(My first time being managed that is!) I’ve had a couple of personal disappointments recently including not getting a facilitation consultancy that I was hoping for. And this was on the tails of a conversation with someone who was asking how they could stretch...
(My first time being managed that is!) I read recently, and I wish I remembered where, that the first boss/manager/supervisor you have is significantly more influential than subsequent ones. This is because the tone and way in which they manage creates expectations...
It’s counterintuitive. Like being told to drink hot tea on an even hotter day because it will cool me down. For me, the amount of hope I need to sustain me, is inversely proportional to the level of overwhelm and disillusionment I’m feeling. It should be the other way...
Quite often I get asked to come and facilitate workshops to help build trust within a team. Or in my coaching, I am working with someone who places low trust in their reports or supervisor, or who has received feedback that they aren’t trustworthy. I’m always curious...
I was asked this question recently by someone who is looking to move from a role in facilitation within an organization to setting up her own business. And the question flummoxed me. Because it’s really complicated. At least it feels that way. On the one hand there is...
(NB. This blog was inspired by a combination of some recent facilitation and being immersed in the current season of the British Baking Show! If you aren’t into baking, you might still find some morsels of use in this blog!) I love to cook but I have a pet peeve when...
As an executive and leadership coach this feels like a strange title for a blog! I’ve experienced personally how coaching has at different points transformed how I was showing up in the world. There was the time when my coach helped me to understand how to advocate...
I grew up doing a lot of volunteering. My friends and I set up our town's first paper and aluminium recycling program which involved a lot of sorting of rubbish and jumping on cans to squash them flat! And my first year overseas was volunteering for a peacebuilding...
This is an article inspired by the work of a dearly beloved Portland insititution called the Rebuilding Center. They are maybe best known for their 30,000 square foot warehouse where you can find pretty much any piece of second hand building supplies for cheap to...
I like reading. A lot. I’m excited to be currently stuck into a work of fiction involving time travel that I can’t put down (The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard if you are interested). I’m even more delighted by the fact that I feel I can count reading as a...