Resilience will help us get through the pandemic

Resilience

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”] I believe that resilience is the key to surviving long-term crisis, such as we have experienced throughout most of 2020. It’s a topic I often cover with my coaching clients but, because of the pandemic, it’s something I’ve been putting some extra time into … Read more

From predictability to possibility: reframing your mind

Possibility

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”] During November, I focused on resilience on my Instagram channel. I see resilience as the quality which allows us to thrive, rather than just survive. This currently feels important given the extended period of crisis that we are in the middle of. I’m pleased … Read more

The power of the Inner Voice

Inner voice

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”] Earlier this month, I wrote about the inspirational morning routine founded by Hal Elrod, The Miracle Morning. This has put me in mind of the power of our inner voice and how we can harness this to help us move forward in our life. Today, … Read more

The Leadership Learning Series: The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

Sunrise

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] During lockdown, the practices discussed in my latest Leadership Learning Series book review have enjoyed a resurgence. Because our underlying stress levels are higher, simply down to the fact that we are experiencing great change and a strong sense of the unknown. This month, … Read more

The Leadership Learning Series: Mindset by Carol Dweck

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]Welcome back to my regular Leadership Learning series of blogs. This month, I’m reviewing a book called Mindset, written by the eminent American psychologist, Carol Dweck. What is mindset? “Mindset: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential”, to give it its full title, … Read more

Why surprise leaders can often be the best leaders

Leadership

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″] Understanding and recognising good leadership is a big part of my life. It’s true that, when something is in the forefront of your consciousness, you see it everywhere. But I am still surprised when I recognise a leader where I didn’t expect to … Read more

The Leadership Learning Series: Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Untamed and Wild Cheetah

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”]Welcome to the second blog in my Leadership Learning series. This month, my book review is of the incredibly inciteful and thought-provoking book that is Untamed, by Glennon Doyle. Written from an autobiographical perspective, Untamed pivots around one moment in Doyle’s life which made her … Read more

4 styles of inauthentic leaders and how to learn from their mistakes

Chameleon

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″ _module_preset=”default”] Authenticity is a word used so often in business. But what do we really mean by it? Authenticity is being comfortable in your own skin while showing up consistently in a way that is true to you. It’s not enough to say you’re authentic, … Read more