I took a tip from James Clear’s excellent book, Atomic Habits recently and reshaped it for leadership team I was working with. In a move away from the old adage of ‘fake it ‘til you make it’ (which let’s face it, takes an enormous amount of effort and usually leaves...

Being part of the village supporting dear friends who lost their 24 year old son in a tragic accident 3+ weeks ago, I’ve been drawn back to the work of Dr Lucy Hone. I wrote a post about Hone’s work on resilience a year ago and now, as I sit with the deep pain around...

Today I had that aha moment I often have when I reflect on my coaching sessions with senior leaders. A recent coachee told me he heard himself giving advice during a performance review conversation and in that moment thought ‘bloody hell I need to take my own advice...

Sometimes as leaders (and coaches!) we know we have big challenges ahead, we’re under pressure and there’s just no space or time to focus on ourselves or our work. We’ve all been there and it’s precisely these times when we need STOP and refocus on our role. The...

I’ve worked with multiple leaders in the last month who each spoke about their reticence to engage in difficult conversations often relating to the behaviour of either a colleague or a direct report. They know they ‘need’ to address the issue and they recognise the...