How do I transition from tactical to strategic leadership?
Changing your leadership style from focusing on individual conversations to collective capability can make a significant difference when creating high-performing teams. When you first start out in a leadership position it can be common to focus on each individual in the team. This includes one-to-one conversations, coaching team members through challenges, helping them develop skills […]
A Leaders Guide to Managing Performance
Managing performance is a vital part of the leader’s role. When underperformance happens, it can take time and investment to ensure people get back on track, therefore it is vital to consider how we create a high performing environment. Like a plant grows with the right conditions around it, so do people. In this blog […]
Constructive Feedback: 7 Tips for Meaningful Conversations
When was the last time you received some feedback or insights about yourself? If someone said to you today “Do you have time now, as I’d like to give you some feedback”, most of us think this is going to be something negative or critical. Most of us do not think this is going to […]
Intention Setting for 2025
As we start the new year we turn towards our plans for the year ahead. New Year’s resolutions can quickly fade as we get into the everyday routine once again. So in this blog I will explore some simple yet useful ideas to consider when planning and intention setting for 2025. Intention Setting I like […]
Performance Review Preparation: The Employee’s Perspective
In last month’s blog, here, I explored what kind of preparations a leader may consider in readiness for their team’s performance review meetings. In this month’s blog, I wanted to take a different view and explore how an employee might prepare for these conversations. By using some key areas of focus, we can plan and […]
Performance Review Preparation: The Leader’s Perspective
It is the time of year when many leaders prepare for their team’s year of end performance reviews. A performance review can take time and effort for the leader as they are a series of 1:1’s. These can be made more efficient and useful with a few simple preparation tips. In this blog we will […]
Mid-year Review – Measuring Progress
As we are mid-way through the year, now is a good time to reflect on the progress made so far. I notice in coaching sessions that measuring progress can signify different things for different people, and the metrics can vary too. In this blog I will share some of the different ways of supporting you […]
Performance Management – Creating A Learning Culture
As I reflect on my client conversations this month, the topic of creating a learning culture and using the performance management process as an enabler of this dialogue, has come up a lot. This approach is about finding moments every day to have a new insight or doing something that stretches and develops us. In […]
Intention Setting this Autumn
As we enter the final quarter of the year, now is a great time to pause and reflect on our progress. It is often a time for performance review check in’s and intention setting at work as well. In this blogs we will explore strategies to reviewing our goals, performance and intentions. What have you […]
Exploring Workplace Partnerships
We all need people to thrive. Thinking more consciously about the relationships around us can deepen our connections and support our goals at home and work. Workplace partnerships remind me of the connection we have in working with others and a sense that we don’t have to go it alone – whether that is solving […]