In part 1, I explored building trust, listening and curiosity. In part 2, I covered normalising, empathy and encouragement. These are my final thoughts, which also have me wistfully reflecting on when we’ll be allowed to go skiing again!! Lesson 5 - Intuition Leading people around a mountain is quite a responsibility. There are real dangers to physical well-being, although generally not what many of my students imagine. They look up to the top of the mountain and imagine that

In this article, I started by wanting to share how my passion for ski instructing is more about helping people push through their fears and limiting beliefs than it is about the techniques and tactics of skiing. Then, as I started to write, I realised there are some nuggets around effective leadership that seemed interesting to talk about. Enjoy! 😊⛷ Aaaand… there’s been so much to say, I’m breaking it into separate articles 😃 Lesson 1 - Building Trust In Patrick Lencioni’s