Astrid Davies

Astrid Davies MA is an Executive Coach and change consultant who uses her 30 years of leadership experience to help her clients make positive changes which last. She is a mentor and guest lecturer at the University of Southampton, including supporting their Enactus chapter for social entrepreneurs. She also runs a series of successful leadership training networking events across the South of England, where she helps young professionals to build an ethical and effective leadership career alongside their professional development. A passionate champion of diverse and sustainable workplaces, Astrid integrates several of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals into her client projects. If you would like to find out more, please go to www.astriddaviesconsulting.com.
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Playing Loki – yes really?

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Playing Loki - yes really? As I write this, the world is being divided into those who believe it’s OK to invade other sovereign nations, and those that don’t. For the record, I don’t and thankfully my...
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The Maverick and change

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The Maverick and change – driver or engineer? Change happens all of the time (except from a broken vending machine). Sometimes change happens to us, sometimes we get to shape it. As a change agent,...
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COP27 plus needs Maverick leadership

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COP27 plus needs Maverick leadership. As I write this, the dust has well and truly settled after the most recent global climate response summit, colloquially known as “#COP26”. Well, I say “dust”, but it’s probably more the emissions...
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The post-Santa slump

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The post-Santa slump. Are you geared up and ready for a lovely Christmas? Have you sorted out all the presents, cards, stocking fillers? Have you done a bit more for charity because everyone does at...
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Randomness and the Maverick

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Randomness and the Maverick. Recently, an invitation to a talk on Randomness arrived in my inbox. After the year or so we have all had, this got me thinking … are we looking at “random” in...
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Knowing your Maverick self

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Knowing your Maverick self – how we show up with profiling tools. How well do you know yourself? We all like to think we know ourselves really well. We might also know a lot of our own...
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Maverick tendencies leading the way

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How your Maverick tendencies will keep you leading the way. In this piece, I’ll explore how refocusing on your Maverick tendencies and skills can keep your organisation ahead of the curve. At the forefront of, or leading in something, such as a developing situation, field of study or business, social development, etc.Free Dictionary's...
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Purpose and the Maverick

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Purpose and the Maverick. I was working with a client, exploring his Why?”. We’ve heard about Simon Sinek’s bestseller, Start with Why. A sense of purpose is a core tenet of strong, positive leadership. So what were...
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Compromise consensus and the Maverick

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Compromise, consensus and the Maverick. Compromise is often recommended as a way forward in the workplace, but it often ends up being “Win - Lose”, to use Covey’s description from his 4th habit of highly effective...
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