Leadership can be both rewarding and demanding in equal measure. In good organisations, as a leader you get support through development to enable you to do it well. Often that development focuses on how to lead from an intellectual perspective for example perhaps with an enterprise mindset, or to be strategic in perspective – if… Read more »
Do you lead a team? Are you finding it hard to maintain your own levels of motivation let alone those of your team members during this testing time? You are not alone. I’m a coach. I support others when they need to find direction, overcome barriers, gain confidence, inspire through leadership etc. So, I should… Read more »
We’re all adjusting to life being a little different at the moment whether as working parents who are trying to balance work with activities for their children, family mental health and being safe, or as carers of elderly relatives, or as employees getting used to connecting virtually to get things done, or as front-line workers… Read more »
Gerd Altmann Pixabay I’ve just finished enjoying a book by Liane Moriarty entitled ‘What Alice Forgot‘. Without giving the whole plot away, it tells the tale of a woman who wakes up after a bump on the head worrying about her pregnancy only to find out that she is not 29 and pregnant as she… Read more »
I loved seeing how shocked Olivia Colman was to hear her name called out as Best Actress at this year’s Oscars. Colman strikes me as a genuinely nice person who would be fun to have a drink with at your local. How wonderful for her to receive what many see as the highest accolade… Read more »
It’s Christmas and New Year time, so take some time to think To look back on the year that’s passed much quicker than a wink On what you can be proud of, of what went really well Where you performed right at your best, as far as you can tell And also think on… Read more »
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash This month it was my Mum and Dad’s 59th Wedding Anniversary. I am hugely proud of them both and the way in which their relationship has stood the test of time and the challenges that life throws at us all. As I looked through their wedding album with them… Read more »
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” So said Maya Angelou, American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil rights activist. So why is it that many of us feel we have to keep proving ourselves and cannot believe that we are enough, particularly women it seems? Why instead is there… Read more »
Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash None of us have a crystal ball that can tell us how to live our lives now to ensure we don’t look back with regret later. That being said, knowing what others have regretted when reaching the end of their lives can be food for thought and a prompt… Read more »
In recent months, I’m seeing some patterns with my coaching clients – intelligent, driven, responsible leaders who have worked hard for a long time, find themselves increasingly needing to do more with less time and resources in ever changing, complex environments. In addition, most have challenges that cause tension for them in how to best… Read more »
