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Sympathy, Empathy or Compassion – What’s the best approach?
A lot of my work currently is helping leaders to manage mental health, deal with pressure and get through the…
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Workplace Culture 2.0: Flexibility by way of autonomy
As we start returning to our offices, organisations are creating new workplace structures that fit the bill of hybrid working….
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The Fear of Being Human
As the world of work is changing around us, with younger generations stepping into leadership roles and organisations focussing on…
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Emotional Agility
‘The prevailing wisdom says that difficult thoughts and feelings have no place at the office: Executives, and particularly leaders, should…
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The Great Resignation – we need a refocus on employee retention
Have you heard of ‘The Great Resignation’? It’s a term dubbed in the US where COVID-19 has led millions of…
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Languishing – We Probably All Feel It. What Is It and What To Do About It
Work has been busy for me. It seems leaders and teams need my support more than ever before, which sees…
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What I learned from writing a book
I NEVER thought I would write a book. But I have. And it’s being published this month. Today’s newsletter is…
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How to stay optimistic – Flip the narrative and other strategies in uncertain times
I was on the phone with a friend from Europe for an hour the other day and after 50 minutes…
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Compassion and Accountability can be two sides of the same coin
Can we agree that it has been a challenging 18 months for most people? Whilst everyone experiences what is happening…
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Saying No more often and how to say ‘no’ without saying No.
That’s a lot of “no’s” right there. No is one of the most powerful words in the English language, yet…
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Your Leadership Shadow – why it is important to create it with intention
Have you ever worked for a boss who was full of promises but never delivered on them? Or was always…
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Effective Coaching Skills – A Must Have for Leaders
Having all the answers is a manager’s sentiment of the past. In a world of rapid, disruptive change and multi-generational…
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Stop Being an Advice-Giving Maniac – Influence With a Coaching Approach
‘I know exactly what you should do.’; ‘Why don’t you do this?’; ‘I have been in your shoes, here is…
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Critical Skills to Lead Change Effectively
Did you know that in most organisations, two out of three transformation initiatives fail? That’s what studies show and it…
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Am I Spreading Myself Too Thin? The Generalist vs. Specialist Dilemma
Last night, I had a conversation with a fellow coach who coaches senior executives of Fortune 500 companies focused on…
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Stepping Up – Why Successful Brand Positioning is Crucial for Your Career
‘I was overlooked by the executives and someone else from my team who doesn’t perform as well as me, got promoted…
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Negotiating Starts with Mindset
When we hear the term ‘negotiation’ we often imagine a heated debate between executives around a board room table. Or…
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Don’t Rely On Motivation
Have you ever found yourself putting off a project because you just couldn’t find the motivation to get started? Or…
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It Always Starts With Trust
Did you know that 50% of CEOs worldwide consider lack of trust to be the major threat of their organisational…
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Empower Your Team Members for Higher Engagement
Me: ‘I need some help around here’ Also me: ‘No, not like that…here, I’ll do it!’ I had to laugh…
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Out of sight out of mind?
Part II: Are we doing hybrid right? With the human in mind? Imagine yourself on a Monday morning, staying in…
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Are we doing hybrid right? With the human in mind? – Part I
Employees all around the world had been forced to work from home for at least some parts of the last…
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The Multicultural Leadership Edge
Digitisation and a growing buy in from organisations to encourage remote work and hybrid work models offer even more opportunities…
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Escaping the Urgency Trap
We are in such a rush these days. We quickly move from one meeting to another, speed-read through emails and…
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How much empathy is too much empathy?
Lots of leaders have been telling me that applying empathy at work has been their main focus in the last…
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Virtual Meeting Madness
Do you feel exhausted just looking at your daily calendar packed with Zoom or Teams Meetings? Does it feel like…
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Critical Thinking for better Decision Making
Are you quick to make decisions by weighing up the pros and cons and get on with it? Or are…
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The trap of the Unconscious Bias
We all have biases. If we like it or not. Some of them are unconscious or implicit. You know, when…
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Switch off to switch on – focus without distraction
‘How are you?’ – ‘I’m good. So busy.’ This is the start of pretty much every conversation I have. But…
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Leading with Vulnerability
What comes to your mind when you hear ‘vulnerability’? Being exposed to the possibility of being harmed or attacked? Feeling…
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Mobilise your teams to Lead the Future
‘A computer on every desk in every home’ was Microsoft’s early mission. It was bold, ambitious and life changing. Microsoft…
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Conquering Fear as a Leader
Did you know that 30% of Fortune 500 leaders last less than three years, because they are not good at…
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Courage – heroic impulsiveness or calculated risk?
