{"id":17,"date":"2020-07-09T10:42:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-353908-1371027.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2020-09-10T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T09:57:00","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:80%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.4%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.4%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"view-all\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-4498\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4498 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-absent-leadership tag-leadership tag-managing-accountants tag-managing-lawyers tag-managing-professionals tag-motivation tag-outcomes tag-outputs tag-outputs-versus-outcomes tag-professional-services\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter.jpg\" data-id=\"4498\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"man with typewriter\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProducing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\" aria-label=\"Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think back to the last time you felt really pleased* with your work. What caused you to be pleased? Did you produce some really good quality work - a design, a report, an ad campaign? Or did you make something happen - hit a target, win a new client? I don't want to suggest that these things are mutually exclusive, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-26T18:41:12+00:00<\/span><span>July 26th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\" aria-label=\"More on Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4466\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4466 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-teamwork tag-business tag-certainty tag-complexity tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-decision-making tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-team tag-leadership-teams tag-leading tag-perfectionism tag-slt tag-smt tag-strategic-leadership tag-strategic-thinking tag-strategy tag-team-work tag-uncertainty\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman in wilderness sitting on a car bonnet looking at a map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.jpg\" data-id=\"4466\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"map\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my 25 years as a business psychologist, I've worked with a lot of businesses, particularly mid-sized companies, and it's surprising just how few of them have a decent strategy. By 'a decent strategy' I mean that the business knows where it's going and how it's going to get there. \"We want to double in size in the next five ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-12-12T13:35:34+00:00<\/span><span>December 12th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4448\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4448 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-business-failure tag-caution tag-cautious tag-climate-leadership tag-climate-risk tag-leadership tag-over-caution tag-over-cautious tag-passive-risk tag-perfectionism tag-procrastination tag-risk tag-risk-aversion tag-risk-of-doing-nothing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roulette wheel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette.jpg\" data-id=\"4448\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"roulette\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I don't think of myself as much of a risk taker. I'm generally fairly cautious - no high risk investments, Vegas holidays or adventure sports for me. But recently I've noticed just how risky some of my behaviour can be. I guarantee some of yours is too. To illustrate, let me tell you about my garden. When we moved into ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-06-07T15:54:04+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"More on The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4441\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-climate tag-climate-breakdown tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-and-business tag-climate-coaching tag-climate-emergency tag-climate-leadership tag-coaching tag-environment tag-ethical-leadership tag-executive-coaching tag-leadership tag-nature tag-whats-climate-change-got-to-do-with-business\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4441\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In November I wrote the first of a two-part series looking at the climate crisis in a work context. It explored the psychological barriers that stop us even thinking about the subject and ended with a promise that next time I'd explore what we should actually do. It's taken me four months to reach the conclusion that I don't know. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-04-22T11:49:06+00:00<\/span><span>March 29th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4432\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4432 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-climate tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-denial tag-how-to-face-up-to-climate-change tag-what-can-business-do-about-climate-change tag-what-can-we-do-about-climate-change tag-why-cant-we-think-about-climate-change\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4432\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first of a two part series on the key topic of our age, the climate crisis. Specifically, looking at it in the context of work.\u00a0 Your immediate reaction might be \"Really, do I have to? It's bad enough when it's on the news and I have got quite a lot on right now\". I get it. I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-11-23T12:50:33+00:00<\/span><span>November 23rd, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4425\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-teamwork tag-ethical-politics tag-how-to-navigate-organisational-politics tag-influence tag-influencing-skills tag-navigating-office-politics tag-office-politics tag-organisational-politics tag-organizational-politics tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics.jpg\" data-id=\"4425\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"office politics\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you navigate organisational politics?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"How do you navigate organisational politics?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the term 'organisational politics'? My hunch is it's back stabbing, pointless rivalries, sucking up to the boss, that kind of thing. I'm not going to pretend that that isn't a feature of many workplaces. If you work somewhere with really dysfunctional politics, it pays to be alert, to work out who you ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-07-26T15:35:19+00:00<\/span><span>October 4th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you navigate organisational politics?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4410\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4410 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-influence tag-advisers tag-business-adviser tag-consultancy tag-internal-consultancy tag-internal-consultant tag-level-of-involvement tag-rules-of-engagement tag-scoping-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man.jpg\" data-id=\"4410\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"drowning man\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How involved should you get in work which is not your sole responsibility? It sounds like a straightforward question, but actually it can be quite tricky to work out. I've been thinking about this lately while coaching a client I'll call Brian. Brian is a very senior manager in a large and complex organisation, who has just taken on a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-25T15:23:15+00:00<\/span><span>May 27th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"More on In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4397\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-making-change-happen category-uncategorized tag-absent-leadership tag-business-leader tag-change tag-identity tag-identity-crisis tag-imposter-syndrome tag-impostor-syndrome tag-reluctant-ceo tag-reluctant-salesman tag-selling tag-who-do-you-think-you-are\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card.jpg\" data-id=\"4397\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"blank business card\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWho do you think you are?