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8 ways to kill stress for good
We’ve been on a stress rollercoaster the last couple of years, haven’t we? We had all that lovely acute stress in COVID, where we smashed into panic...
Leadership (4)
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Why are you like this?: How strengths overused become weaknesses
Why am I like this?!" is a bit of a catchphrase in my house. Usually, I’m bemoaning something I’ve stuffed up. Either I’ve messed up my admin, worked...
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Five Skills for Leading Strategic Conversations
Leadership used to be a pretty straightforward affair. The boss knew all the things, and told all the people who worked for them what to do. Nice....
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How to Lead Change When People Don’t Care
It's hard to lead change when people are too busy and distracted to care.
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Boundaries 101: Your guide to personal and professional peace
It's hard to set boundaries. We don't want to let people down or look bad. But when we refuse to draw a line in the sand about what we will and won't...
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Twelve Books I Enjoyed in 2020
I’m a book junkie - I read over 100 in 2020! Here’s 12 books that I think are worth checking out. Personal development Think Like a Monk by Jay...
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Angry people
I woke up on Sunday morning full of Christmas spirit. Oh wait, no, I didn't. I woke up on Sunday morning full of indignation, which I channelled into...
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10 ways to take charge of your life
There’s no way of knowing what’s coming next in your life - after the last few years, nothing would be a surprise! But there are plenty of things you...
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How to Plan Your Year When Things Are Uncertain
This is usually the time of the year where I’d have my 2021 on the wall, month by month, meticulously planned out – significant pieces of work, trips...
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4 Steps to Playing the Long Game
How was your 2020, overall? Mine was a nightmare, to be honest. I worked so hard that I became an insufferable control freak, burnt out and...
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How to think about change
If you’re not doing ‘change’ right now, you’re not in fashion. Whether it’s organisational change, personal transformation (hi Spring!) or even...
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How to stop being a plastic bag
American Beauty is one of my favourite movies. In one memorable scene, we watch Ricky’s video of an empty, wrinkled plastic bag tossed about in the...
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Freshen Up Your Focus
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that priorities shift. As we returned to our homes, spent more time with our families, watched our health more...
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How to live your values
I’ve had an absolute sh*t of a few weeks. I’ve made some of the hardest choices I’ve ever had to make in my personal life, in the face of confusion,...
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How to make people listen
When people ask me to help them run workshops and meetings, they often come in with lofty goals. How do I get people to really be in this? To own...
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Stop being a hero
Heroes overcome odds. We need to change the odds. I used to think I was a bit of a hero. I was proud of it, even. Beating the odds, I shifted my life...
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Friends at work.
I often meet leaders with an “I don’t go to work to make friends” kind of attitude. I get that, I really do. One of the reasons I’ve never lasted in...
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First things first: be careful of second-rate priorities
It’s school holidays! My girls and I had a trip to Germany planned for these school holidays, but we had to cancel that for obvious reasons. Instead,...
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Thinking needs space.
I’m off the grid this week, holed up in an adorable little cabin in Martinborough, finishing up my second book From Action to Impact: The Strategic...
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On micro-influence.
Influencer marketing is the most popular guerrilla marketing strategy of the last ten years. In 2018, 81% of marketers reported that influencer...
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Act as if: how your identity changes your habits
Goals motivate us When I started running, I could only motivate myself to train if I had an event coming up. I started at a 5K, and a few years...
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Leverage as Less
Leverage: is it about doing more - or doing better? Doing everything with nothing I love the idea of ephemeralization, the brainchild of clever...
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Risky business.
Injuries suck. I hurt my right shoulder this week, and it turns out I’m a terrible patient. I don’t rest well – not just because of my personality,...
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Nothing Important Happens by Accident: Align priorities to action
If I looked at your calendar for the week – could I tell what really matters to you? If I looked at your team and decision process - could I tell...