I Can't - That's Just Who I Am "Understanding people and how to communicate with them - I'm just not that kind of person. You've either got it or you haven't,...
Picture the scene. It is the end of the day. You are tired, not really because you didn't sleep well the night before and you are worried about your son's...
Noticing the frog The piece I wrote recently about unwittingly tolerating unacceptable behaviour from others over time -Frogs on the Boil: 3 Reasons to Take Your Leadership Temperature - generated a...
Doubting Your Team Skills At an event run by CIGRE UK Women's Network, an attendee told me that she could not possibly agree with the statement 'I am a great team...
Overview I picked up Leading Gracefully: A Woman's Guide to Confident, Authentic & Effective Leadership by Monique Svazlian Tallon with a little trepidation, fearing I was going to be urged to...
What we hear "I've been told I'm too soft with my people, so how can I demonstrate I'm not?" "The regional changes I introduced have been successful but no-one's going to believe...
But Women Don't Want Promotion ...
In The Shadows Have you ever looked around you and wondered why a colleague is getting noticed while you seem to be practically invisible? Especially when you have just as much...
Overview The attraction in reading this book for me, apart from Brené Brown's reputation as an inspirational speaker, was the piece about authenticity. As well as having a passion for the...
Influence and Trust To be truly influential, for people to feel happy to spend time listening to you or being guided by you, they'll need to trust you. And for that...