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"Who do you think you are?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm not issuing that as a challenge, more an invitation for some gentle introspection. The way we think about our identity - the way we describe ourselves to ourselves and to others - has an impact on the way we operate in the world. This is particularly true in our working lives and sometimes that impact is not helpful. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-21T17:07:08+00:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"More on Who do you think you are?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4366\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4366 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-ceo tag-coiv tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-organisational-resilience tag-pace tag-pace-setting-leader tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-stress tag-stress-at-work tag-stress-management tag-workplace-stress\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience.jpg\" data-id=\"4366\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Resilience\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\" aria-label=\"What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 resilience \u2013 and might some definitions actually be unhelpful? This month's blog was inspired by a conversation with an experienced ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-03-12T07:35:42+00:00<\/span><span>March 12th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\" aria-label=\"More on What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4359\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4359 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership category-uncategorized tag-culture tag-hiring-remotely tag-new-job tag-recruiting-remotely tag-remote-on-boarding tag-remote-onboarding tag-remote-recruitment tag-remote-working tag-starting-a-new-job-at-home tag-starting-a-new-job-remotely tag-starting-work-remotely tag-unconscious-bias tag-working-from-home tag-working-from-home-in-a-new-job\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Working from home\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469.jpg\" data-id=\"4359\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Woman working from home\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We\u2019re nearly a year into the pandemic and, for many of us, life goes on. I'm working with companies who are recruiting and coaching a couple of people who\u2019ve started new leadership positions during lockdown. But starting a new job is different now. \u00a0This month I want to focus what's missing when people start new jobs in a pandemic. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-02-14T16:08:31+00:00<\/span><span>February 13th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"More on Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4341\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4341 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-anxiety tag-boundaries tag-coping-with-anxiety tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-emotions tag-habit-formation tag-lockdown tag-work-life-balance tag-working-from-home tag-worry\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re.jpg\" data-id=\"4341\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"8-1-2012-re\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tResilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\" aria-label=\"Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Well here we are again. Back in lockdown and somehow, this time it feels harder, probably because it's the middle of winter. There is light at the end of the tunnel but we've suddenly realised that the tunnel is longer than we thought and has a murky difficult section we hadn't anticipated. So how do we get through the next ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-01-11T09:42:28+00:00<\/span><span>January 8th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\" aria-label=\"More on Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4330\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-conspiracy-theories tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-learned-helplessness tag-locus-of-control tag-loss-of-control tag-psychology\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand-from-sky-small-256x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">Are you in control of your destiny?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand-from-sky-small.jpg\" data-id=\"4330\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Hand from sky small\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you in control of your destiny?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\" aria-label=\"Are you in control of your destiny?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">Are you in control of your destiny?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How much do you feel in control of your own destiny? Do you see your successes as the results of your efforts? What about your failures? This month I\u2019m going to look at a concept that psychologists call \u2018locus of control\u2019 \u2013 whether you see control of your life being internally or an externally driven. This is something which is ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-12-11T14:44:53+00:00<\/span><span>November 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\" aria-label=\"More on Are you in control of your destiny?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4291\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4291 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-opinion-pieces tag-blitz-spirit tag-coronavirus tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-keep-calm-and-carry-on tag-pandemic tag-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Blitz spirit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">Do we need more blitz spirit?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz.jpg\" data-id=\"4291\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blitz\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDo we need more blitz spirit?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\" aria-label=\"Do we need more blitz spirit?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">Do we need more blitz spirit?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Blitz spirit. There's a topic I doubt people expected me to write about. But it's been gnawing at me, ever since Maureen from Barnsley was hailed as the Voice of the Nation for saying that we needed to show more blitz spirit during the pandemic. As a concept, I find it both psychologically fascinating and rather irritating. My guess is ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-12-10T16:22:11+00:00<\/span><span>October 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Do we need more blitz spirit?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4283\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4283 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-covid-related tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-imposter-syndrome tag-impostor-syndrome tag-inner-critic tag-lack-of-confidence tag-leadership-in-a-crisis tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-managerial-judgement tag-pandemic tag-self-doubt tag-uncertainty\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-in-business-suit-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">Are we all imposters now?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-in-business-suit.jpg\" data-id=\"4283\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boy in business suit\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre we all imposters now?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\" aria-label=\"Are we all imposters now?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">Are we all imposters now?