Leadership development
Leadership development
What I do
Merydith Willoughby is an international organisation development consultant with over two decades in this industry. Her strength is in seeing clarity when many are struggling with a complex situation that looms large in their consciousness. It is about making the impossible become possible by looking at it in a different way and then equipping people with the tools they need to help them proceed. She helps those she works with to take off their blinkers and be prepared to do things that were delayed because they hadn't understood the full implications. Merydith has worked from boardrooms to the grass roots level of society. The approach used is based on keeping it simple, to focus on building competencies, to inform, involve and to engage all stakeholders. They then measure, monitor, mentor and manage key result areas. Used as a clear, systematic and practical approach with all clients and there is no guessing going on. The business signifies a great deal to Merydith and is an umbrella for many varied and inspiring activities.
Merydith Willoughby’s books
Sex in the Boardroom
Second ed. 4July24
Paperback & eBook
There is something magnetic about watching a powerful leader in action. They start impressively and their whole performance indicates that they've done this before and they love it. The people listening to them are glued to their every word. They hardly breathe because they don't want to miss anything. They're smitten and they leave feeling alive, inspired and excited by what they've just been part of and want to do it again. It's an intimate experience. The speaker has charisma and it radiates in every direction. Groomed to perfection, they have perfected their body language. They know their topic and they deliver it very well using all of their assets. They are the Complete Package. Complete Packages exude energy and the audience wants to soak it up. Surely as a leader there would be nothing better than delivering a speech, chairing a meeting or holding a discussion and being treated like this because it means you are having an impact. Your message is getting across and people want to hear what you've got to say because what you say makes sense. It is up to you to be willing to review your style often and to change what needs changing. Actors do it all the time - so can you.
If it's to be: It's up to me
Second ed. April 2022
Paperback & eBook
This book is a Practical Step-by-Step plan to Build Inner Confidence and Personal Power to assist you to Live a Fantastic Life.
People are hungry to live a life they love. Quick fixes don’t work. Where do you get honest information that works and can hold them in good stead for their whole life, and which they can pass onto everyone else in their life and around the globe? This book offers them this. It is generational change that is required. You start from the ground up. Doing this could change the very fabric of our lives and help change become second nature to all of us rather than something we avoid because we do not understand it. It would also have a huge impact on society at large and we could start teaching children these concepts from the time they are born and then right throughout their life.
Back from Hell
Second ed. June 2022
Paperback & eBook
It is a pleasure and a privilege to have written this second edition of Back from Hell. The reconstruction that had to occur for me to be able to do so, and the years that it has taken to regain my health and be better than I have ever been in some ways, has flawed me. There are many stages to burnout, and I had hit rock bottom – a point that, in reality, was very unlikely that I would ever return from. Yes, things were that dire. I have had to unpack who I am as a human being and who I am biologically. I have learned much, worked tirelessly, and questioned every single thing that I was advised to do. Most of that was not of use, and I became my own practitioner and sourced professionals that could assist me to fully rebuild my human infrastructure. This process is discussed at length in my fourth book, Thought Leadership, as to what modality was used.
Thought Leadership
Dec.20
Paperback & eBook
Thought Leadership proposes how we can break down the layers of dominance that are entrenched in society and become aware of the invisible net that surrounds and controls us throughout every moment of our life. When we do this, we have the best chance of creating a more equitable society, community, family, generation, and individual life. We can then investigate who we really are and allow our true self to evolve. We can learn how to develop our inner leader and learn how to think and behave like a thought leader. The impact on humankind with this approach to living would be phenomenal.
You can purchase the books online globally, you can ask your favourite bookstore to order them in for you, or you can send Merydith Willoughby an email at info@merydithwilloughby.com. Thank you for your interest in my books.
Merydith Willoughby
Executive advisor
Cross Institutional degree in Education & politics, 2002
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Phone: +61 435 086 641 (Australia)
Phone: +1 718 790 9729 (New York City)
Alumni living in Australia can contact Merydith at info@merydithwilloughby.com and arrange to have their book signed.
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