Mowgli Foundation Blog

I have been reflecting that there isn’t a blog entry that gives you a flavour for the Mowgli Mentoring Experience, so here goes.

It is becoming symptomatic of our programmes that each one has its own unique character.  This is not only because the mix, and therefore the dynamics, of participants is different, but because of environmental factors.  Mowgli attempts to find locations that are cut off from the world, a retreat from the busyness of normal living, where people can reflect in a deeper way.  In Lebanon we were based  6500 feet up in the snows of Mount Lebanon, one of the main ski resorts in the country.  We had sun and increasingly icy snow with breathtaking scenery all around.  Auberge de Cedres was a classic Alpine lodge.  It could have been in Austria or Switzerland.  It provided the base for our first programme in Lebanon. Read the rest of this entry »

Those of you who have been reading the blog for a while now may well remember me talking about a very unstructured piece of research I undertook a few months back.   I had a look at a number of organisations based in the Middle East that the Mowgli Foundation were especially interested in building relationships with.   The idea was to use social media to see if we could build a relationship with them.  Only one stood out, and that was ADEW Egypt which is an organisation that is dedicated the empowerment of Arab women.     Read the rest of this entry »

Self presentation is another of the skills that underpins social intelligence.  It is made up of a variety of factors that include such things as charisma, assertiveness, self confidence and self control.  However, as Daniel Goleman points out self presentation without the necessary substance to back it up is no substitute for skills and expertise.  In other words, you have to walk the walk as well as talk the talk …..! Read the rest of this entry »