Sustainable Leadership: 6 Healthy Habits Every Leader Should Focus On
Creating healthy work habits in a fast-paced, demanding world isn’t easy. And yet when you focus on creating healthy habits, it can make the difference between a person who is managing healthy stress levels and the person who is heading for burnout. From my coaching sessions with many clients I see first-hand the impact focusing […]
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 […]
The Art of Listening
From a very young age, having someone to share my thoughts with has been incredibly important. I can remember being a very chatty young girl and had so many thoughts to share. As I grew up, listening became a skill I also developed and in my coaching role it is a joy to listen to […]
Why Curiosity and Continued Learning is the Secret to Effective Leadership
Curiosity and continued learning are at the heart of effective leadership and success, yet it can be so easy to let our experience get in the way. Most of us are paid to be experts in something, to know the answers and have a problem-solving mindset. Of course, these things are also vitally important. And […]
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 […]
What is teamwork and why does it matter?
Teamwork is not only essential to the success of an organisation, it also makes it a great place to work. People are drawn to environments where they feel part of a community, their perspective is valuable and expectations are clear. Now more than ever, teamwork is crucial as roles are evolving in breadth and scope […]
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 […]
Communication and the Roles We Play
How we communicate is such an important part of our connection with others, it shapes what they think of us, whether they trust us, and how we work together. By exploring our own natural communication style, we can more easily spot when our style might need changing. In this blog we will look at communication […]
Exploring The Stages Of Team Development
We are all part of a wide variety of different teams. At work we often have our “home” team, but we are also often members of many other teams as well. If you expand this beyond work, we are also part of our “family” team, “friendship” teams and many others such as sports teams or other […]
Exploring Different Leadership Styles
It is true that deploying a range of styles as a leader is vital to your impact and crucial to the development of your team. Matching your leadership style to each person and the situation is a great first step in developing your approach. In this blog we will explore four key leadership styles and provide […]