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…
Can you honestly say that you switch on your strengths EVERYDAY? Can you tell me the difference this makes? Research from the Corporate Leadership Council (now Gartner) shows that if your manager focusses on your strengths in appraisal conversations, your performance increases by up to 36.4%. If switching on your strengths is something you can implement EVERYDAY in 2025, how…
Many of us seem to find it difficult to talk positively about ourselves. We are fearful that it will sound like we are “blowing our own trumpet” i.e. talking boastfully about our achievements. Here are some hints and tips, developed from my work with strengths and with the help of my coaching clients, which you might find useful too: 1….
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