Unicorns Wanted
Nobody’s perfect. And yet sometimes when it comes to leadership, we seem to forget that. The reality of leadership is much messier
Time to connect
One key to leading teams and organisations? Find time to connect with your people and really listen when you do.
Do you see me?
I wore a mask work for a long time – I came from a different background and always felt at risk and out of place. How do we navigate this as leaders?
Ground Rules
Leadership lessons learnt the hard way. Don’t:
🚫 Put up with the wrong leadership team
🚫 Make assumptions
🚫 Cramp your style
Just what I needed
If the year didn’t start quite how you intended this one’s for you. How do we accept what is, take full responsibility and treat is as a gift?
Getting it just right
You need to toughen up, stand up for yourself. (But not too much.)
How do we navigate this ‘double-bind’ of conflicting expectations?
Here are a few suggestions. What’s your advice?
Having it all
We broke the glass ceiling, but we forgot to re-build the house. Here’s a review of the latest evidence on women’s leadership
But what do you actually do?
Does coaching conjure up an image of someone on the sidelines shouting directions or giving you a pep talk between meetings to encourage you to keep going?
The encouragement bit is certainly true.
But I never yell or pour water on your head.
Here’s a quick explainer on coaching, in case you were wondering who it’s for and what it’s like.
Learning to fail
We can all recite the mantra: failure is good, it helps us learn.
But it doesn’t feel that way when you actually make a mistake.
So here are a few reflections on how to keep going when you get it wrong.
Chewing it over (and over)
“If only I had just…”
How many times a week, a day, an hour do you berate yourself like this?
Rumination is fact of leadership life and I haven’t yet seen a quick fix. But here are some approaches that might help
