Oh yeah, I was writing a blog about my experience of perimenopause and the impact that it has on my working world. I’m (only) 45, far too young to be menopausal my Mum said. She had “no bother” with menopause. It didn’t happen until she hit early 50’s. Oh, ok I thought, mustn’t be that then! No hot flushes, …
If something was going to cause you to suffer, you wouldn’t choose to do it, right? Maybe you’d just put it off, think about it, mull it over, pop a wash on, make a brew, walk the dog, decide you’ll do it tomorrow, think “maybe it’s not even that important”? Hello, Queen of Procrastination here …
You may really want to start your own business. You may want to get fit. You may want to see the world. You may want a promotion. You may want ditch the job you hate and totally change career. You may desperately want to follow your dream, whatever it may be…. but something keeps you stuck. Plot spoiler: …
What would be different if you truly believed in yourself? Read More »
Why do you keep missing your target? There is a lot of psychology at play in goal setting and in this short article I will unpack why so many people set themselves goals and fail to meet them and how to break the cycle and start setting targets and goals that you will feel motivated …
It’s Monday morning, you log on to ready for the week ahead. You’re telling yourself that this week you WILL get through your never ending “things to do” list. You’ll be on it, super productive and motivated. But, secretly, you know you won’t get through it all. A little bit of you dies inside at the thought of …
How to have a happy & productive week – 5 simple steps. Read More »
I’LL BE SURVIVING LOCKDOWN#2 – THE SCANDI WAY! “Well, at least the sun is shining, imagine lockdown in the winter, that really would be shit!” Said me, to anyone that would listen, in Lockdown#1. Well, Holy shitballs! Here we are! Lockdown#2 has kicked off and in true Mancunian form, it’s cold, dull and pretty miserable out …
I was on a Zoom call with a brilliant leader today, I noticed the amazing backdrop and commented on it. He was contacting me to chat through a programme for his leaders to help them cope with the level of change happening right now….from his stunning holiday destination. He commented that he had been having …
I managed with intuition, with care and a passion to see my people thrive, but I wish I had known then, what I know now. The brain at work has become my geeky obsession and in the attached I share 5 things that I wish I had known during my corporate MD life. 1. …
What I wish I had known about the brain at work when I was an MD. Read More »
I was flat, I was uninspired and frustrated by work, I’d lost my mojo. I knew something was making me miserable, but I couldn’t work it out. I got less and less tolerant of travelling with work, commuting for hours every week, constantly frustrated by mundane issues at work, my head was full of work …