About 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”.

 

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What geese can teach us about leading and team-working

1 February 2010

Birds flying in V-formations use less energy to flap their wings than those on solo flights. Birds in flocks can therefore fly for longer than those travelling on their own. (the image is kindly from Islay Pictures Photoblog) I have long been fascinated by geese as they fly in V-formation heading south in the autumn [...]

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How committed are we to each others’ success?

21 December 2009

In the wake of last week’s Climate Summit there is much discussion about the failure of world leaders to commit to what is needed to reduce – or at least stabilise – temperature rises and carbon emissions. But what does it mean to truly commit – to pledge ourselves – to our own and others’ [...]

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The Courage to Lead

5 November 2009

FED Central team member Anni Townend, author of Assertiveness and Diversity, writes this week about The Courage to Lead. This is one of a series of postings from Anni. Forthcoming postings include The Confidence to Lead and The Commitment to Lead. In each, Anni draws on her experience of working with senior leaders individually and [...]

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