More Pain I thought there was nothing more to say after the last blog post on the theme of embracing pain. That will teach me for feeling so smug! Unfortunately, for...
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,...
Captivating Ideas Recently I have been lucky enough to listen to and contemplate a number of powerful ideas. For example I attended a Networking Breakfast hosted by Plymouth University in which...
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...
But Women Don't Want Promotion ...
Overview In the past I have worked in schools supporting leadership teams and so when I came across Coaching Conversations: Transforming Your School One Conversation at a Time by Linda Gross Cheliotes and...
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...
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...
I recently watched a very moving documentary called Employable Me following a jobseeker with Tourette’s and another with Autism in their quest for work. For those of you in the...
According to gardener and writer Elizabeth Roth, “Roses that are left unpruned can become a tangled mess of old and new canes all competing for air and light.” If you...