When you say yes to others, make sure you are not saying no to yourself - Paul Coelho
Are you constantly saying yes to work from your
boss and stakeholders in…
Here’s why you need to install an escalation early warning
system with your team.
It’s Kicking Off
Things aren’t going well with the project, and noise is growing,
or you suspect it…
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." Helen Keller
Your personal support team is made up of a small number of
colleagues that you trust to give…
A car advert made a significant impact on me when my children were young. The advert opened on a well-kept urban street. The sun was shining, and all you could…
Are you overloaded, continually context switching from email, meetings, projects and conversations? Do you feel like you are never giving your best to anything and are exhausted at the end…
Before you had children, you and your partner would make time for each other for a romantic evening out. You would book somewhere special, dress up and spend the evening…
Have you been offered an exciting new opportunity at work?
More responsibility that will take you closer to that promotion you want?
Do you feel excited?
Good, you should be. But before you accept this exciting opportunity, you should read this post to see if you can avoid career suicide.
Yay, we’ve just put up our Christmas decorations. My wife and children always make the house look amazing. As usual, I am like a big kid bouncing around the front room showing my excitement, cuddling everyone and dancing about.
If it ever stops raining, then I will tackle the outside icicle lights, penguins and reindeer. For now, I am in the dry and warm writing this post.
There’s been many times early in my career when I let my emotions take over my actions and upon reflection, these actions were not those of the future leader I…
I have been lucky to learn from some great mentors during my career, but they have always been more senior than me. They have got to where I want to get to and I am eager to learn their strategies to success and avoid the mistakes they made. So, what could a junior mentor teach you? Well, let’s brainstorm a few ideas.
You know the dream. The one where you have it all -
- A high-performing and thriving career
- Time, energy and presence to be a great dad or mum
- A trim and toned body that looks good in a suit and makes you feel confident on holiday
This week, I am going to tell you a story about how I nearly looked like an ego driven idiot.