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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
“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 »
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 »
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
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 »
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 »
Image by WOKANDAPIX from Pixabay When did you last take a risk at work? Were you even aware you were taking a risk? Or perhaps you were aware that you didn’t take a course of action because of the risks? A recent study explored some factors that influence our attitudes towards risk and it got… Read more »
