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...
The Pain I'm not your typical hip replacement candidate. For a start, I'm younger than is ideal - I'm likely to outlive the new hip and repeat surgery is not without...
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...
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...
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...
Unhelpful behaviour During the last week I have heard several instances of people being subjected to unacceptable behaviour at work and not feeling empowered to oppose it. Here are three of...
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...
With so many great books and teachings on leadership already out there you might ask what another one, The Go-Giver Leader, could possibly add. Already familiar with the work of...
I'm with a client (let's call her Lizzie), an experienced project manager who has recently been laid off, alongside 30 of her colleagues in a cost cutting campaign. The last...