This is my last blog post for 2023. At the end of any year, it’s a great time to reflect before we start racing into the New Year going after the next thing. And significantly, celebrate the small wins. What [...] Read more

I often find inspiration for my blog in my Thursday morning spinning class. Today, I was chatting to one of my fellow spinners who confessed to setting the effort level on their bike depending on their mood. If they are [...] Read more

This week I nearly broke my neck getting to yoga. The irony I know. However, I felt a great sense of urgency to get myself on to the mat to take a breath, to slow down and pull myself together. [...] Read more

There are a lot of things about being a human being that can hamper our desire to be successful. One of them is the pervasive and universal motivation to avoid pain. In no particular order, at work that often means [...] Read more

Sometimes you need to hear or read something a few times before you finally have an ‘aha’ moment. And for me, it was when I was reading Steven Bartlett’s ‘Diary of a CEO’. One of his 33 laws for business [...] Read more

Resilience seems to be the theme of the week, both in coaching sessions and my current book of choice: ‘Finding Me’ by Viola Davis. (If you ever need to shift perspective on your own challenges, it’s worth a read). So [...] Read more

The word that comes to mind today is: integrity. For me it is essential for all leaders. Whether we are simply leading our own lives, leading a company or leading a country. It is often easy to claim but usually [...] Read more

The theme coming up in coaching sessions recently has been work smarter not harder. And one easy and practical way to work smarter is to exercise. So many people avoid exercise saying they don’t have time. Yawn. If you want [...] Read more

As the top story dominating the news demonstrates human beings at their worst, here is a call to the rest of us being humans at our best. As is often quoted, Ghandi said ‘Be the change you want to see’. [...] Read more

Thrillingly, I discovered that the origin of the word ‘priority’ comes from the Latin word ‘prior’ and it is singular. (It’s only fairly recently, in the grand scheme of things, that it became plural.) And it meant: the very first [...] Read more