Anni Townend

Anni Townend is a leadership consultant and author with over twenty years of experience facilitating, coaching and counselling people in a wide range of organisations. Anni is a core member of Steve Radcliffe Associates working with senior leaders and their teams helping them to explore and to become clearer about who they are and what they are leading for through Future-Engage-Deliver. Anni brings a passion for people and belief in the power of building bigger relationships in which the possibilities for excellence are made real. Her most recent publication is Assertiveness and Diversity published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2007. It is described as: “A powerful and engaging book that combines a straightforward practicality with a rare wisdom and insight into human relationships”.

What makes a good leader?

A few weeks ago I was asked by Ross McGuinness to contribute to an article he was writing…


What is something essential about you?

This is the question that Minneapolitans were asked to answer – and if that wasn’t a challenge enough…


Flexing your Modes…..

This week we are sharing with you a link to a great article spotted by one of the…


What are you committing to practice?

A few weeks ago I read a great interview with actor Javier Bardem in which he is quoted…


Release your inner hairdresser – the five ‘R’s to enjoying greater happiness at work

The people who are happiest at work are gardeners and florists followed by hairdressers and plumbers according to…


‘Please take responsibility for managing your energy…..’

So read the sign in the back of the pizza van. It caught my eye and although I…


Hang on to that holiday feeling!

Like many people I am back from holidays and keen as ever to keep up some of the…


How switched on are you?

As weekly subscribers know I am editor of FED posts and this week rather than editing a post…


Have you got a story you’d like to tell?

I enjoy a good story. I like reading people’s stories and even more I get a real buzz…


Are you playing to win?

I have recently joined a new club of people who love The West Wing. The TV political drama…


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