The Meeting Effectiveness Diary – an exercise
I’m stating the obvious when I say that most leaders and founders find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer volume of meetings crowding their schedules. Often hitting ‘accept’ simply because that chunk of time isn’t currently filled with something else. And yet, time is our most precious commodity, bar none. Are you attending because you don’t […]
Audio: What exactly IS an ’emotional overdraft’?
You’ve heard me speak on about it for a long time now, but in its simplest terms, what exactly do i mean when I talk about your ’emotional overdraft’? I decided to record a really short audio to talk you through it. Have a listen below 👇
Audio: Red Friday – business leaders face peak ‘emotional overdraft’
Business owners and leaders are facing their toughest month of the year with a maxed out “emotional overdraft” according to leadership coach and author, Andy Brown. On top of the post-Christmas financial strain we all face, entrepreneurs are grappling with demanding clients in a hurry to catch up after the holiday, reduced capacity, peak staff […]
When ‘helping out’ isn’t helpful – insights for leaders
The language we use and the strategies we adopt hold significant weight for how effectively things get done. Never more so than when asking team members to ‘help you out’ on something that falls outside their usual scope of responsibility. Whilst writing The Emotional Overdraft and speaking to hundreds of leaders and founders about their […]
Watch: “We do no client work in December”
Josh explains that every December, boosst – a financial planning firm – consciously stops doing client work, instead reserving the month for internal reflection, planning, and team activities.
Advice: Five Steps to a Better Life
I often come across nuggets of wisdom, but sometimes the most simple advice is the stuff that sticks. I was reminded this week of an end-of-term letter by Richard Cairns, the head at my old school in Brighton. The advice was around some research from Oxford University on 5 ways to live a better life. […]
100 days to Christmas – a challenge that will energise your team
September 16th marks 100 days until Christmas. This isn’t one of those ‘bloody hell where did the year go’ articles – rather a reframe to say, “that’s three months during which we can really make a difference to our business” I’d like to challenge you and your team (as I have already challenged my own […]
Embracing the Dance of ‘Do’ ‘Be’ ‘Do’ Be’ ‘Do’: A Key to Preventing Emotional Overdraft
It’s all too easy to become consumed by the constant cycle of doing. But I loved the brilliant thought from Matt Cooksey that it’s crucial to remember that there is a delicate dance between ‘do’ and ‘be’. This dance, beautifully described as a life lived in the rhythm of ‘do’ ‘be’ ‘do’ ‘be’ ‘do’, maintains […]
”JUST”ification – the sneakiest form of procrastination (and how to deal with it)
Finding time to think and focus on what truly matters can sometimes feel like a battle. This realisation struck me during a recent conversation with one of my clients. They confided that carving out dedicated time for thinking was a challenge they grappled with regularly. What caught my attention was the justification they used to […]
Could there be a hidden cost line in your P&L
Sarah is in her annual P&L meeting. She’s running a high growth business and in the last 12 months, she’s not only made a healthy profit, she’s also a full year ahead on where she’d planned to be on her 5-year growth plan. Cue fanfare. From afar, we’d surely expect Sarah to be ecstatic. This […]
