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How to Create Momentum for the New Year
If it seems like we get no rest around year's end, it's because we don't. When was the last time you had a sense of down time or head...
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Jan 4, 20232 min read


Why Time Management isn’t about Managing your Time
What is it about then? I think it's more about managing attention, priorities, wants, needs and choices. If you routinely run out of...
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Dec 9, 20223 min read


What’s your Fresh Air?
As I signed off a recent client call with an encouragement to grab some fresh air and sunshine before their next meeting, it struck me...
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Nov 9, 20222 min read


From Doing to Leading
The journey we take from our first proper job, where we were selected based on exam results and acquired knowledge or technical skills,...
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Oct 9, 20222 min read


A Framework for Creative Thinking
It’s what most of us do all day, every day. Even when we’re actively doing other things. Doing tasks, reading, meeting people, writing,...
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Sep 6, 20222 min read


Taking Your Credit: When “doing your job” is not enough…
Deep down I think we all know that our excellent work does not, in fact, speak for itself and that not all people will know, notice or...
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Aug 8, 20223 min read


Action and Distraction
Nothing ever gets achieved without action. More specifically, multiple actions, taken over a period of time, in a rational order and...
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Jul 6, 20223 min read


How to Structure a Feedback Conversation
A recurring theme when working with people leaders is feedback. And just how difficult it can be to get right! Leaders know that giving...
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Jun 5, 20222 min read


How to Recover when an Interview doesn't go to Plan
When you’ve prepared for an interview and it doesn’t go well, it’s easy to get into a cycle of self-blame about all the things that went...
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May 5, 20222 min read


How to be a Better Listener (and how that can make your life easier)
If you think about some of the key conversations you need to have regularly and how you rate your performance in those conversations...
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Apr 5, 20223 min read


The Hard Way or the Easy Way
If we accept that in life and work, we have to do things, start and finish projects and just get things out of the way in order to move...
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Mar 3, 20223 min read


Successful Goal Setting
It’s that time of year. Whether its work, health, career, fitness, or something purely personal, we’re thinking about setting goals for...
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Feb 10, 20222 min read


Want a great 2022? Start from the End.
By which I mean, start not from today and the list of projects, lists, plans and tasks that you want to accomplish. Instead, look back on...
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Jan 7, 20221 min read


What to do about a midway slump?
Probably the single most useful thing to do is just acknowledge that it happens. Even the most interesting projects or jobs have boring...
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Dec 2, 20213 min read


When is the Right Time to Leave?
I need to get one thing out of the way first. #thegreatresignation is not a reason for you to leave and neither is seeing colleagues or...
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Nov 5, 20212 min read


Optimism
According to a recently reported study, optimists are more likely to live longer than those with a more pessimistic outlook. Up to 15% of...
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Oct 4, 20212 min read


Feeling Stuck? Three Moves that Might Help
Whatever it is that is making you feel a bit stuck, here are three suggested moves that can help unstick the situation. Talk to Someone...
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Sep 7, 20212 min read


Living with Uncertainty: Uncomfortable Emotions
The brain deals efficiently with familiarity, it relies on our memory of dealing with past situations and we can experience a lot of...
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Aug 4, 20212 min read


Being Adaptable
When we think about how we work and live has changed over the past few years and how much change we were told (and can see) coming down...
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Jun 11, 20213 min read


Good things happen …. one conversation at a time
My work as a coach centres around having conversations. At its simplest, that’s all I offer my clients. A series of 60 - 90 minute...
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May 3, 20213 min read
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