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Have you ever written your own job description? I don’t mean amended the JD for the job you’re doing, I mean written the JD of your ultimate job! A few months ago I was lucky enough to be coached by Mike Roarty. Mike asked me to identify my strengths and my values. It...
Yesterday I watched the TED talk by Dominic Price about happiness and how to score it. His presentation is empassioned and heartfelt. It really struck a chord. It’s only 15 minutes. Definitely worth a watch. Dominic suggests that happiness can be measured across 4...
Languishing! So, it has a name! Over lunch today I listened to a short Adam Grant podcast. He read an article he’d recently written on ‘languishing’. He described it as that feeling between depression and flourishing. He explained than at the beginning of the pandemic...
“Just because it’s simple doesn’t make it easy!” “I’d rather it be right than be right now!” Two phrases that came to mind today… Simple and easy: we make decisions and often don’t include people who have to implement our decisions in our discussions. Through my...
Join me in conversation with the brilliant Michael Baker, Sally Evans and Kate Williams talking about all those things I love to talk about, leader effectiveness and self awareness!
I did some research on ‘like and leadership’ in 2004. Have I told you about it? No? Well, my research was entitled, ‘Likeability and Leadership: the investigation into the existence of a link’ And guess what? My research found that there was! I gave people a list of...
I know this wasn’t on my list, but a friend gave it to me and asked me to review it... Click below for my video review! Check out my video review! I’ve been reading this excellent book by Neil Jurd OBE It is a complete compendium of leadership. Everything you want to...
Modelling good behaviour has been a thought at the back of my mind for a very long time. In early years we’re heavily focused on modelling good behaviour, language and interactions with and between children. In the workplace we emulate the behaviour of senior...
With the move to digital comes a loss of ceremony. Those important occasions that were marked by some sort of ceremony have lost their pazaz since we moved to digital. Accelerated by covid of course. Submitting an academic work of four years. ClickReceiving results...
Thoughts for the day… * Take the opportunities as they arise. Follow the interesting path. Regret that which you do, not that which you don’t do! * We are little in a vast world. Spread your wings and explore. Ride the crest of the wave and see where it takes you. *...