Nurturing Leadership – The New Norm?
COVID19 has replaced Brexit as the trigger for urgent and critical business change. Organizations have become decentralised as teams and individuals are made to work remotely from home. Or they are temporarily disbanded where staff are furloughed. Most companies will have now completed all the actions necessary to decrease costs, meet the government directive to […]
The Connection Between Leadership, Relationships & Burnout
This blog was born from a conversation held recently with a new client. This client came for a herbal medicine and naturopathy consultation. Through asking several questions, it became clear that this client was very close to or was already suffering adrenal “burn out” due to stress. In our conversation she mentioned that she works […]
Leadership – Can You Stomach It?
“As with stomachs, we should pity minds that do not eat.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables It is my gut feeling that this is the right time to address the topic of digestion, the stomach and the gut and how they relate to leadership. The saying in the English language “I can’t stomach it”, can […]
How Can You Lead Others If You Are Running On Empty?
How many business leaders do you know who miss lunch breaks, work at the weekends, work well into the evenings and have vacation days stacking up? Or is this you? If it is you, you are probably well aware of what you are doing, and have perhaps made some New Year resolutions for yourself to […]
What is Intuitive Leadership?
In day-to-day operations when things go wrong and there is a problem to solve, the first place that we all invariably go is to the facts surrounding the situation. Through understanding and analysing those facts, we make a decision. Are decisions based solely on facts combined with previous experience of a similar situation, or do […]
Are Your Leadership Abilities Transforming Fast Enough?
On Tuesday I had the honour of attending WinTrade (Women in Trade) in London that was hosted by MasterCard. The main theme was “How to embed diversity in the world of tech?”, and it was attended by entrepreneurial businesswomen from all over the world. One of the speakers asked the question: “What is our purpose […]
Do You Need an Attitude Shift?
As Simon Tyler says “attitude is a choice you just keep choosing”. Attitude affects everything that we do. The attitude you have chosen right now may not be serving you in the situation that you are in, or indeed the situation you are about to go into. I am a great believer in creating the […]
Is Technology Ruining your Life?
Technology is a fine thing, and something that most of us cannot do without on one level or another. It keeps us connected to colleagues, partners, family. It even helps make our lives more tolerable, less intensive, more effective and overall easier. IS THAT REALLY THE CASE? Did I say, more tolerable, less intensive, effective […]
Employee Engagement
Employee engagement is a workplace approach resulting in the right conditions for all members of an organisation to give of their best each day. It means they are committed to their organisation’s goals and values, motivated to contribute to organisational success, with an enhanced sense of their personal well-being. The 2018 Glint report on the […]
Inspirational Leadership – A Festive Thought
2018 has been a very turbulent year, especially when we look at what has been going on in the world – dare I mention the “B” word again and all the leaders involved in that process to execute the will of the British public, the turbulence in the USA that came with Trump leadership, the […]