What comes to your mind when you hear the word COURAGE? A cartoon version of Super(wo)man saving the world? Someone…
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The Agile Mindset
Do you hear people say ‘we are working agile’ or ‘we are applying agile at our organisation’. I certainly do…
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Psychological Safety for High Performance Teams
Have you ever worked in an environment where you or others held back from speaking up? Held back from sharing…
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Productive Conflict – help your team grow by engaging in conflict
Are you working in a team where everyone gets along but you feel that real issues are being avoided? Or…
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Adaptability – a core leadership skill in the workplace
If 2020 has taught us one thing then it’s the fact that change is the only constant. I am having…
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Planning for a New Year with a Growth Mindset
We are two weeks into the New Year, and I can feel a positive buzz around me. I have been…
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New Year, New Start – how to set goals effectively
It’s a wonderful time of the year to reset, look ahead and set goals for the New Year. But all…
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Reset 2021 – What have we learned from 2020 for a successful New Year
‘I just want 2020 to be over, have a break and start fresh into 2021’. Can you relate? It’s a…
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The Hybrid Rule of Thumb – leading teams in the New Normal
In the shift out of lockdowns and easing of restrictions, everyone is talking about the New Normal, hybrid workplaces and…
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Workplace Evolution – how Millennials and GenZ impact the Future of Work
A seismic shift is underway in today’s multi-generational workforce, as younger employees take on leadership positions, challenge traditional organisational structures…
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Wellbeing at work – how to look after our people in a hybrid world
‘How can we look after our peoples’ wellbeing at work?’ is a question I get asked by leaders often these…
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Lead the Future – Leadership Skills for the Workplace of the 21st Century
We are moving into a new world at light speed. Automation, disruption and our new reality of a VUCA world…
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The Future is Hybrid – A refocus on employee engagement
What a year last week has been…do your weeks feel like this? A whole year crammed into one week, you…
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Building Trust through Self-Disclosure and Feedback
Leading people comes down to two things: Relationships and Conversations. Even when we look at cohesive teams, it is clear…
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Playing to your Strengths for Exponential Growth
Why is it that we almost always focus on our weaknesses first and often ignore our strengths? Why is that…
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The Accountability Game – How to set expectations and ask for accountability
‘I don’t understand why she hasn’t delivered what was expected’ or ‘They know what I usually expect so no need…
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The tech-savvy leader – a necessary leadership skill in a hybrid world
The current global shift into hybrid workplaces has had a substantial effect on organisations to pick up their pace for…
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‘Out of the Office but not out of Work’ – Leading Teams in a hybrid world
Fostering an inclusive team culture where people feel motivated, stay focussed and work with integrity is hard enough for leaders…
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Facilitating Team Meetings in a Virtual World – How to keep your remote teams focussed and motivated
6 months into a hybrid world where most of us work from home and I still see many leaders struggling…
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Influence through Storytelling
‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget…
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Lead-self, lead-others – The importance of your leadership journey
There is a general misperception that leadership is always something that is done to other people. In this blog, I…
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Do you have a Tribe? The Importance of your Support Team
Do you find the term Tribe is overused? I don’t disagree, it’s been thrown around on Social Media a lot…
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Networking in a hybrid world
Networking can be challenging for people, even in normal times. But now that we are working remotely and in person…
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Leading Change in times of Crisis
One aspect of leadership during the Corona crisis is constant: change. As leaders we don’t only need to manage change,…
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Post COVID Leadership Skills
The last few months have put a huge amount of pressure on leaders. Every part of our lives has been…
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