconds It lives with permanent hunger and is always on the hunt for food. Sensibly, the prey of a polar bear will...
06Jul
New Normal
There is a great deal of discourse on how moving forward we need to be more compassionate and lead with empathy. Since the publication of my book in 2014 I...
June 2020
STORIES – ACTION – PROOF
We have refreshed our Manley Talks Inspiration website to include more information on, the consultancy services that we offer and the hugely inspirational Compassionate Leadership Academy. We still firmly...
May 2020
21May
Never Assume
“Could you shut the door please I need to start a conference call” “Excuse me, could you please shut the door”? “Hi. Hello - door please”? “Oi, cou…” “I heard you first time. Keep...
17May
Applying Past Leadership Lessons to the Coronavirus
Contributing author to this McKinsey & Company article. Three seasoned leaders describe what they learned from managing through past crises. Savvy managers understand the fundamentals of crisis management, at least on the...
14May
Get Your Head in the Right Place
Getting your head in the right place? That’s not stuck in the sand, or up your own backside, or in the clouds, it is firmly and squarely on your shoulders,...
11May
Online Course – Online Learning – Personal Growth
The Compassionate Leadership Academy course consists of 26 online modules designed as an interactive, inspirational journey of learning. Each module takes approximately 45 minutes to complete and consists of: Short,...
April 2020
28Apr
Isolation
Hello? Hello? Any body out there? Feeling isolated? The feeling of isolation can come at anytime where we feel disconnected. We don’t have to be physically alone to feel isolated, though that helps -...
22Apr
Global Balance
In these extraordinary times it is easy for us to lose focus on the concept of a global balance, but, I firmly believe that our survival and our futures depend...
16Apr
Launching – Manley Talks Online Inspiration
Manley Talks Ltd will continue to operate online during COVID-19 restrictions. We are providing engaging and interactive online courses: Leadership Strategy Development & Facilitation Team Alignment - creating Collective Brilliance High Performance Cultural...
March 2020
19Mar
Leadership In A Time of Crisis
These are extraordinary times. Really, really tough for us all. The world as we know it is changing. It will not be the same. There will be no going back. ...
09Mar
How do we measure the Impact of Compassionate Leadership?
They say that what is measured get’s done, but I believe measurement is much more inspiring than that, it’s not just about creating a motivation to act, it is about...
January 2020
28Jan
Happy Birthday CLA
A year ago today we “soft” launched the Compassionate Leadership online Academy, with several pilots in different businesses, small and large, universities, school management teams and with individuals who wanted...
24Jan
Perfect Storm
Today I find myself in Boston, USA. Twenty years ago, I sailed into Boston at the end of the first leg on a life changing journey as a Skipper in...
07Jan
Creating Collective Brilliance
Let’s say that you are a youth football coach at your local club. The team are doing well but you are keen that they get better, maybe even try to...
November 2019
13Nov
Compassion-ism
Whilst discussing the use of my Compassionate Leadership Academy with a school trust leadership team in the UK we had a great debate about the word leadership in the context...
October 2019
31Oct
Compassion – Japanese Style
Konnichiwa! I have the good fortune of spending some time in Japan with my best buddy Ian just now for the Rugby World Cup. What an amazing place. I have been...
September 2019
04Sep
Exciting News
The CLA is, officially, Institute of Leadership and Management Approved. Not only is the CLA unique in its format, style and content, but now it is approved and accredited. The ILM...
April 2019
25Apr
Three Gates
I see so much hurt in the world by ill spoken words, be they by politicians, sports people, journalists or by us all through unsocial social media. “Sticks and stones...
March 2019
06Mar
Let the Journey Begin…..
The Compassionate Leadership Academy (CLA) online learning programme is now ready and live - www.cla-global.com So. What is it all about? Before anyone can successfully motivate, influence, lead, collaborate or wield any...
October 2018
02Oct
How Was Your Coffee?
There is so much in the media about the perilous state of our planet. Big floods in India, fires raging in Australia and Greece, hurricanes and typhoons destroying houses and flooding...