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A recent survey on LinkedIn suggested that the pandemic has caused an outbreak of Imposter Syndrome among senior leaders. Apparently 52% of the leaders surveyed have found themselves doubting their ability to lead their organisations through this crisis. I wasn't surprised by this - who can really say that they know what they're doing right now? The only people who've ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-03T15:56:45+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\" aria-label=\"More on Are we all imposters now?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3969\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3969 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2.jpg\" data-id=\"3969\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"wfh2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWork \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\" aria-label=\"Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The key to work\/life balance is understanding your boundaries - time, location, spatial and inter-personal boundaries. Over the past six months, the boundaries between home and work have become a lot fuzzier. As we settle in for the long haul, it's worth reviewing how well things are working for you. Whether you're working from home indefinitely, back in the office ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:02:54+00:00<\/span><span>August 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\" aria-label=\"More on Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3180\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3180 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-back-to-work tag-covid-19 tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-new-normal tag-return-to-the-workplace tag-safe-working-environment tag-september tag-wfh tag-working-from-home\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters.jpg\" data-id=\"3180\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"commuters\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What will September bring?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What will September bring?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It may be only the end of July but I'm turning my attention to September as I think it's worth planning for now. September has always had a feel of New Year, back to normal about it, but this year what kind of normal will it be? Even if you're going to keep working from home well into next year, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:06:22+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What will September bring?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3156\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3156 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-organisations tag-change tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-creating-change tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-new-normal tag-pandemic tag-uncertainty tag-unknown-unknowns\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2.jpg\" data-id=\"3156\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decision\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So here we are, tentatively venturing back out into the world and wondering what life will be like. There is no shortage of commentators predicting the business, societal and political changes which will result from the pandemic. I am not one of them. What I want to look at is how we handle the level of uncertainty we are facing. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:09:04+00:00<\/span><span>June 26th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3124\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3124 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-be-kind tag-coping tag-covid-19 tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-resilience tag-emotional-wellbeing tag-feelings tag-kindness tag-mindfulness tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-self-compassion tag-self-criticism\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy.jpg\" data-id=\"3124\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"boy-and-teddy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSelf-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\" aria-label=\"Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 \"Be Kind\" when actually many people are at the end of their tether. Someone added in the comments \"I can't ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:08:04+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\" aria-label=\"More on Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3097\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3097 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-leadership tag-business-support tag-corona tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-support tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-mental-health tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-turnaround\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/primary-colours-model-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">COVID-19: Expert leadership resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/primary-colours-model.jpg\" data-id=\"3097\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"primary-colours-model\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: Expert leadership resources\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: Expert leadership resources\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">COVID-19: Expert leadership resources<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is not an ordinary blog post, it's a space to collect resources that may be useful to leaders in this time of crisis. The first resource is the free Primary Colours Covid-19 Leadership Survival Guide which I have devised in conjunction with Edgecumbe Consulting Group who own the model. The aim of the guide is to give leaders a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:10:06+00:00<\/span><span>April 9th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: Expert leadership resources\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3091\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership tag-corona tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-support tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-pandemic tag-primary-colours tag-primary-colours-leadership-model tag-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"3091\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\" aria-label=\"Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 for the very survival of your business or you may be struggling to cope with unprecedented demand for your services.\u00a0 ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:11:24+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\" aria-label=\"More on Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3079\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3079 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-leadership-team-coaching-featured category-teamwork tag-conflict-at-work tag-conflict-avoidance tag-dysfunctional-leadership tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-five-dysfunctions-of-a-team tag-high-performing-teams tag-lencioni tag-lencioni-model tag-slt tag-smt tag-team-building tag-team-work tag-teams tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"3079\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"conflict\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-team-coaching-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Team Coaching Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\" aria-label=\"Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Having worked out what is and isn't a team last month, this month I'm looking at why so many teams fail to work well together and what you can do to develop better team working. The insecure leader One of the first reasons teams fail is not recognising that they are - or should be - a team in the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-19T12:56:49+00:00<\/span><span>February 29th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3063\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3063 