Our family seems to really like Germany – the people, the food and the friendliness really work for us. It was also an opportunity to catch up with both Nina and Melanie, who had been our au pairs on their gap years before going to university. This summer we did a house swap with a lovely family in Bavaria. We…
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style.” This is one of Maya Angelou’s well known quotes, marking her distinctive life as a celebrated African American author, poet, civil activist and inspiration to many. News of her death came when I was…
Recently I was invited to deliver a workshop for a new client organisation, “Using Your Strengths in Your Professional Development”, to stimulate a group of staff to engage differently and more deeply with their careers. I was recommended for this work following a workshop I gave for independent coaches “Using your Strengths to Attract the Work You Love”, earlier in…
GILL HOW turns towards you, looks you in the eye and says “I help you grow”. She is expert at turning her own story, together with its transformative moments, into insightful, incisive and heartfelt learning for us all. Collaborative, creative, motivated by mutual learning, she works with individuals and groups, inside and outside organisations, to surpass expectations through personal and…
Tension starting in the stomach. My head thinking – this could escalate massively out of control. Leading to? Something I call negative imagination. All because, like many others I know, professionally, I am getting much more busy again. Which should be good, but can also bring up anxiety, and if I am not careful, take me a little too near…
“They made me, they decided, they excluded me” – do you ever use this language about your colleagues at work, in your head, if not out loud? Recently a friend asked me “So how do you stop being a victim?”.This was after a long talk about her experiences with her family over the Christmas period, where family patterns had been…
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