These months can drag on as we wait for the sun to come out and revive us with vitamin D. However, just waiting for spring as a motivator will not keep us happy and healthy - and in fact, this approach, is poor self-leadership.

It’s the Supervisors role to run the sessions isn’t it? 

Actually, research shows that to get the most from supervision you need mutually engaged and driven participants.

Regardless of what our professional role is, we all benefit from paying attention to our self-leadership skills.

Self-leadership is simply the way we lead ourselves. It is how we apply leadership skills to relating to, guiding and directing our own thoughts and actions, and it is something that you don’t want to ignore.

Today I would like to officially introduce you to Renee Arnott, a very experienced OT, supervisor, coach and trainer.

Positive supervision is focussed on learning and skill development.

Positive learning supports skill development and problem- solving, the supervisor will provide relevant information and resources to help the supervisee grow in their practice.

While it doesn’t happen instantaneously, we can create great teams if we understand the key ingredients of a thriving team ecosystem.

Even if an organisation holds groundbreaking innovations that can unlock tremendous value in the world, poor leadership can scuttle the entire endeavour.

Considering this, we must commit to, and invest in positively impactful leadership. By deeply understanding the ingredients of positive leadership, we can better inspire our teams, accomplish our goals, and feel a deep satisfaction in our work.

As we reflect on the different levels of supervision, what is happening in your workplace?

What do you think the experiences are for supervisees in your workplace?

As we reflect on the different levels of supervision, what is happening in your workplace?

What do you think the experiences are for supervisees in your workplace?

Whether you work for a for-profit company or a non-profit organisation, great leadership is going to separate the truly successful from those treading water.

Are you an active player in your own story?

“Am I outsourcing my self-leadership?” If so, Instead of doubting yourself, deliberately back yourself and be self-compassionate.

By closely working on self-leadership skills, individuals can more effectively lead others, whether they are colleagues, family or friends.

Professional and Clinical Supervision is a co-created, collaborative learning focussed conversation between a supervisor and supervisee. It is a process of learning and support, designed to build self-directed learners and workforce capacity through practice skill development and reflective learning.

Work pressures, interpersonal demands, and workplace culture strains can play a direct role in the future of your organisation. Because of this, it is the role of leaders to reflect on the real status of our organisations’ ecosystems.

Individually, learning is a great way of keeping us agile, humble and open.

For a workplace, ongoing learning is critical for achieving optimal service delivery and workplace goals.

Many of us think about good leaders we have had or would like to have and then try and find them.

However, how many of us look for this leader within?

It is possible to reflect on the year in terms of our contributions and, also in terms of the strengths and skills that you’ve used and developed, so that we can take these skills forward more intentionally.

When we take a step back from our day to day work life (whether as a conscious choice or enforced) it can encourage us to reflect more deeply our values and our goals.

Mental health through Covid-19 has certainly come to the forefront of conversations. How could we be using this insight into each other's lives beyond the office in a positive way?

How do you ensure that you go beyond role to role and relate to your colleagues as human to human?