Do you ever get a bit overwhelmed? You know the sort of thing: I know I do, and so do many of my clients. I’ve just added about 10 things to my ongoing, never ending to do list and wondered to myself what the hell I’m doing. I remembered that I used to joke that… [Read more]
How to give yourself an instant confidence booster
We are all under pressure at some point in our day and have to do something we feel very nervous about. In an important meeting you may be asked a question you don’t know the answer to and start to panic. You may suddenly find yourself in one of those high stakes, difficult conversations that… [Read more]
How to succeed with your New Year’s resolutions
So it’s New year’s resolution time and if, like me, you have a recurring resolution to do more or less of something (I’m on a 25 year streak with one of mine) here’s something that might help. 8 days in to 2025 I think I might have nailed it this time by combining carrot and… [Read more]
Sometimes you have to just pick a path, any path
And here’s why it will probably be ok. I often work with clients who get very disheartened when the path or plan they’re following doesn’t turn out quite as expected. At the start of the project they often have a positive view of how the journey will be – beautiful, interesting and smooth, ending in… [Read more]
An easy way of dealing with dickheads
‘A fact of life, everywhere you look there’ll be a dickhead.’Catherine Cawood, in Happy Valley by Sally Wainwright I’m often asked how to deal with tricky people. The answer is it depends, and it depends on a lot of things. But there is a technique I use over and over again and it has proved… [Read more]
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