Hidden Gifts From 2024: Finding Gratitude and Celebrating Growth
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,
Leading With Limits - How Strategic Boundaries Enhance Performance and Well-being
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.
Leading Change - The Transformative Impact of Group Coaching
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.
Imagine a World Beyond International Women’s Day
“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.
Lead with a Coach's Heart and Unlock Performance Potential
Leadership has less to do with telling people what to do and more about how you unlock and empower people’s potential.
The Resolution Paradox: Why Our Inner Child Holds the Key to a Successful Year
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:
The Power of Pausing to Celebrate
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
Building Confidence - Do You Ever Take Your Skills and Talents For Granted?
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.
Women In Leadership Series - How Women Excel in Leading Change
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
Women In Leadership Series: Asking for Support Is A Strength Not A Weakness
· 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.
Mastering Emotional Triggers - A Guide To Regaining Control
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.
#BreakTheBias #IWD2022
’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 Year I Stopped Drinking Alcohol
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,
#ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021
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
6 Ways to Address Conflict
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.
How a Healthy Work-Life Balance Makes Us a Better Leader
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
The Power of Understanding Our Impact
“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,
What Is Your Leadership Shadow?
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
Leading with Head and Heart
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.
Choose: Automatic Pilot or Conscious Leader?
Cast yourself back to a time when you were learning something new. For example,