Helping leaders grow, step up and deliver outstanding results
Eighteen months ago I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. It was a huge relief as I had been feeling very sick. After starting with Metformin, I now manage my condition solely by diet. It’s been quite a journey. At my recent check my diabetic nurse said to me “I hope you are very proud of yourself, I don’t think…
My daughter Hannah introduced me to Dan Snow’s history podcasts. It felt aligned, relevant and absorbing to learn about the first voyage of Captain James Cook, both as a navigator and coloniser, along the eastern coast of Australia, as we drove to Cape Tribulation, on our way north from Cairns and inland from the Great Barrier Reef. We don’t often…
When speaking at the Women in Logistics conference two weeks ago, I was asked about how to use the strengths of your team. I found myself sharing an example from when I worked with Southern Railway. This was a six year involvement to design and deliver a programme to help managers develop a coaching style of leadership. The example I…
Do you have a long standing dream, something you would like to do? And yet, somehow, find it easier to find reasons to dismiss your dream, rather than marshall energy towards it? Here’s a story of how I turned around my negative self-talk, addressed my concerns, built a team and called on strengths, mine and those of others, to succeed…
Last week I visited Saudi Arabia to deliver my keynote “Switch On Your Strengths” to a fast growing logistics company. I was introduced to this opportunity by Eman, who was a participant on a virtual Women’s Leadership Programme I ran five years ago at the start of the pandemic. As well as working closely with the senior directors in the…
Be honest. Give yourself a score out of 10. Are you making the progress you wish for with the hopes, aspirations and goals which are the most important to you? For many of us, our score is not as high as we would like it to be. What gets in the way? It can be many things: Some people find…
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