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-teamwork tag-business-unit-leaders tag-collaboration tag-competition tag-functional-heads tag-leadership-team tag-slt tag-smt tag-team-work tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/team.jpg\" data-id=\"3063\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Team\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\" aria-label=\"What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Does that sound like a daft question? Surely everyone knows what a team is. But actually, it's not as straightforward as you might think. For example, a group of people working for the same boss is not necessarily team, no matter how much the manager talks about \"my team\". A team is a group of people working towards a shared ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:12:47+00:00<\/span><span>January 31st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\" aria-label=\"More on What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3041\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3041 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-making-change-happen tag-habit-formation tag-making-changes-last tag-new-year tag-new-year-new-you tag-new-year-resolutions tag-psychology-of-change tag-willpower\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2.jpg\" data-id=\"3041\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Resolution 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeven psychological tips for making change that lasts\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\" aria-label=\"Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Last month, you may recall, I wrote about how to feel better about yourself if you hadn't achieved all you wanted to as we approached the end of the year. This month, as we contemplate a new decade and you might want to do things differently, I'm looking at what psychology tells us about making changes that stick. 1. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-01-04T12:19:43+00:00<\/span><span>December 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\" aria-label=\"More on Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3023\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3023 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-making-change-happen tag-313 tag-christmas tag-dissatisfied-at-work tag-dissatisfied-with-life tag-end-of-decade tag-end-of-year tag-envy tag-existential-angst tag-how-to-feel-better-about-yourself tag-life-goals tag-new-year tag-positive-mindset\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"3023\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Santa dog\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\" aria-label=\"And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Another year over, a new one just begun. I've been living with this song for weeks as the choir I sing with rehearses for Christmas. I don't know about you but the line 'another year over' tends to leave me with a slight feeling of existential dread. It's worse this year, as another decade is over and what have I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:13:37+00:00<\/span><span>November 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\" aria-label=\"More on And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3015\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3015 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential tag-career-development tag-careers tag-emotional-intelligence tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-learning tag-self-awareness\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-at-board-table-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-at-board-table-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-at-board-table-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\">The one thing that enhances your chances of career success<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-at-board-table-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"3015\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Business woman holding table\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe one thing that enhances your chances of career success\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\" aria-label=\"The one thing that enhances your chances of career success\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\">The one thing that enhances your chances of career success<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u00a0 What makes some people more successful in their careers, particularly leadership careers, than others? It's tempting to answer that by considering the attributes of successful people. Generally, they are smart enough to handle the complexity inherent in a senior role and to make decisions whose ramifications may not be fully understood for five or ten years. They have good ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:14:26+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\" aria-label=\"More on The one thing that enhances your chances of career success\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3003\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3003 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-executive-coaching tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-team tag-mentoring tag-operational-management tag-primary-colours-model tag-strategic-thinking tag-strategy tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"3003\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\" aria-label=\"Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the final instalment of an exploration of one person's leadership coaching experience. This is a real client, who kindly agreed to become a case study, with details changed to maintain his anonymity. \"Andrew\" was the newly appointed MD of an IT company employing around 150 people.\u00a0 In the first instalment,\u00a0I looked at coaching conversations related to Andrew's working ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:15:12+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2988\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2988 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-executive-coaching tag-good-delegation tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-team tag-mentoring tag-team-building tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"2988\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\" aria-label=\"Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the second instalment of an exploration of one person's leadership coaching experience. This is a real client, who kindly agreed to become a case study, with details changed to maintain his anonymity. \"Andrew\" was the newly appointed MD of an IT company employing around 150 people. Last month I looked at coaching conversations related to Andrew's working relationships. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-01T11:57:08+00:00<\/span><span>August 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2979\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2979 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-executive-coaching tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-mentoring tag-primary-colours-model\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"2979\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\" aria-label=\"Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Leadership coaching is one of the key services I offer but it's not easy to explain what it's actually like. So over the next couple of months I'm going to tell the story of one person's coaching journey to try to bring it to life. This is a real client, who has kindly given his permission (thanks \"Andrew\"). Whilst it ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-01T11:56:01+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2964\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2964 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces category-organisations category-teamwork tag-conflict-avoidance tag-fun tag-fun-at-work tag-should-work-be-fun tag-team-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">Should work be fun?