How often do you consider who you are communicating with when putting together a proposal or trying to influence someone through a conversation? Unless communication is your area of expertise, I suspect it is less often than could be helpful (and I say that because I know I probably don’t do it as much as… Read more »
Category: Leaders
My self-leadership lessons from Covid
Hands up if you’ve had Covid lately? I’m in the middle of my second bout … first time around was June 2022 and it hit me a bit harder the first time than this time around but that being said, it’s still able to pack a punch! As I take a more relaxed approach to… Read more »
Dealing with your imposter feelings
Ever felt like you are going to get found out at work? That you somehow aren’t up to the job you’ve got and surely it is only a matter of time until others think that too? This has come up a few times with coaching clients lately where they have been quick to tell me… Read more »
Why you’ll want to support employee career progression
As a manager of people, do you invest time in enabling their career progression? While the responsibility for career progression is a shared responsibility between employee and manager, you’ll need to play your part – or risk your employees looking for career development elsewhere according to a recent study called ‘From skills to success: L&D… Read more »
Future You
What would your quality of life be like if you live to be 150 years old? Why am I even asking you that question? Well, according to David Sinclair, director of the Harvard Medical School’s Paul F Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, the first person to live to 150 years’ old has already… Read more »
Your career – happy accident or carefully curated?
“Snakes and Ladders” by jacqui.brown33 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Are you someone who has taken roles when they appeared in front of you or do you have a more planned approach to your career? I was coaching a senior director recently who realised that she had more or less just taken roles that were offered to… Read more »
Why won’t my team step up?
Do you find yourself asking why your team won’t make decisions without checking in with you? Would you like them to be more accountable so you can trust that key work will get done when it should be? Are you telling them that they are empowered to act but they don’t seem to be taking… Read more »
Twas the night after Christmas
Image by Oleksandr Pidvalnyi from Pixabay Twas the night after Christmas And I felt so grateful For family and friendship and eating a plate-full For freedom to choose A career that I love For clients and peers and for interesting stuff
Female leader mid 40s to mid 50s?
Are you a female leader in your mid 40s to mid 50s? The likelihood is you may be experiencing symptoms of the menopause. While menopause is getting more press lately, organisational support and leadership understanding is in its early stages. While 50% of the workforce will experience the menopause, it is still not widely talked… Read more »
Why curiosity is a key behaviour for managers and leaders
If you’ve opened up this blog to read more we are off to a good start – hopefully that in itself is an indicator that your curiosity got the better of you and you wanted to find out more! Recently I’ve been a coach/mentor/trainer for a number of managers and it made me realise that… Read more »

