Developing true confidence for success
Do you have the true confidence you need for success? Self-confidence contributes a great deal to your level of success and is something that can be improved by working with a coach. However, you’ll need to develop authentic confidence and not merely buy...
Always look on the bright side of life.
Life can be difficult and it is easy to let it get us down. It can be hard to stay optimistic when we are faced with change that we perceive as negative or out of our control. Each of us may define optimism a bit differently. You may be optimistic in one context, yet...
Life thrown you a curve ball? Here’s 7 things to do
We’ve all been there, jogging along nicely thinking we’ve got it all sussed when WHAM out of nowhere comes a curve ball! Ouch, it hits you where it hurts and now you feel shaky and uncomfortable. I remember times when my phone has rung and I’ve received messages that...
Finding self confidence
Even successful people want to find more self-confidence. People who exude self-assurance easily influence others, build bigger more profitable businesses, earn more money, and seem to have more fun and success. As a coach, it’s not unusual for my clients...
First day back and you want to resign!
You're enthusiastic after your break but your current job no longer excites. You know you need to either get promoted or resign. So how do you go about getting the job you want. So what’s stopping you from getting your dream role? While all sorts of things affect the...
Becoming more confident in 7 steps
Each of us is unique with different talents and find different ways to express them. On Facebook, I run a virtual Business Confidence Café for business owners and one of the things I'm keen for the individuals to do is fully understand what confidence...
Mid-career Crisis or Opportunity
Have you ever had a mid-career fantasy where you quit your job and go do something new? Many people secretly admit to their coaches that they’re contemplating midcareer shifts. They may not actively seek change, but they certainly start imagining it. Of...
Menopause Support for Small Business Owners
Are you setting up and running your business while experiencing the peri-menopause or menopause? Menopause has become big business now with celebrities talking endlessly about their menopause but still there is a divide between the way men and women are viewed. Men in...
Helping others find motivation and meaning in life
Have you experience of helping others find motivation and meaning in life? Most of us come across this with our families and then with our teams or depending on our business our clients. Is it hard to motivate others? Most of us know how hard it is to motivate others....
Mid-Career – ‘Has anyone seen my passion?’
At some point in mid-career, you may sense a creeping malaise. You’re no longer enthusiastic about the day ahead. Perhaps you’re experiencing a midlife crisis—the sudden realization that you’re no longer a rising star. After 20 years of all-too-familiar work, you’re...
How to coach your team for success
Do you coach your team? When I’m coaching I find that many clients fail to coach their people, preferring to fix problems and suggest solutions. They don't take the time to have coaching conversations in which they ask provocative questions. Often this is not because...
The Importance of Well Being for Workaholics
It’s all too easy to become a workaholic, isn’t it? After all, we’re passionate about our businesses, or striving for success in our corporate roles, or trying our hardest to climb the promotions ladder. So we keep on being last to leave the office and first in, we...
What is an online programme anyway?
Online programmes are fantastic. Before I started my own business, I had been through some tedious corporate online learning that left me cold. However, there were things I needed to learn and so I decided to give online programmes a go and what a wonderful world I...
How coaching works
I want to explain how coaching works. In my blog “what the heck is a coach and why would I need one?” I talked about what coaching actually is, and now it's time for me to explain more about how coaching works, and how you can experience it if you want to?...
What the heck is a coach and why would I use one?
Almost on a daily basis, I get asked the question, what is a coach? Followed up by and why should I use one? Invariably people think it is to do with sport. Also, I have learnt that being a coach can mean a different thing depending on which coach you are talking to....
11 things to know about dementia
Dementia is a terrible disease and it is not surprising that polls show that it is the disease we fear the most. At 65 women have a one in six chance of developing dementia and men one in 11. I knew very little about dementia until my mum was diagnosed in 2007. I want...
5 secrets of making personal change
Go on admit it, there is something you would like to change about yourself or in your life! Perhaps you would like to be more assertive or maybe it is to change your job or be more visible in your business. Personal change can be difficult for all of us, and as much...
Midlife crisis? Believe in new beginnings
Something’s missing but you’re not sure what? Despite wearing your superhero cape and supporting everyone else you are feeling overwhelmed and overworked! You maybe feel that you have no balance and no breathing space in your life? Or perhaps that you have lost some...
What the heck is life purpose? And how to find it.
Did you think about your life purpose when you set up your business? I ask because creating my own business in my 50’s was driven by the feeling that I wanted to create a conscious business. One that had a clear purpose beyond simply making a profit. I felt that my...
Overcome fear in 7 steps
If there is one thing that holds people back from fulfilling their potential, it’s fear! Fear is a belief: it's not a fact. So how do we overcome fear? We choose to believe that our fears are our reality. For example...."I’m all alone!' or "I’m not clever enough!' or...