<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Howling Wolf ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Art of Leadership]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:10:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.howlingwolf.co/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[man vs nature ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is proposing to delist grey wolves from the Endangered Species Act. This wild animal's federal protection is under threat, and not for the first (or last) time. I'm following this story because grey wolves are totemic to my business and its values, and because I am genuinely intrigued by the battle of man vs nature, wild vs tame and domesticity vs instinct. The particular line at which this battle plays out is where American farmers' livestock meets apex predator; and Trump's...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/man-vs-nature</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9e9372ff2777f8cf456981</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:50:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_6480f6f507274b78b9794527729b3c2e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[leadership is an inside job]]></title><description><![CDATA[The thing I love most about working in the realm of leadership, is that at it's best, its an inside job first.  And the leaders with the most power, influence and impact are role models. They will ask nothing of others, that they have not done themselves.  And because of that they have conviction, compassion, and the right words of encouragement when needed.  But we all have blindspots, and just like money can be "left on the table", so too can leadership impact. More often than you can...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/leadership-is-an-inside-job</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c7652cdf183e0230c7ec9</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:11:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_2b004aa6db2e4e4199655dabdcc9936e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[know thyself]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the inscriptions you would have found if you were to have entered the Temple of Apollo in Greece, centuries ago.  This temple was the home of the Pythia - the high temple priestesses who were consulted by “kings and commoners” who brought their questions, and received her symbolic divinations in answer.  I imagine these answers to be like a Rorschach test, a non-linear, non-objective expression inviting the questioner to bring their own interpretation to it. Which is to say, to bring...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/know-thyself</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c75a8a8d338fba9c6618d</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:06:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_0fa4287dc9e54df48fd58b5ed4cf74b6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[your voice is tool of leadership]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning, in conversation with colleagues on the topic of voice as a tool of leadership, I remembered myself as a bright-eyed bushy-tailed 24 year old bossbabe in her first job.  Sitting at the Mount Nelson, around the boardroom table for a strategic breakaway with 12 other people... definitely the youngest person on our management team, which we affectionately called  "Oceans 13".  I remember the rich brown of the wooden table and the room's old-world ornateness. I remember being so lit...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/your-voice-is-tool-of-leadership</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c7580c6495acaaf2f9b37</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:03:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_845e7ddbba6a4a768592d70215d14d80~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_736,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[growth is not linear]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growth is not linear, we revisit a sufferable pattern time and time again, each time slightly more equipped and more resourced to relate with it a little differently, a little more skillfully. It is all too tempting to catch a first glimpse of some inner enemy and want to jump straight to "Okay how do i fix it", or "Tell me what to do, I'll change immediately". I see this approach and while it is well-meaning, it is ultimately a little bit immature.  It has the energy of a game of...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/growth-is-not-linear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c748cac0d7a57cc49a29f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:59:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_1f1d2f473f0446cbbe038fb504aa09dc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_890,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[CULTURE IS THE CAKE, EVERYTHING ELSE IS ICING]]></title><description><![CDATA[By culture - I mean the substance of relationships. The codified behaviours and everyday decisions. By "everything else" - I mean the glitzy things we often  for culture. Gimmicks, apps, surprise campaigns, shiny initiatives, etc. If you've been reading here a while, it may be obvious that I'm a bit of a purist and traditionalist when it comes to culture.  But what is also obvious, is that a cake without icing is about as enticing as a trip to the dentist. So what to do? Well,...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/culture-is-the-cake-everything-else-is-icing</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c70ecd055a51adf173c1f</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:53:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_2d08dbf11e6940e6ac4e8a7e24a0f0fd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[if i had my way... ]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a facilitator, I take extreme care to design workshops for my clients that deliver results, that feel engaging, that get the client ROI, but that are spacious enough to allow the mind to think expansively and creatively.  If I had my way, all team workshops would be held in a big room with floor to ceiling windows overlooking a stunningly beautiful view of nature; but this is not always the case as time and resources can be limited. A younger more in-experienced version of me would have...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/if-i-had-my-way</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c6fef950c73fdcf7d82dc</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:42:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_eee277ebfefb49f99e2c85f590362100~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the intelligence of the heart]]></title><description><![CDATA[Google has made the notion of Psychological Safety famous, naming it as the #1 critical, essential, never-to-be-left-out component of high performing teams.  This metric unexpectedly offers the strongest causality to overall 'success' than any other.  Their results imply that  “even the extremely smart, high-powered employees at Google needed a psychologically safe work environment to contribute the talents they had to offer.” Unsurprisingly, the factors that contribute to creating...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/the-intelligence-of-the-heart</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c6fa7ac8a0a7fe42e14c3</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:38:17 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[head-heart-hands ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The "Head-Heart-Hands" model of transformation is a systems-based framework originally created in the early nineties by David Orr, as a way to approach sustainability education.  I had to go find the source of the framework because I have started to see it everywhere in professional frameworks and wondered about its origin. It seems so obvious to include a "whole human" context to growth and transformation of any kind. But truly, embodiment and the body-mind connection hasn't really been...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/head-heart-hands</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c6f03950c73fdcf7d8153</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:35:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_78d94cab6e96467b8187a36f28ec4a20~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_922,h_828,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[the stigma of hr]]></title><description><![CDATA[My first job in HR was a masterclass in maturing, fast.  I was promoted into the management team and was quickly confronted with one of the key balancing acts of the job: Championing the needs of the people vs Executing the vision of the leaders.  Depending on the culture of the business this is either like a tight-rope walk between Manhattan high-rises, or like a gentle surf in Muizenberg.   And depending on the mettle of the practitioner this is either where you win or lose the trust of the...]]></description><link>https://www.howlingwolf.co/post/the-stigma-of-hr</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9c6ba1c6495acaaf2f8911</guid><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:23:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/33dcd3_c814312506224a578565bf3595eb295b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Deryn Bolton</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>