When it comes to managing teams, being good at your job is often only the starting point. The real challenge can come when you're expected to lead people. Managing performance and navigating difficult conversations - sometimes without ever having been taught those...
Many of the people who work with me only see me as their executive coach. This blog post explores how my other roles contribute to my leadership coaching niche.
At the heart of the middle manager experience these days there's a tension between high expectations and limited capacity which creates overwhelm. This article explores how the psychological safety of the coaching call helped a client - let's call her Misha - move...
Have you ever found yourself in a situation that doesn’t feel right… but leaving isn’t really an option? Not because you don’t recognise it. Not because you haven’t thought about it—many times. But because stepping away would come with consequences. Practical ones....
Do you know what’s wrong with you? Good. Then you probably don’t need a coach. Because coaching isn't about fixing what's wrong, and coaches are not doctors. Coaching is inside-out thinking, not outside-in labelling. And if you think I'm on my soap box, you're...
Staying sane, building resilience, call it what you will, we all need strategies to keep ourselves whole and healthy. How else can we push the boundaries and get the most out of life? Being resilient is a have to have, not a nice to have. This blog...
This blog post explains why an analysis of my eating habits is useful (all will be explained, I promise). I also share an executive coaching case study about a client who wanted to take control of her career development. I hope it will help you understand more about...
A couple of months ago, a coaching client told me that working with me had been transformative. I was chuffed to bits, but I was also gratified, for her. Because I know how hard she’d grappled with the challenges she faced and also the enormity of change...
Do you aim, unsuccessfully, for Perfect? If you battle with an inner perfectionist, you know (deep down) that you're not alone. But have you really unpicked just how unhelpful that particular demon is? In this post, that's what I'm going to do. I'll also share my...
How would you characterise your mindset? Are you problem-focused or solutions-focused? Do you manage to maintain a strategic, long term perspective, or do you get sucked into operational fixing? The choices you make when you decide to approach your work...