Have you ever found yourself wondering how you suddenly became so stressed when only recently you were enjoying high performance? What causes stress and what small things can we do each and every day to keep our balance?
Photo Credit: Voyagerix As we say goodbye to one year and hello to another, I find myself thinking about feelings and emotions. I can’t help notice the irony of that sentence as all too often we hide behind thinking instead of connecting to feelings. Why might this be something you could benefit from considering at… Read more »
Credit: lesly-juarez unsplash.com What’s on your ‘to do’ list this week? Revisit the strategy? Review your budget actuals against planned? Develop your people? How about strengthen your mental wellbeing? Not that last one? Mmm, that could be the most important of the lot. Why focus on mental wellbeing? According to the charity Mind, Approximately 1 in… Read more »
Photo by rawpixel.com on unsplash Last month I wrote about the importance of your relationship with your manager. This month, building on this theme, I am exploring the power of building relationship through any of your interactions that support you getting your work done. We all have preferred ways of working to get things done…. Read more »
Photo by Javier Molina Do you remember how it felt to have a manager for the first time at work? Perhaps you are new to the world of work and only just finding out? We expect a lot of our managers. Sometimes we even forget that they are people just like us – with hopes,… Read more »
Have you ever felt change was happening to you and there was nothing you could do about it? Did you find a way to handle it or let it run its course? The well-known saying ‘change is the only constant in life’ has no doubt been felt by us all. Given this, it can be… Read more »
It’s at this time of year that older teenagers who have finished their schooling start something new whether that’s moving on to the next level of education at school, leaving to go to college, taking an apprenticeship or starting in the world of work. It can be an exciting time … and sometimes it can… Read more »
(c) Scott Norris Photography http://scottnorrisphotography.com/ Are you feeling pressures at work that are starting to affect you outside of work? Are you facing problems in your work that seem insurmountable? Perhaps you are fine but are observing a team member struggling and wondering how best to support them? If so, read on as I share… Read more »
When I was no more than 6 years’ old something happened to me at school that I carried with me, unknown for many years. I carried it with me as a limiting assumption that restricted me from being as effective and confident as I could be with those senior than me. How often is ‘discomfort… Read more »
Do you ever struggle to know how to balance saying what is on your mind for the good of a relationship or team with holding back for fear of upsetting someone or making a situation worse than it is? Is there such a thing as too much candour? A recent opportunity to facilitate a vibrant, global… Read more »