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work.jpg\" data-id=\"2964\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"115 of 365 - Serious fun\/Playful work\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShould work be fun?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\" aria-label=\"Should work be fun?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">Should work be fun?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I nearly made this the last of my workplace myths series but couldn't decide which was the more prevailing myth. On the one hand, the prevalence of ping pong tables in office foyers suggests a contemporary expectation that work should be fun. On the other hand, I've met many a manager (often in finance, interestingly) who believes that, unless people ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:25:07+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\" aria-label=\"More on Should work be fun?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2958\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2958 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-career-development tag-emotional-intelligence tag-eq tag-eq-vs-iq tag-intelligence tag-iq tag-leadership tag-success tag-talent-management\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spock-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spock.jpg\" data-id=\"2958\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Spock\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the latest in my series on workplace myths, I'm turning my attention to emotional intelligence. There are numerous articles out there claiming that, not only is emotional intelligence important, but that, for career success, it's more important than intelligence. But is it? Let's go back to basics: What is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence is the ability to: a) recognise ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:25:37+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2952\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2952 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-anxiety tag-control-freaks tag-delegation tag-leadership-skills tag-perfectionism tag-perfectionists\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism.jpg\" data-id=\"2952\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"perfectionism\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the fifth of my series on workplace myths, I'm turning my attention to perfectionism. I'm sure you're all familiar with this hackneyed exchange: Interviewer: \"What are your weaknesses?\" Candidate: \"Well sometimes I can get a bit perfectionist about my work\". Job done. The candidate smiles inwardly knowing that a) what they really meant was \"sometimes I'm just too damn ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:34:03+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2942\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2942 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-empowering-leaders tag-female-leaders tag-gender-differences-in-leaders tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-style tag-nurturing-leaders tag-women-leaders\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader.jpg\" data-id=\"2942\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Empowering female leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the fourth in a series on workplace myths, those pervasive beliefs that hold a grain of truth but might not be as widely applicable as we think. This one feels very 21st century to me. We've got used to seeing more women in leadership roles (until you get to the very top) and there's a feeling that they ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:34:15+00:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2939\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2939 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-absent-leaders tag-absent-leadership tag-dysfunctional-leadership tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-management-skills tag-managing-accountants tag-managing-engineers tag-managing-lawyers tag-managing-professionals tag-professional-services tag-psychology\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional.jpg\" data-id=\"2939\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"professional\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the third in my series on workplace myths - those pervasive beliefs that contain a grain of truth but may not be as applicable as you think. Some of you may be wondering why I'm considering this one as a myth at all. If you've suffered the horrors of a control freak micro-manager, you may long to be ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:35:35+00:00<\/span><span>January 24th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2935\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2935 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces tag-accountants tag-auditors tag-autism tag-career-development tag-extroverts tag-geek-speak tag-geeks tag-introversion tag-introverts tag-it-staff tag-nerds tag-social-skills tag-susan-cain\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/geeks-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\">Myth #2: Geeks have no social skills<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/geeks.jpg\" data-id=\"2935\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Geeks\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #2: Geeks have no social skills\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #2: Geeks have no social skills\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\">Myth #2: Geeks have no social skills<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the second in a short series exploring workplace myths. Having started my career as a computer programmer, this one is close to my heart and I use the term geek affectionately. IT departments are, of course, Geek HQ, but similar stereotypes apply to other specialists. For example, how can you spot an outgoing auditor? They look at your ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:35:42+00:00<\/span><span>November 29th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #2: Geeks have no social skills\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2933\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2933 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-business tag-decision-making tag-delegation-skills tag-experts tag-judgement tag-leaders tag-leadership-skills tag-learning tag-management-skills tag-promotion tag-stereotypes tag-technical-specialist tag-workplace-myths\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician.jpg\" data-id=\"2933\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Technician\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first in a series on workplace myths, many of which are based on stereotypes - soft female leaders, socially awkward geeks, psychologists obsessed with feelings. Like most stereotypes, there's generally a grain of truth in them. There's a reason we talk about German efficiency and Italian style, not the other way round. But stereotypes don't apply in ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:37:34+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2929\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2929 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-anxiety tag-business tag-delegating tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-emotion tag-emotional-intelligence tag-envy tag-feelings tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-management-skills tag-micro-managers tag-micro-managing tag-self-awareness tag-self-management\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">Delegation: The art of self-management?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety.jpg\" data-id=\"2929\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Courage-anxiety\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDelegation: The art of self-management?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\" aria-label=\"Delegation: The art of self-management?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">Delegation: The art of self-management?