It’s exhausting, isn’t it? Not the kind of exhausting when you’ve spent a 16 hour shift caring for patients in Intensive Care. It’s a different kind of exhausting. It’s like when you’ve been on a long car journey and done nothing but sit and watch road signs. When I...
Today I’ve been reflecting on some of the women who have guided & inspired me… My English Teacher. She was cool, respected and did the best for us pupils. Once she took us to a regional competition. My first memory of a world outside school. She made me love...
Every day there’s a new article about retuning to work. There are polls galore seeking the definitive answer to the future of work location. Company leaders are making declarations on which side of the fence they sit and pragmatists are seeking a middle ground that...
The work we do is rarely done in isolation. It’s likely to be connected to a hundred different outcomes impacts and consequences. This is particularly true of the public sector- we hope everything we do connects to a positive outcome for the citizen. Considering how...
The first few weeks of 2021 have been hard on us all. I, like many, have been feeling down, unmotivated, bored and boring. But, the lighter days and peek of sunshine we’ve had over the last week has made a real difference. That and the news of a light at the end of...
I have a friend who has this theory about workplace behaviour. When I say behaviour, it ranges from doing a good job, being kind, being on time etc. Behaviour in its very broadest sense. She has this view that what we do is either good or not so good. When we do good,...
If you don’t know something it’s ok to say so. I doesn’t matter if it’s your first day on the job or your 15th year. We can’t be experts in all things all of the time. To say you don’t know takes… Curiosity - if you want to be successful, be curious about what you...
Its good to know the detail. If you’re a detail person it will be really important to you that the work you do and the information you have is accurate, validated and auditable. You will need to be reassured that the information you have can be traced back to its...
In thinking about positive language, which I blogged about yesterday, it reminded me about my surprise at email salutations here in London. In Wales, where I’ve worked for most of my career, emails tend to be signed off ‘thanks’, ‘thank you’ and variations on the...
I’ve read a lot about laughter and humour in the workplace over the last week. I’ve come to realise that workplace humour comes in two sorts: the appropriate and the inappropriate. In years gone by, it was mainly the latter on my agenda but these days, it’s definitely...