My (mostly) weekly thoughts on leadership, high performance, wellbeing and more.
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Do you ever feel like the day has a mind of its own, slipping out of your grasp and leaving you feeling frazzled and unproductive? Because I never have.
Kidding, of course! Probably all of us have experienced the frustration of lost control over our day.
But what if we shifted our perspective and realised that it's not about how we tame the day, but rather about how we relate to it?
Recently I ran a workshop for in-house lawyers and was asked for tips on how to assert healthy boundaries and push back on work demands when your stakeholders refuse to hear it. Here’s my take…
Read MoreLet’s freshen it up. Here are three counterintuitive tips for dealing with overwhelm that may challenge your assumptions and help you approach the never-ending to-do list in a new way
Read MoreOverwhelmed clients often ask me for tips and tricks to help them handle the demands on their time and energy.
Stop to think about it, though, and that’s bonkers. How is adding more going to help with overwhelm?
Read More“In nearly all of the dozens of workplaces we’ve studied, helped, or worked at, we’ve found that meetings in particular create wasteful and soul-crushing friction”…
A new Harvard Business Review piece reports research finding what we all already know to be true – and importantly, offers some solutions.
Read MoreDelegation is an important component of most leadership roles. The trouble is leaders often have a difficult time letting go of responsibilities. Here’s some tips on when and how to delegate.
Read MoreIn 1999, when email was nascent and accessing the internet meant a visit to the specially connected computer in the library, clearing clutter meant keeping on top of the movement of physical paper and files. These days it’s digital clutter that can cloud the mind and get in the way of clear thinking.
Here are 6 simple tips to help you bring some clarity to your day.
Read MoreMany of my clients come to me because they find themselves at a career crossroads. They can see the brightly lit road to (more) success at work ahead of them. They know what would be required to get there. And they find themselves, often to their surprise and bewilderment, unwilling to follow it. Here’s how I tackle that one…
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