How to give a meaningful gift, sensitively
Gift-giving is a beautiful way to show you care, but sometimes, finding a gift with genuine meaning can feel daunting. While self-help or wellbeing books can be transformative gifts – and have a much longer impact that the usual socks or shower gel – they also require a delicate touch to ensure they’re received with […]
Resist-mas: a survival guide for the season (and the start of 2025)
For everyone who already knows they’ll be clinging to their sanity by a fraying thread come mid-December, this article is for you. Resist-mas is my rallying cry for those who’d rather not roll into the Christmas hols with nerves stretched as tight as overstuffed stockings. Here’s my advice on resisting ending the year deep in […]
Milestones: The Silent Architects of Business Success
As leaders, ensuring that our projects progress as expected hinges on setting clear, measurable milestones. Without these markers, we risk relying on hope rather than strategy, which is far from ideal. Milestones offer us the assurance that we’re on the right track and allow us to manage projects with confidence. It’s like building a house […]
100 Days to Christmas 2024: A Challenge to Reinvigorate Your Team and Reduce Emotional Overdraft
September 16th marks 100 days until Christmas. But instead of worrying about how quickly the year has flown by, let’s reframe this milestone. Consider it three months of potential—a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on your business and alleviate the emotional overdraft within your team. This year, I challenge you and your team […]
15 TED Talks on Emotional Intelligence (with links)
I know it’s often difficult to fit extra reads, watches or listens to an already packed day, but these 15 TEDTalks on YouTube are great if you’re after a little dose of self-development each week. Thanks to David McLean who shared the list on LinkedIn, and thank you to positive psychology blogger, Kelly Miller for […]
Feeling Stuck? Ask “what can we do?”
Reframe your challenges and find solutions. You’ve hit a wall. Maybe you had an idea, but it won’t work. You asked for something but were rejected. You tried something, and it failed. The problem is, that often when we imagine how we’ll get something, we start to think it’s the only way to get something. I was inspired by […]
Core Requirements: The Edge of Tactical and Technical Proficiency
Leaders often hear about the importance of being visionary, charismatic, and inspiring. While these traits are valuable, they must be built on a solid foundation of tactical and technical proficiency. Before anything else, you need to be mentally, tactically, and technically proficient. Without this core foundation, everything else is pointless. The idea of being “fit […]
How to Spot if You’re Overworking
I was recently asked by a client, “How can I tell when working hard turns into overworking? What are the signs?”. I’ve seen countless leaders struggle with this challenge – myself included – attempting to balance the fine line between healthy ambition and overwork. And time and again I’ve seen the scales tip into the […]
Happiness is fleeting. Search for fulfilment instead.
I loved this article from boosst on the pursuit of fulfilment rather than happiness. Such a lovely idea that can really help to manage emotional overdraft too. It inspired me to give the two a little more thought. Happiness is often a fleeting state of pleasure, sparked by moments like enjoying a meal or laughing […]
Leadership, more than just ‘telling people what to do’
I saw this image on pm.leadership on Instagram and it got me thinking about another great article on what leadership really means by Otti Vogt on Medium: “The leader who points the finger is not a hero, because you’re not looking at him or her, and neither at their finger, you’re not trying to be […]
