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June 24, 2025
A few years ago, I pulled up at a petrol station (this is pre-EV), filled up my car and then went in to pay. Once inside, I spotted a few bits of shopping I needed so […]
May 19, 2025
“How are you feeling?” “Overwhelmed,” came the reply from one of my clients last month. A story I’m hearing more and more often – and have experienced myself from time to time over the last couple […]
March 31, 2025
My husband is a dog lover. I’m a cat lover. Why am I telling you this? Because my cat Flintoff’s behaviour regularly causes my hubby to take things personally. Examples include: Flintoff turning around and walking […]
January 29, 2025
A few months ago, I was coaching a client and at the end of one of her sessions, we agreed she would spend some time reflecting on what she wanted and write a list of goals. […]
December 16, 2024
When I ask people how they are, they often reply ‘busy’. Which is interesting in itself. In our modern world, ‘busy’ has become a feeling rather than a behaviour. Perhaps a code for overwhelmed – and […]
November 19, 2024
One of the most common areas I work with teams on is how well the team is functioning. Unfortunately, many of us have experienced a toxic or dysfunctional team environment. Awkward silences, little eye contact, one person […]
October 2, 2024
You know when you behave in a way that doesn’t feel quite right? It might be that role that you’ve accepted, even though deep down you know it won’t make you happy. Or that person who […]
July 18, 2024
“We’re just never going to get on,” a client said to me recently about her boss. As soon as she said it, I spotted a limiting belief – given away by the word ‘never’. “I’ve tried everything,” […]
June 19, 2024
In conversations I’ve had with clients who are overwhelmed, stressed and too busy, we almost always discover that they struggle to say no. It’s almost become an automatic habit to say yes to any request – […]
May 14, 2024
The other day I was discussing with a client how she could explain her preferred communication style to her new boss. She has an introversion preference and was worried that he would misinterpret her quietness as […]
May 14, 2024
Have you ever felt out of kilter with some of the people around you – be they work colleagues, friends or family? Does it seem that the way they approach or think about things can be a bit odd? It […]
October 3, 2023
One of the most common issues I hear leaders talking about is delegation. Either they want to do more of it but feel they can’t, or they don’t do it even though they could. In a […]
October 3, 2023
I’ll let you into a little secret. I’ve had an issue with confidence lately. Not in my ability to do my job, but in putting myself ‘out there’ in order to build my business working with […]
October 8, 2021
How good are you at coaching your team and colleagues? Asked this question, many managers will say ‘pretty good’. However, a study published in the Harvard Business Review showed that managers consistently over-estimated their own ability […]
October 8, 2021
Everyone is talking about returning to the office and how it will work when some people are in the office, some are not, and some are both. Hybrid working, like the words ‘furlough’, ‘double-jabbed’ and ‘covid-secure’, […]