“To see the world in a grain of sand
and heaven in a wild flower.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in just one hour”
William Blake.
Peter Hawkins opens our conversation with the beautiful words above from the stunning grounds of Barrow Castle, his home on the edge of Bath in Somerset. We’re delighted to share this interview as part of Mental Health Awareness Week where the theme for 2021 is conveniently… nature.
Our conversations dive into Peter’s eco-participatory awakening journey which goes beyond the dominant intellectualised cognitive neo-cortex to a more embodied, spiritual, intuitive and emotional patchwork. He offers thoughts around how to prevent the conceptualisation of ecology becoming another ‘it’, the ability to simultaneously hold different time horizons, observe the double nested systems of ecology which are embedded within us and the benefits of bringing the outdoors indoors.
It’s mind blowing stuff which is the perfect end to Coaching Outdoors Podcast series one!
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Our guest
Peter Hawkins is Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School and founder and Chairman of Renewal Associates. He is a leading consultant, writer and researcher in leadership and leadership development and an international thought leader in executive teams and systemic team coaching.
He recently led a major global research project on Tomorrow’s Leadership and the Necessary Revolution in Today’s Leadership Development.
Over the last 35 years he has worked with many leading companies around the world, co-designing and facilitating major change and organisational transformation projects and coaching company boards and leadership teams. He has helped several senior executive teams develop their vision, values and strategy for the future.
Peter is co-founder and lead contributor to Renewal Associates/ AoEC international training in Systemic Team Coaching.
He is the author of several best-selling books including Supervision in the Helping Professions; Systemic Coaching – Delivering Value Beyond the Individual, co-written with Eve Turner, Integrative Psychotherapy in Theory and Practice, co-written with Judy Ryde, Leadership Team Coaching in Practice; Leadership Team Coaching; Coaching, Mentoring and Organizational Consultancy: Supervision, Skills and Development (with Nick Smith); Creating a Coaching Culture, and The Wise Fool’s Guide to Leadership.
He is Honorary president of the Academy of Executive Coaching through whom he leads training in Systemic Team Coaching internationally, and the Association of Professional Executive Coaching and Supervision. He is chairman and on the board of several small companies and charitable trusts. Peter was joint founder, in 1986, of Bath Consultancy Group.
