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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
