New Year Resolutions As the new year begins, many of us try to set resolutions, hoping that the fresh start will ignite motivation and drive us toward personal and professional growth. However, the initial excitement often fades as the days pass, and motivation alone...
Control Control is a word loaded with meaning. For some people I work with, such is their desire for control that it has been used to harm others very badly so the word is full of assumptions and negative connotations. In other areas of life, many leaders find it...
Laziness and Disconnection Some of my clients tell me that they’re often accused of being lazy and that they feel bored quite a lot of the time. These are easy words to dismiss and assume we understand what we mean by these things but it’s my job to be really curious...
The recent death of my mother has stirred up all sorts of reflections, as these things tend to. Jointly organising her funeral with my brother has been a frustrating and wearisome process. I realised that the part of it I found most difficult to tolerate was the way...
In the business world, knowledge, strategy, marketing and technical skills are crucial but they’re not the whole story. The most powerful way to elevate success is to increase your self-awareness. This is of course partly about understanding where your strengths and...
My skills lie in the deep work. I pay attention to what’s going on at the surface, the ‘presenting problem’ and then we work together to uncover some of the layers below. Many of the people I work with are highly intelligent professionals, whether they are grappling...
