Thought leadership

Can you relate to the never-ending "to-do" list and fast pace of work that is fuelled by a constant flow of emails and social media? This leaves you with no time to step back, breathe, or take a more strategic view.

Change is inevitable in the dynamic landscape of business. The journey can be fraught with challenges and uncertainties for business owners and senior leaders tasked with spearheading change initiatives. However, amidst the turbulence, group coaching emerges as a powerful ally, offering a structured framework for support, guidance, and empowerment.

“I want to live in a world where there isn’t an International Women’s Day,” said my colleague, with a fervour that sparked a deep conversation about equality. As we delved into the topic, I found myself resonating with her sentiment.

Leadership has less to do with telling people what to do and more about how you unlock and empower people’s potential.

As the calendar flips to a new year, many of us will embark on the annual ritual of making New Year's resolutions. Whether it's the commitment to hit the gym regularly, adopt a healthier diet, or finally conquer a long-standing bad habit, resolutions are often seen as the first step towards a better version of ourselves. However, this well-intentioned tradition has a glaring flaw:

It's December, and as we end the year and look towards the festive season, what better time to consider our achievements and successes?

Yet, if you are like me, do you ever find yourself navigating a whirlwind of tasks and priorities, moving from one challenge to the next, without even considering your progress? It's easy to slip into autopilot, where accomplishments become

I'm still smiling and reflecting on last week's Fab Co-Lab live event (https://www.fabcollab.co.uk/thefab-co-lab ) and the incredible Fab Collab community. It was a powerful reminder of a supportive network's profound impact on our confidence and success.

When it comes to leadership and driving change, women possess some remarkable qualities. A Harvard Business Review study by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman from June 2019 revealed something fascinating: women tend to outperform men in 17 out of 19 leadership competencies. Impressive, right? But there's a catch

’m grateful to be delivering client workshops in celebration of International Women’s Day 2022, with the theme this year being #breakthebias. Researching for my presentation I reviewed McKinsey and Company’s most recent Women in the Workplace report and there was some positive movement

The theme for International Women’s Day this year is #ChooseToChallenge. There are some many things that could and must be challenged if we are to continue to equal up the playing field for women to succeed

I recently re-engaged with a good colleague to co-facilitate some leadership programmes we had previously run face to face and now re-designed for zoom. Both experienced facilitators we had worked well together in the “old world”, but on our initial day of virtual delivery for me, something was off.

There have been questions raised in recent years as to whether work/life balance is viable in today's "always-on "workplace. Just because you leave the office behind

“People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel” Maya Angelou. A client had a break-through in a session I was running recently. He realised that in his performance conversations with his team,

Part of a leaders role is to shed light on the direction to be followed. But where ever there is light there is shadow and how every leader shows up, their attitude and behaviour

As we transition to the next phase of this pandemic a key feature of our return to work is the rising anxiety many people are experiencing. This is only in part related to Covid 19 itself.

Cast yourself back to a time when you were learning something new. For example,

As leaders listening offers us the chance to really understand where others are coming from and open up the possibility of co-creating a future all can buy into. People may look to you

To create a high performing business where people love to work, there is a need for leaders to create a level of consciousness around how they are being. This is massively influenced by whether our ego is over or under inflated…

Enabling a positive cultural change is often enigmatic and challenging because, much like our ego reactions, culture lies largely in the area of the unconscious. This blindness makes it hard to put our fingers

For a large proportion of our daily lives, we are not conscious of our feelings, so they make themselves known to us when we have an emotional reaction. I call the stimulant that causes this sort of reaction a trigger –

Integrity is one of the fundamental building blocks to both a strong personal foundation and a fully functioning organisation. Yet from my experience of working within organisations,

The demands of organisational life, with the constant change agenda, quality service and improvements, rising profits or cost savings, mean that you may as a leader experience feeling under constant pressure. These circumstances increase the likelihood

We all have an ego whether we like it or not. As a leader sometimes we need our ego as an enabling force that drives us to take a stand, set clear boundaries or ensure a sense of harmony around us. There are however times when our ego isn’t helpful and we get completely in our own way,

Let's face it; we can all sometimes be prey to self-criticism. The more we step out of our comfort zone and take on being a leader, the more vulnerable we are to this part of ourselves.

Only last week, I was talking with an experienced leader, someone who has run a successful business for over 30 years. What became evident in our conversation was that her internal critic was alive and well and thriving

Extraordinary times such as these require extraordinary leadership. The ground rules have shifted. The focus is no longer about scoring points or silos competing with each other for limited resources.

In the last couple of weeks I have had the privilege to have attended 2 networking and business development events run by Penny and Thomas Power, both based around the ethos presented in Penny’s book Business Is Personal. On both occasions I came away inspired and moved by the deep connection that was created in the room.

I watched the movie Hidden Figures at the weekend, a film that tells the true story of three African American women and the invaluable role they play in the NASA space missions of the 1960’s. Like many of the audience I gasped with shock at the explicit racist and sexist behaviour which was reinforced by both organisational and societal norms of the day. I then also cheered when each woman found her way to courageously push back.