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Aug 28, 20243 min read
Balancing the ‘Black Hole’ Effect
How to manage the scale and significance of leading human intensive and complex organizations - and still thrive?
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Aug 7, 20241 min read
4Cs Values Quotient..
How framing values in a granular way can support decision-making and dilemmas
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Aug 6, 20243 min read
Good Luck - Bad Luck?
Good luck? Bad luck? The power of reframing any situation ......
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Aug 6, 20242 min read
Best Laid Plans …
Rolling with the punches It’s August 2020. I have just left a challenging and highly rewarding role as a Principal (‘Director’) at a...
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Sep 4, 20231 min read
With Gratitude, optimism is sustainable
It seems that practicing gratitude has several positive benefits. How can we build habits that enable us to realise these benefits?
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Aug 29, 20235 min read
Twelve Things I've Learnt ......
What can be learned from coaching - 12 'take aways' shared
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Jun 28, 20222 min read
Negativity bias
How we get in our own way (and what we can do about it) Saboteurs and Superheroes: It seems that we all have a tendency towards the...
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Oct 12, 20212 min read
The Pleaser - The secret of always putting others first
How putting others first is not always serving them or you. How might a hyper-focus on being ‘considerate and unselfish’ result in you...
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Oct 12, 20211 min read
Victim Saboteur
This post explores how a tendency towards negative perspective can inhibit the effectiveness of leaders and those they work with
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Oct 9, 20212 min read
Restless Saboteur
Don’t let proxy multi-taking get in the way of your effectiveness Why the perceived benefits of multitasking are holding you back. How...
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Oct 1, 20211 min read
Perfectionist Saboteur
Don’t Let Perfection get in the way of the ‘Good Enough’ - How the 80:20 can help Why perceived perfection is holding you back. How...
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Sep 21, 20211 min read
The Hyper-Vigilant Saboteur – The Worry Wart
Why focusing on risk is holding you back It is a phrase we hear from time to time, referring to someone as a ….’worry wart’. We often do...
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Sep 9, 20212 min read
The Hyper-Rational Saboteur
How leading and logic are not always healthy bedfellows. How might a hyper-focus on thinking and analysing see you getting in your own...
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Aug 30, 20212 min read
The Hyper-Achiever Saboteur
Being ‘The Best’ Vs Being ‘Your Best’ How leading and winning are not always healthy bedfellows. How might a hyper-focus on achieving...
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Aug 19, 20211 min read
Controller Saboteur - Why taking charge isn't always best
Why taking charge isn't always best? How might your limiting beliefs be holding you back? It’s a phrase we hear from time to...
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Aug 8, 20211 min read
Avoider - Eat that frog
Saboteur series - How might you be getting in your own way? This article explores how those with Avoider are holding themselves back.
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Apr 30, 20218 min read
Leadership Profile – Clarity, Choice and Control
Leadership Profile – Clarity, Choice and Control. How coaching supported one leader's journey to greater balance, purpose and performance.
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Jan 12, 20211 min read
Wellbeing - building a culture that delivers
How well do schools do wellbeing? There is a wellbeing crisis that schools. Mental health services, mental health practitioners and...
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Nov 14, 20201 min read
Don't let 'Perfection' get in the way of the 'Good Enough' - How the 80:20 rule can help.
For the month of August my wife and her sister committed to walking 10,000 steps every day to raise money for National Breast Cancer...
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Oct 3, 20201 min read
Change your Perspective and open doors -
“It’s not what you look at what matters, it’s what you see” - Henry D Thoreau. How you change the way you look at things is also important.
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