78: The Seasonal Organisation & Women’s Leadership with Liz Rivers

Liz Rivers shares her rich engagement with nature and how it
informs her work in leadership and as a coach. The seasonal
organisation refers back to pre-modern times and draws on the
Celtic Calendar as a way of connecting our workplaces with the
rhythms and cycles of the natural world. The Celtic calendar
marks times in the year when the light changes, when we have the
shortest and longest days, which in turn mark the beginning and
end of seasons. Life and work used to be organised around these
seasonal changes, whereas in the process of urbanisation and
industrialization, the clock took over and work was organised
without reference to nature or its seasonal rhythms. Liz uses the
seasonal organisation as part of her work to support women’s
leadership in her Purpose Power Presence programmes delivered
with Hetty Einzig. This training works with the body and the
imagination to find space for something other than the constant,
driven, male-dominated leadership styles we still find in today’s
workplace. Simon and Liz reflect on how men would respond to this
‘women's course’ and how work and the environment can be more
integrated in general. Enjoy this exploration of the seasonal
organisation.
 
Bio

Liz Rivers is a former commercial lawyer turned leadership coach
and co-founder with Hetty Einzig of Purpose Power Presence:
Leadership Programmes for Women.
Disillusioned with the adversarial world of commercial
litigation, Liz jumped ship and became the first woman to be
accredited as a commercial and organisational mediator in the
UK. 

In her personal life, Liz's passions have included Chi Kung, wild
swimming, storytelling, body psychotherapy, camping, and
wilderness retreats. She has studied and worked with the Celtic
Calendar for over a decade and found it a powerful tool for women
leaders to align with their rhythms and create more humane
workplaces.