Insights on Career, Leadership & Work Transitions
If you’re someone who’s constantly growing, whether through the best business books on your bedside table or the leadership skills you’re putting into practice every day then this blog is for you.
I’ll explore real conversations happening inside organisations: how people work, lead, collaborate, make decisions, and move through change. I’ll share insights drawn from decades in senior leadership, practical tools you can use right away, and thought-provoking ideas that help you step back, reflect, and lead with purpose
How to Actually Switch Off on Holiday
It's peak summer holiday season here in the UK, and this week almost every conversation I've had with clients has circled back to the same question: how do you take a proper break and come back properly rested?
It's a good question, and I don't think there's one right answer. If we never fully switch off, does that mean we never fully rest? I'm honestly not sure that's true. It depends on the person, and it depends on what else is going on in their life and business at the time.
Some people have brilliant phone discipline. They can leave it in a drawer and not think twice about the inbox filling up. Others find that harder, and a lot of the business owners I work with actually tell me the opposite: checking in briefly now and then feels less stressful than coming home to two weeks of unread emails to wade through. Neither approach is wrong. It genuinely comes down to what works for you.
How to Improve Workplace Culture: What We Can Learn from Elite Sport
There's a phrase a mentor of mine returns to again and again: "feel like family, play like a team." It captures something most leaders spend years trying to build, a workplace culture where people are accountable to each other not because they have to be, but because they want to be.
You don't need to run a national sports team to recognise this. Whether you're leading a small business, a coaching practice, or a department inside a larger organisation, the same question applies: when things get hard, do the people around you dig in for each other, or do they drift apart?
Job Hunting is Brutal Right Now: Here’s How To Stay Motivated
Often the clients I work with are looking for a new role either because they have lost their job or are finding the current role that they have unsatisfying. And as people will tell you, looking for a new role currently is not for the fainthearted.
Irrespective of your role, industry or level of expertise it is brutal out there
Surrounding Yourself with the Right People: A Reflection on Purpose and Growth
You are a reflection of the people you choose to keep close. Last week I was working with a new client on her personal purpose. When I begin this work with someone new I share my personal purpose and talk about why certain elements resonate with me.