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Last month, I discussed the dimensions of delegation, which prompted one reader to tell me that, for him, the hardest part of delegating is managing his own responses - dealing with frustration and reining in his inner control freak, for example.\u00a0I recognise from my years of coaching that this is something many people struggle with. So this month, I'm looking ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:41:38+00:00<\/span><span>September 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\" aria-label=\"More on Delegation: The art of self-management?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2923\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2923 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-accountability tag-delegating tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-good-delegation tag-leadership tag-management-skills tag-micro-managers tag-micro-managing tag-poor-delegation\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2923\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"manager\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGiving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\" aria-label=\"Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Getting someone else to carry out tasks on your behalf is a key management skill and one that a lot of people struggle with. They micro-manage and interfere too much or they abdicate responsibility and leave people floundering. There's no formula for good delegation - it depends on the task and the individual you're delegating it to. But you may\u00a0find ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T12:40:56+00:00<\/span><span>August 30th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\" aria-label=\"More on Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2918\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2918 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-organisations category-research-snippets category-teamwork tag-corporate-citizens tag-culture tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-email tag-group-dynamics tag-high-performers tag-leaders tag-leadership-style tag-office tag-open-plan-office tag-organisational-culture tag-psychology tag-psychology-research tag-research tag-team-work tag-wolf-of-wall-street\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-leader-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-leader-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2918\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Black leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\" aria-label=\"Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I like to keep up with psychology research. I feel it's part of my responsibility as a practising psychologist to have at least some idea of the latest findings. What's struck me recently is how often the research has confounded my thinking, suggesting something counter-intuitive. So here are five pieces of common sense, received wisdom about the workplace that recent ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T12:41:43+00:00<\/span><span>July 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2908\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2908 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-style tag-leading tag-overplaying-strengths tag-primary-colours-model tag-strengths\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/seesaw-sign-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/seesaw-sign.jpg\" data-id=\"2908\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Seesaw sign\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\" aria-label=\"Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Play to your strengths - that's good advice, right? Well generally, yes, it is. There's a whole school of thought in HR and business psychology that says you're much more likely to improve your performance if you keep developing something you're already good at and use it more, than if you doggedly try and overcome some persistent weakness. But that's ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:58:03+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2897\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2897 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-influence category-teamwork tag-business-case tag-cialdini tag-cognitive-bias tag-influence tag-influential tag-persuasion tag-psychology tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/men-shaking-hands-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/men-shaking-hands.jpg\" data-id=\"2897\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"men shaking hands\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\" aria-label=\"The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm sure most of us would like to be more influential.\u00a0 You probably won't be surprised to hear that understanding a bit of psychology can help. Ultimately, influence is all about decision-making. You want someone to decide to do what you want them to do. What psychological research tells us is that decision-making is such hard work that our brains ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:57:56+00:00<\/span><span>May 29th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\" aria-label=\"More on The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2886\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2886 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-different-problem-featured category-organisations tag-bad-behaviour tag-behaviour tag-culture tag-dark-side tag-environment tag-group-dynamics tag-nature tag-organisational-culture tag-organisational-politics tag-personality tag-shadow-side tag-workplace-behaviour\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\">Why do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop.jpg\" data-id=\"2886\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Angry man with laptop\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/different-problem-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Different Problem Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\" aria-label=\"Why do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\">Why do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Imagine you see someone behaving badly at work - maybe doing something ethically questionable or taking their anger out on the trainee or not pulling their weight in a crisis. If you're like most people, you'll attribute that behaviour to some aspect of their character - he's dishonest, she's aggressive, they're lazy and so on - unless you know them ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:59:07+00:00<\/span><span>April 27th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2881\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2881 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-resilience tag-resilience tag-stress tag-stress-at-work tag-stress-management tag-workplace-stress\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet.jpg\" data-id=\"2881\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Tired despair, head on lap top - not used yet\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThree reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\" aria-label=\"Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 psychologist, you're probably anticipating some tips on how to deal with workplace stress. Well, sorry to disappoint, but I actually ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:11:18+00:00<\/span><span>February 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\" aria-label=\"More on Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2876\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2876 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-envy tag-gratitude tag-jealousy-at-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/envy-colleague-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/envy-colleague.jpg\" data-id=\"2876\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"envy-colleague\" data-caption=\"Serious businessmen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\" aria-label=\"Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the final article in my series on emotion at work and this time I'm tackling the one that rarely gets talked about - envy, and its frequent companion, resentment. Whereas feeling anxious or angry is seen as fairly normal at work, envy seems to be more of a shameful secret. After all, if you're envious it means someone ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:22:25+00:00<\/span><span>January 25th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2871\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anger tag-anger-management tag-argument-at-work tag-conflict tag-conflict-at-work tag-dealing-with-an-angry-person tag-disagreement-at-work tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-maturity tag-emotional-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/argument-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/argument.jpg\" data-id=\"2871\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Argument\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\" aria-label=\"Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 it's useful to have strategies for dealing with them, depending on where their anger is directed. 