Why I ask the obvious questions

by AnnaYoung | Sep 11, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership

If I ask you to think of a butterfly, most likely an image pops into your head. Maybe of the butterfly at the end of Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, maybe a Red Admiral or Cabbage White if you grew up like me in the South of England, maybe a big yellow...

Tips on GETTING feedback

by AnnaYoung | Aug 29, 2023 | Coaching, General, Leadership

We know (most of us) how stressful it can be to have to give someone a piece of feedback that we or they can perceive as negative or critical. I spend quite a lot of my time, both in coaching and in workshops, exploring what makes it hard to give feedback and learning...

Tips on Finding the Right Coach (for you)

by AnnaYoung | Jul 6, 2023 | Coaching, Leadership

I quite often have conversations with individuals who are interested in being coached but who don’t quite know how to start finding the person who will be the right match for them. And it can definitely feel overwhelming.  I’ve pulled together some thoughts and...

Avoiding Rabbit Holes in Team Conversations

by AnnaYoung | Jun 14, 2023 | Facilitation

I almost subtitled this blog Notes from a Reluctant Energizer Bunny!  I recently spent four days with a dynamic group of senior leaders, facilitating a series of strategic conversations. This was the first time that they had met in person for a while and there were a...

Five Ways to Channel Information Overload

by AnnaYoung | Jun 2, 2023 | Inspiration

Five simple strategies to help proactively surf the information deluge that many of us live in so that it serves us rather than drowning us. I’m old enough to remember a world before email and before phones that held access to much of the world’s information if I’m...