Work from home? Here’s my top tips
It doesn't matter whether you run your own business or work for a large organisation, it is becoming far more commonplace for people to work from home. Working from home comes with its own set of benefits, distractions, and frustrations that are quite different from...
Managing Energy is the key to business and career growth
Some people thrive under pressure, others wilt. I think we’re all aware of that there’s an epidemic of stress and burnout in our personal and work lives. We pride ourselves on our ability to multi-task and use apps and tools to organise the demands on our time; we...
Not looking forward to Christmas? Here’s 6 tips to help.
I love Christmas! Well, most years! Don’t get me wrong, like most people I have had years where I have dreaded it, when people I have loved have passed away or when I’ve had to contend with difficult family members and their insistence on doing things their way! I...
A Calm Confident Christmas- 10 top tips
I’ve always longed for a calm, confident Christmas, haven’t you? It seems to me December hits us and suddenly the normal sane people go crazy as if the world is about to end and it is their last chance to make their part of the world perfect! During December, I have...
Finding True Meaning At Work
Without work all life goes rotten- but when work is soulless, life stifles and dies. ─ Albert Camus Recently there have been discussions among consultants, business owners and CEOs about the search for soul in the workplace. While most agree that religion is not an...
Procrastination: 6 steps to overcoming it.
I often work with clients on their efficiency. Sometimes this work is due to them falling out of love with their work and sometimes, it is down to good old procrastination. Given the results of procrastination – hurried work, mistakes, stress, missed deadlines – it's...
Procrastination – 6 things to ignore so you can be productive
Clients often admit to procrastination during our sessions and tell me how it is just adding to their overwhelm and ask how they can overcome it. The Dictionary defines procrastination as the act of delaying or postponing something. So why given the results of...
Imposter Syndrome: How to identify and overcome it
Have you ever thought that your success was just down to luck? Or down to the fact that you knew the right people? Perhaps you even worry that you’re about to be found out. I hear thoughts like this come from some of my clients and when we dig deeper invariably we...
Could you be experiencing career burnout?
It can come to you as a sudden realisation that you no longer enjoy your work or business, can’t it? You realise that the job you once loved, no longer stimulates you. Or that you now dread Monday morning and can’t wait for Friday to arrive, when you feel freer,...
Resilience: Why you should CLANG
Generally, clients come to coaching with tough stuff they can’t work out for themselves. Maybe they have been knocked by an unexpected event or it can be a tough realisation about themselves or their circumstances that makes them want to get support. They come because...
Need Executive Presence? Start here
I frequently speak to executives who are disillusioned with their careers having failed to gain a promotion into a more senior leadership position. Let’s talk about sometimes why this might happen. Following a selection process, the successful person has usually...
Walk Your Way To Happiness
Nordic Walking Instructor and health blogger Claire Winter from Stealth Health tells us why walking is good for your mind and body. Walking is free, fun and helps you get fit. You can be any fitness level and being in nature is clinically proven to improve your levels...
Three ways you might be self sabotaging your career or business.
You want to be successful, right? So why do you sometimes let yourself down by not working to your full potential or by not taking advantage of opportunities that arise? Recently, I have been talking to some of my clients about the things they do sometimes that get in...
Leadership Resilience: The Art of Bouncing Back
Think before you act. You don’t have to respond immediately or impulsively. You can always make things worse by overreacting in a highly charged situation. Search for a lesson. Look for nuance and context. Create and test hypotheses about why the failure occurred to...
Why it’s easy to demotivate and disengage someone.
In the global workforce today, more than 50 percent of employees are disengaged while only about 17 percent are “actively disengaged” according to recent Gallup data. Gallup has been collecting surveys on employee engagement since 2000 and the problem of lack of...
Thursday is the new Friday! 5 tips for enjoying time off
So this week Thursday is the new Friday! However, as we approach the extended weekend, what are you going to do to make the best of this gift of extra time away from the office? Many will be enjoying time off, anticipating good food and drink but what else can you do?...
Creating a growth mindset: 10 tips
I love it when the Olympics are on. I am a sucker for learning about an individual’s backstory and trying to understand their struggle and path to success. I also love seeing people make their dreams come true! However, like many people I grew up thinking that those...
What’s your passion and purpose?
Have you ever stopped to consider what your passion or purpose is? You soul callin? How is passion and purpose important in your company? In today’s top-performing companies you’re likely to find a good level of employee engagement. In these companies from frontline...
Office Gossip and how to survive it
What do you think of office gossip? I don’t know about you but I found working in some office environments similar to reality TV, with participants (employees) pitted against each other for survival of the cunning. When I was younger, I found this quite stressful and...
The Building Blocks to Self-Confidence
How can you build up your self-confidence? I’ve been writing about this in my previous posts here Developing True Confidence and here In search of self-confidence. It’s not only possible but essential for anyone who wants to live up to their potential. And it’s not a...