1. Rage against the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:24:29+00:00<\/span><span>December 19th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2865\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2865 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anger tag-anger-management tag-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-fear\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"2865\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\" aria-label=\"Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the second in a short series on emotion at work. Last month I tackled anxiety, this month I'm moving on to anger. I realised while writing this that there's enough to say about handling your own anger at work to fill an article, so I'm saving other people's anger til next time. Anger tends to be the emotion ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:24:44+00:00<\/span><span>November 29th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2732\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2732 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anxiety tag-anxious tag-anxious-colleague tag-breathing tag-coping-with-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-managing-anxiety tag-mindfulness tag-worry\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-3-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-3.jpg\" data-id=\"2732\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Christmas party 3\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\" aria-label=\"Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Wouldn't it be great if work was a place of calm and rationality all the time? Somewhere where you didn't have to deal with messy feelings - yours or anyone else's. In the not too distant future, when we've mostly been replaced by robots, that'll probably be the case, but until then emotions will remain an integral part of work. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:26:07+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2636\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2636 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-making-change-happen tag-aspirations tag-back-to-work tag-goals tag-good-habits tag-habit-formation tag-keeping-on-track tag-motivation tag-new-year tag-new-year-new-you\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/back_to_school1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/back_to_school1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/back_to_school1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\">Back to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/back_to_school1-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2636\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Back_to_school1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBack to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\" aria-label=\"Back to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\">Back to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So here we are in the last days of summer before we revert to 'back to school' normality next week. I've written here before about the idea that for many of us September feels much more like New Year than January does. This is the time when we start afresh. You may come back to work with renewed determination to ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:27:10+00:00<\/span><span>August 30th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\" aria-label=\"More on Back to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2561\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-succession-planning\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2561\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Succession circles jpg\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPassing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you hand on a business you\u2019ve spent years nurturing?\u00a0This is a challenge facing many business owners as they eventually accept that they cannot go on forever. This month I\u2019ve teamed up with Peter Jenner, from William Battle Ltd, who specialises in business succession to compare his process-focused approach with my psychological perspective. Peter has a model which aims ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:27:44+00:00<\/span><span>July 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"More on Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2294\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family-business category-teamwork category-work-with-featured tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-leadership tag-leading tag-management-of-family-business tag-strategy\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-business-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-business.jpg\" data-id=\"2294\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Family business\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBusiness is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/work-with-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Work With Featured<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>First and foremost, family businesses are businesses. Like all organisations they require good leadership. In this article, I'd like to highlight some of the common pitfalls of family business leadership. But first, let's recap what leadership involves.\u00a0In a previous article, I talked about what leaders do based on a leadership model called the Primary Colours\u00ae Model.\u00a0The model identifies the tasks ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:30:53+00:00<\/span><span>June 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"More on Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2199\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2199 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork tag-conflict tag-conflict-at-work tag-conflict-avoidance tag-disagreement-at-work tag-importance-of-conflict\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"2199\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFive strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\" aria-label=\"Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the word 'conflict'? I think for a lot of us, conflict conjures up a particularly bad Eastenders' Christmas - raised voices, harsh words, fists flying, someone trying to calm things down by saying \"Leave it Barry, he\u00a0ain't worth it\". In fact, many of us are so afraid of this kind of conflict ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:28:56+00:00<\/span><span>May 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\" aria-label=\"More on Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2100\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2100 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-lencioni tag-mistrust tag-organisational-politics tag-team-work tag-trust\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2100\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"manager\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCan I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\" aria-label=\"Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I've been thinking a lot about trust lately, partly because I've been working with teams. Trust is the