Engaging People Back to the Workplace

Engaging People Back to the Workplace

Life today is looking a little different to how it did a year ago. As restrictions ease, we can now look forward to resuming the things that we once took for granted.  Seeing friends. Meeting indoors. Heading out to work.   Because in the next few weeks and...
When Should is a Barrier

When Should is a Barrier

I really should.   Should.   How often do we tell ourselves what we should – or shouldn’t – be doing?   Sometimes, with good cause: to keep ourselves safe, to evade possible risks, to avoid causing ourselves harm, to do the right thing. I should arrange...
How Authenticity is Creating Connection

How Authenticity is Creating Connection

I was almost at the end of my presentation when a loud shout* punctured the air, its volume belying the tender years of the one from whom it had emanated. I barely batted an eyelid, and nor did anyone else in this virtual session; after all, the audible and visual ebb...
Questioning to unlock potential

Questioning to unlock potential

Last week, I was invited to talk about my career and share my thoughts on how being authentic and building self-esteem can unlock our potential. It was an opportunity that allowed me to reflect on my own path and I recognised two questions which I have used to help me...
Focusing on the Good Stuff

Focusing on the Good Stuff

Four years ago, I wrote a piece called ‘2016: take the good with you’. It came at the culmination of 12 months which many people had described the ‘worst year ever’ bringing, as it had losses, human suffering, and ugly division. In the piece I wrote about how, in...