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2024 may not have unfolded exactly as you planned. Maybe the challenges outweighed the victories, or the goals you set in January feel distant. Even so, there’s power in recognizing the hidden gifts—the resilience you built, the lessons you learned, and the connections you nurtured. Out of adversity, there are often unexpected treasures,
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
· Do you find it hard to make requests or ask for support from your #network?
Women are often socialized to be good at looking after others, not putting themselves first and learning to be self-sufficient and not to ask for help. Meaning they are less likely to ask for things from their network.
Let's face it: we all have the capacity to be triggered, and in the fast-paced and demanding business world, emotional triggers are like hidden landmines that can detonate at any moment, leaving us feeling overwhelmed and out of control.
’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
This time last year (4 January to be precise) I gave up drinking alcohol. I’m not a great believer in new year’s resolutions, they are so often noble intentions that fall at the first hurdle. Rather than resolutions,
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.
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.