by Michelle Gant | May 6, 2021 | Employee Engagement
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...
by Michelle Gant | Apr 21, 2021 | Coaching
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...
by Michelle Gant | Feb 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by Michelle Gant | Jan 11, 2021 | Coaching
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...
by Michelle Gant | Dec 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Michelle Gant | Dec 14, 2020 | Wellbeing
This year has brought many challenges. Including a new one I hadn’t envisaged. The technology terrors. Back in the very early spring, setting up meetings could bring with it previously unentertained anxieties. No sooner would I pop a virtual appointment...
by Michelle Gant | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
These last few months have seen innovation and adaptation on a grand scale. Who would have thought, in those hazy days B.C. (before Covid), back at the very start of the year, what changes we might see? In just six months, companies have evolved in ways perhaps...
by Michelle Gant | Sep 14, 2020 | Engagement
A linguistic misunderstanding created much amusement over the weekend – and a memory to treasure too. My daughter had asked my husband: ‘What do you want for your birthday?’ ‘A lie-in,’ he’d replied, with the weariness of one who hasn’t slept properly in five years....
by Michelle Gant | Apr 29, 2020 | Engagement
‘Work life balance’ is something that we have talked about for years – how can we achieve that perfect equilibrium between our professional and personal life? It is a question that has come into sharp focus now as what we have thought about as perhaps entirely...
by Michelle Gant | Apr 15, 2020 | Employee Engagement
Out of sight most definitely isn’t out of mind and with more and more staff working remotely, authentic, sensitive, and effective engagement by managers is vital. For many employees, working from home will be an extension of normal working patterns – whilst for...
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