Taking a break at work: are you taking enough?
Taking a break at work: are you taking enough? I don’t mean the quick toilet breaks. Or, 5-minute grab a coffee break or grabbing lunch on the run breaks. I mean those times you pause …
What’s getting in the way of change?
When we are going through a desire for change or natural period of transformation in our career, there is no avoiding uncertainty and newness. Wouldn’t it be amazing if we could just make a decision …
Do you understand your energy zappers?
Where energy goes focus flows’ – Tony Robbins. I love this quote. It’s spot on. But what happens if we can’t muster much energy in the first place? If we look back at our top …
Engage your leader within to avoid the blame game
My young daughter is going through a frustrating blame phase. Everything she does or what happens around her is someone else’s fault. She trips over her own feet – “It’s your fault”. She drops something – “It’s …
Hello I need help, why is that so hard to say?
Being able to ask for help when needed and feeling supported is one of the best strategies for un-tapping your true potential and achieving your optimum performance. The idea of reaching out and getting support …
Are we time poor of just being dramatic?
Are we time poor or just being dramatic? This was the opening question on a Facebook live Q&A I did in 2017 with Refinery29 UK at the Adidas run space in London. Sharing this today as …
Five Tips to manage overwhelm
When overwhelm hits it can take its toll in so many ways. Productivity falls as procrastination hits. Quality delivery is undermined. Thinking clearly and being of healthy mind and body is tough when there is …
Outer confidence, internally a cloud of self-doubt
As a child all the way into my twenties I was the quiet and shy one. Over the years I’ve come out of my shell and morphed into an extremely confident woman. Experience and ambition …
3 questions to ask mid-career when you feel a slump at work
If you are able to go to work every single day of your career with a spring in your step, a positive mindset and an abundance of enthusiasm, then you should bottle it up and …
4 ways to career pivot with confidence
Are you feeling restless, bored and frustrated at work? Or has a life situation thrown you off course, out of love or simply unable to maintain the same career path? It’s at these moments a ‘Career …