Leadership has always been one of the hottest topics in the business world. There are lots of books, articles, and seminars on leadership, and many people like to think of themselves as leaders. But what are the qualities that make a good leader? And what is a leader?...
People lie. We lie to look good. We lie to feel good. We lie to help others feel good. We lie to get what we want. Some are little lies, some are lies of omission and slight distortion, while others are really big lies about important things. There’s a people-pleasing...
One of the most crucial things that you can do for your career is to get leadership training and development. It’s not just for people who aspire to be managers or executives; leadership skills are useful at all levels of an organization. Despite this,...
Data privacy, love and loss -You may ask, what have these 3 things got to do with each other? They’re 3 elements that bring together Dan Frechtling’s powerful story. When his wife was ill with stage 4 cancer, the statistics said she’d live for 4 months (she actually...
Here’s a question that comes up from time to time: What do I do if my employee starts crying? The person who cries also finds it difficult to manage their response and they often ask, “how can I express difficult emotions without getting tearful?”...
Last week we saw the passing of Madeleine Albright, 64th US Secretary of State and the first woman to serve in this position. Take a look at this video, where she captures in 2 minutes what it’s like to be an ambitious, driven woman in a world that wasn’t always...
Imagine you’re a pro basketball player, traveling to play for different teams each season, and then a global pandemic strikes, limiting your travel and effectively stopping your career. What do you do? Stop everything? Start a new career? Find a quiet corner and cry?...
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor Frankl This quote is one of my favourites and it came to me in a coaching session today....
I’ve just come back from a week away in gorgeous Cape Town, working with a client at their annual conference. It was a beautiful event in a beautiful city and I absolutely loved it. However, the thought of coming back to an inbox with hundreds (if not thousands) of...
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