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Reasons to have difficult conversations

Reasons to have difficult conversations

As a manager of people, I’ve grown to enjoy having #difficultconversations. The reason? Initially, I hated them and I had to find the good in them if I wanted to carry on being a good manager and role model to others. Little by little, I saw the benefit of them….....

What will we take into the Next New Normal?

What will we take into the Next New Normal?

I’ve been thinking about ‘the Next New Normal’, now that the country is opening back up and we’re talking about face to face meetings and desks and who will go where…. When we talked about the New Normal before, we were in the midst of a lockdown and unable to do so...

Write your own job description!

Write your own job description!

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...

What’s your happiness score?

What’s your happiness score?

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… meh

Languishing… meh

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...

Simple v Easy, Right v Right Now!

“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...

In conversation…

In conversation…

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!

Likeability and Leadership

Likeability and Leadership

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...

BOOK REVIEW: The Leadership Book, Neil Jurd OBE

BOOK REVIEW: The Leadership Book, Neil Jurd OBE

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...