As we see the world halt and enter a mass lockdown to slow the spread of Covid-19 it’s natural that there will be anxiety around business and fear of what the future may hold. It’s important to remember that we are all in this together, everyone across the UK, in fact the world. It’s difficult […]
The first outbreak of Coronavirus was at the end of December in Wuhan, China. It’s passed on through personal contact with symptoms appearing between 2-15 days after. We are seeing daily increased in the number of confirmed cases here in the UK and across the world, with a number of countries imposing travel bans and […]
So, International Women’s Day (IWD) is fast approaching (Sunday 8th March), which also happens to be my mum’s birthday (and a big one this year – the big old 6-0!) – sorry mum! It’s quite apt really that it falls on this day as I consider my mum to be one of the strongest and […]
Today’s business leaders see talent attraction and retention as a pressing need for successful organisation transformation. Talent management has evolved. Not so long ago you would have been forgiven for thinking that your organisation was identifying, nurturing and promoting talented individuals through some unseen and secretive process. This has changed, there is more structure and […]
If you’re a typical Brit you’ll be thinking “no it isn’t!”. Well sorry, but actually, not only is it OK, it’s also really important. No matter what our walk of life, we will experience times when we doubt ourselves. We question if we’re good enough at our job, if we’re a good enough friend, a […]
It’s a really interesting time at the minute and it certainly feels that there is a shift-change in the air. With so much focus on women currently and with International Women’s Day coming up (8th March, 2018), I thought I would reflect on what ‘year of the woman’ means to me, particularly when I look […]
In our modern digital world, it’s all too easy now to be available. We are connected using the latest technology pretty much 24/7. I have recently been chatting to businesses around the challenges faced by them and their teams, especially around setting work/ life boundaries. Achieving the balance between not working crazy hours and still […]
Have you ever tried ”fitting in”? It’s hard work isn’t it?! It takes a lot of effort and energy to try and act, behave and talk like the others in the group. You entered the group as you, but by trying to fit in, you’ve become one of them. Which means you don’t stand out […]