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Lessons from a pre-pandemic move to hybrid working
Back in 2013 the organisation I worked for moved offices. It was a smaller space, with fewer desks. The thinking was that we’d all work a couple of days from home as well as have time in the office. Pretty radical in 2013, much less so in 2021! Right now employers...
Protect your dance space wisely… and I’m not talking about social distancing
What with the scale and scope of change to our daily lives, the worries about ours and others' health and livelihoods, there is understandably a lot of heightened emotion in the air right now. Whilst supporting and caring for our families, friends, neighbours (and...
How to work at Home when you’re Not Alone
The question on many peoples' lips right now is: How am I supposed to home school, hold down a job and stay sane..... indefinitely? Anyone? I’m not an expert on this, but as I write I’ve been in isolation for a full 3 days now with my civil servant partner and our 5...
Resilience Resources Round Up
In the first few days of 2020 I was pulling together a resilience workshop and around me the news headlines were beckoning an apocalyptic start to the decade: conflict, bush fires and excessive coverage of a couple who had seemed resilient to the demands of their...
Adventures in courgettes or working out what’s really important
Do you get stuck making choices between A and B, forgetting that there are many different paths? Some of which are more overgrown with weeds than others. Soon after we moved back to Sheffield in 2016 we put our name down for an allotment. With a 9 month and 2 yr old...
Leadership development: what is it and do I need it?
I've not posted for a while, because I've been beyond busy. I know that's a kind of badge of honour in 2019, 'how are you?', 'oooh I'm so busy?', with the subtext being that being busy gives us worth and makes us feel important, useful, needed (or insert whichever...
Is 2019 the year for a mindset shift?
Many of my clients are achievers. They enjoy being good at stuff and being in control of their lives. They may be known at work as the person who will deliver on complex projects. They might be the person who drafts the last minute board paper or the one the CEO calls...
This is my dance space, this is your dance space
What does coaching have in common with classic 80s movies? There are some amazing lessons in 80s teen movies: not just 'don't judge a book by its cover' (Breakfast Club) or 'be true to yourself and not try to be something you’re not '(Some Kind of Wonderful). The...
Does your team need an email charter
Many of my leadership coaching clients cite email overwhelm as a key source of their stress. Not only that, but in an organisational culture which equates being on top of your emails with effectiveness, it can impair their ability to focus on what really matters. I...
Leading third sector teams in 2018
This spring I was asked to write a blog for Third Sector Cafe, a fantastic organisation in Sheffield who supports organisations in the region with workshops and networking. We were discussing running a workshop on tools we might use to help us adapt our leadership...