“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 »
Category: Managers
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 »
Adding greatest value as a leader with your team
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay As a leader, you and your team work IN your business each and every day; how often do you work ON your business? By that I mean, how often do you, and your team, reflect on and seek feedback on whether you are adding value to all of your… Read more »
“I’m leaving” – how to avoid hearing this from your team
Image credit: nicoletaionescu Stock Image and Video Portfolio – iStock (istockphoto.com) You know that feeling when a valued team member asks for a meeting with you and starts by letting you know they are handing in their notice? That’s a feeling you don’t want to repeat too often. What can you do in the way… Read more »
Retain more of your leaders
Credit: Oliver Le Moal Are you experiencing any of the following in your team or organisation? You are losing some of your key leadership talent when it is imperative to retain them Leaders are leaving because they think their careers have stalled Leaders are expecting the organisation to make their career happen rather than owning… Read more »
Ensuring we step into our potential – lessons from snowboarding
Are you being intentional about giving yourself the best chance to grow in skills, competence and experience or are you holding yourself back? I’m not talking about the obvious ways we can grow like training courses but how we approach our work day to day. I’ve been reflecting on how our ability to stretch ourselves… Read more »
When did you last say “No” at work?
Image by Andrew Martin Following on from my January post, I’ve been reflecting on the positive power of the simple word “No”. Recently, some of the managers and leaders that I have been coaching have been wrestling with finding (or making) time to do the ‘right’ things, in part because they have taken on work… Read more »

