What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO

Resilience. There's a topic that's had loads of airtime over the last year. How resilient are you? How do you improve your resilience? I wrote about it myself just a few months ago. But what do we really mean by ...

Self-compassion, not self-indulgence – Looking after number one

My intention this month was to write about compassion. Lord knows we could all do with some of that right now. But then a post on LinkedIn caused me to rethink. It bemoaned the number of articles exhorting us to ...

By |2020-11-06T12:08:04+00:00April 30th, 2020|Covid-related, Emotions & Thinking|0 Comments

Finding focus in difficult times – A leadership challenge

If you're a leader, how do you find focus at a time like this? It's unlikely you've ever faced such a significant challenge. You may be in a front line organisation with staff in personal danger; you may be worried ...

By |2020-11-06T12:11:24+00:00March 31st, 2020|Coaching, Covid-related, Leadership|0 Comments

Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept

Is your job stressful? Do you feel stressed right now? Or are some of your colleagues going through a stressful time? If so, you and your organisation would be fairly typical of the modern workplace. So given that I'm a ...

By |2020-09-04T10:11:18+00:00February 28th, 2018|Emotions & Thinking, Opinion Pieces|4 Comments

Part 3: Caution emotion at work – How to handle someone else’s anger at work

This is the third in a series on emotion at work. Having looked last time at how to handle your own anger at work, this month I'm focusing on dealing with someone else's anger. Angry people can be intimidating, so ...

By |2020-09-04T10:24:29+00:00December 19th, 2017|Emotions & Thinking, Teamwork|1 Comment

Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your ‘inner Jim’

A little while ago, someone sent me an article from the Havard Business Review about the dangers of hiring a nice CEO. I found I had quite a strong reaction just to the title. I know a number of nice, decent, ...

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