Don’t leave before you leave was a sentiment expressed by Sheryl Sandberg in her 2013 book Lean In. It refers to how women sometimes limit their career ambitions in anticipation of the sacrifices they might choose to make if they have children. It also expresses a...
I recently read Adam Grants new book called "Think Again". Adam Grant is a Wharton professor, and he's written a number of books e.g. "Give and Take" and has a great podcast with TED that I would really recommend called "Work-life". The key concept that I...
Anyone who knows me knows I read a lot. I love to read, and I love what I do, so I end up reading leadership books and listening to podcasts because that’s my idea of fun! If I get one useful thing from a book, a...
To Lead Transformation, Leaders Must Transform Themselves In a world where the rate of change and technological advances appear to be growing exponentially and volume of information flows are speeding up, the organization must transform to stay relevant and continue to flourish. Transformation is defined as...
Love and Work in the same breath, the same sentence? Surely not! That’s what some have said to me at least. What do you think of when you think about the word work? You might think of toil, you might think of pay or financial...
The womens’ marches last weekend, regardless of your gender, nationality, or political opinions sent a big message. Whether you agreed or disagreed with the message or the sentiment or the politics it was powerful....
Between the stimulus and the response there is a space. In that space is the power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. -Victor Frankl Space… headspace…. thinking space…. quiet space is more and more at a premium, crowded out...
I am a self confessed Ted Talk groupie. Instead of TV you will find me trawling YouTube and Ted.com for the most recent, most relevant and re-watching some of my old favourites. ...