Planning for the long term versus the short term, and working towards it may not be rocket science but it can be pretty hard to do sometimes, particularly when we have pressing urgent ‘NOW’ issues to deal with. As business professionals and leaders, it is the longer term stuff that helps us make a greater… Read more »
Do you ever catch yourself saying ‘that’s just the way I am…’ as a way to justify your behaviour and because you genuinely believe this? Why am I asking? Because sometimes thinking in this way can mean that we miss out .. on new opportunities, on new experiences, on a spell of good weather, on… Read more »
‘Helen will never get anywhere in life while she carries on being a perfectionist’. This is a sentence I remember from my school report when I was about 10 years old a year or two before starting secondary school. This is one of many labels I carried as a child; labels given to me by… Read more »
Do you ever feel like it would be useful to share something about yourself with someone else in the workplace but worry about how it will land? While we always have a choice about what to share with others, sometimes, even when it could help us we don’t feel we can. This can be because… Read more »
Our working lives sometimes don’t run smoothly .. no matter how much effort we put in or how we plan and problem solve. At times like these, how do we cope, keep going, and still feel good about ourselves? I believe that’s where knowing ourselves and living and leading in a way that we can… Read more »
Have you ever had to deal with a disappointment at work and struggled to put your best foot forward? Perhaps you thought you were a ‘shoe-in’ for a role that you really wanted but you didn’t get it? Or you thought a project you’d carefully planned and worked hard for would be a great success… Read more »
Photo by RDNE Stock project Are you a manager of a team? Do you invest in your team climate or culture? Is that important anyway??? I reflect on all of the above this month, providing some key tips on what you can do to invest in your team climate and why it is worth your… Read more »
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Sometimes we have to find more than one way to get where we want to go. And sometimes that can be still be challenging, and we may not be sure that we can get there, but it is worth it in the end. While I’m thinking this is particularly relevant… Read more »
Do you find yourself giving way to others’ wishes or suggestions even when you’d rather do something differently or decide on a different way forward? Giving away what you’d like in order to please others or to keep the peace is a surprisingly common issue brought to coaching sessions by some of my clients and,… Read more »
Peter Drucker once said ‘The best way to predict the future is to create it’. 10 years ago I handed in my dissertation for my Masters in Coaching and Mentoring which was a foundational step in launching my business and career as an executive coach. Did I clearly see back then in 2014 that I’d… Read more »
