“S/he doesn’t suffer fools gladly…” I heard this phrase five times last week about five different people in five organisations. What does it actually mean? If you work with somebody…
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Are you ready for executive coaching? Is it the right time for you to have it? It is important to gauge whether coaching is right for you before you seek…
If an organisation uses external coaching, most often it is transition coaching—helping an executive step into a new role. Why then are external hires typically left to their own devices…
Lately I have had a few new clients start at the same time, and so have been reflecting on my process in the early stage of working with a client. …
As an executive coach, leadership development consultant, and owner of my own business with 12 other consultants, I am not in the habit of writing about my own development and learnings. Usually I’m…
Michael Bloomberg’s Got It! (The Times 100) Ever been told at work that you lack gravitas but then not told what that actually means? You’re not alone. As a business…
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. So, too, is gravitas. Talent Futures hosted an event for women entitled, Gravitas: So What Is It and How…
A few weeks after Brexit, what might an HRD with operations in the UK be focussing on? Leadership demands vision. One of the glaring gaps through the whole referendum campaign…
The other day I was coming back to London from a meeting in Birmingham. I was working on my laptop while listening to Orange Blossom, a French band whose music…
Today I gave a breakfast seminar at Buzzacott LLP to 26 partners in law on the topic “Leadership at Senior Level: Making It Last, Keeping It Fresh.” Key themes were: Purpose &…
