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Change can come about from a chance conversation, a book recommendation or an inspirational quote. “Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.”  Benjamin Disraeli

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How to Avoid Burn Out
Thu 12th November, 2020

Using the 3 R’s of ‘recognise, reverse and resilience’, here are my top 10 tips for noticing and dealing with burnout. Stop, look, and listen – your body will tell you exactly how you feel as long as you stop long enough to tap into actually how it is feeling.  Ask yourself on a scale from […]

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ABC of Good Leaders
Wed 30th September, 2020

Here is our ABC’s to become a good leader. A = AUTHENTIC speak, act and say what you mean and consistently B = BRAVE leadership is not just showing and sharing your strengths but also your human, vulnerable side C = CHAMPIONING others by demonstrating that you believe in them 100%, even when they don’t D = DEPENDABLE by following […]

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Creating new possibilities
Wed 29th July, 2020

Creating new possibilities – a coach approach to helping peers and colleagues to come up with new ideas As managers and leaders part of our role is helping others think, choose and act; but that can sometimes be easier said than done.  To help you stop ‘telling’ people what to do and move towards ‘asking’ […]

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Reflecting on reflection
Fri 3rd July, 2020

I’ve just completed a three-week programme of 7am starts three time a week to sit in silence with a bunch of strangers and to just write, prompted by a poem or prose or a key word for that day.  It’s been a ‘me sanctuary’ as I sit and write for 20 minutes, uninterrupted and supported […]

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Receiving Positive Feedback
Tue 16th June, 2020

As coaches and managers we often spend time learning how to give feedback, learn ways to make the message hit the mark, consider our impact; but very little attention is given to what the receiver of the feedback should do to prepare. How often do we listen to feedback and either internally or externally begin […]

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