bedrock of team work, but the more I talk and read about it, the more I realise that we're not always talking about the same thing. It's not as straightforward as 'I trust you or I don't'. It's not even about trusting ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:29:39+00:00<\/span><span>April 27th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1930\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1930 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-difference-of-opinion tag-good-listening tag-listening tag-listening-skills tag-valuing-diversity\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"1930\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"listening\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\" aria-label=\"Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How good a listener are you? I was reminded of the importance of good listening recently while attending a talk by a coach who brings real focus and attention to her coaching. Her clients really do get a damn good listening to. I like to think that mine do too, but\u00a0it made me reflect on the times when perhaps I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:31:39+00:00<\/span><span>March 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1867\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1867 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces category-organisations category-teamwork tag-brexit tag-conflict tag-group-think tag-harmony tag-politics tag-politics-at-work tag-religion tag-religion-at-work tag-trump\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding.jpg\" data-id=\"1867\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Scolding\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\" aria-label=\"The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cNever discuss religion or politics\u201d. This sage advice has been around for at least a century. But in these days of Brexit and Trump, politics seems harder and harder to avoid and religion has got wrapped up in it in a way it hasn\u2019t been \u2013 or at least not in the UK \u2013 for decades. So what happens when ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-10T10:01:11+00:00<\/span><span>February 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1680\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-confidence tag-feeling-foolish tag-feeling-stupid tag-inner-critic tag-lack-of-confidence tag-own-worst-enemy tag-perfectionism tag-self-criticism\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\">Dealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"1680\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\" aria-label=\"Dealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\">Dealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How strong is your inner critic? Most of us have a critical voice in our heads at some point but for some people it's relentless and often vicious. People who would never dream of calling someone else a completely useless idiot are often all too willing to apply the label to themselves. I'm not suggesting that self-criticism has no function: ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:47:27+00:00<\/span><span>January 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\" aria-label=\"More on Dealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1521\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1521 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-defensive-pessimism tag-doubt tag-negative-thinking tag-optimists tag-pessimism tag-pessimists tag-positive-thinking tag-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\">Not so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear.jpg\" data-id=\"1521\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"polar-bear\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNot so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\" aria-label=\"Not so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\">Not so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Last month I wrote about the surprising downsides of positive thinking. This month I want to flip that around and consider four\u00a0reasons we might want to change our perspective on negative thinking. 1. You're going to do it anyway Cast your mind back to the last time you were worried about something. If someone had told you to stop worrying ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-10T10:02:27+00:00<\/span><span>December 20th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\" aria-label=\"More on Not so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1265\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1265 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-affirmations tag-dangers-of-positive-thinking tag-goal-setting tag-goals tag-motivation tag-motivational-quotes tag-negative-thinking tag-positive-thinking tag-self-esteem tag-visualise-your-goals tag-you-can-achieve-anything\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/positive-thinking-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\">Think positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/positive-thinking.jpg\" data-id=\"1265\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"\u00a9 Copyright 2012 CorbisCorporation\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\" aria-label=\"Think positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\">Think positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Positive thinking - it's a good thing, right? Whether we're talking about\u00a0a traditional British \"Chin up old chap, look on the bright side\" or a 21st century, social media motivational quote - \"Find a place inside yourself where nothing is impossible\" - it's all, well, positive, isn't it? Well, actually, no; it turns out isn't. Here are three\u00a0examples of positive ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:33:30+00:00<\/span><span>November 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1163\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1163 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-leadership-coaching-featured category-opinion-pieces tag-conflict tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-maturity tag-emotional-resilience tag-empathy tag-leadership tag-nice-leader tag-toxic-leadership\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1.jpg\" data-id=\"1163\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blog photo interview\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCan you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-coaching-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Coaching Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\" aria-label=\"Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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\u00a0to the title. I know a number of nice, decent, successful CEOs, MDs and other leaders in senior positions and was primed\u00a0to leap to their defence. Were they suggesting hiring ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:54:02+00:00<\/span><span>October 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-1051\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1051 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking tag-business tag-business-psychologist tag-counselling tag-experience tag-psychologist tag-psychology tag-stigma tag-taboo\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist.jpg\" data-id=\"1051\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"psychologist\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\" aria-label=\"&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Maybe you should see a psychologist\". Has anyone ever suggested this to you? If they did, would you see it as a positive suggestion or would you be affronted, as if they were implying that all was not right in your head? It's tricky, isn't it? A bit of a taboo subject. Recently, \u00a0I've had a few conversations with people ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:55:07+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\" aria-label=\"More on &#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-965\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-965 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-research-snippets tag-artificial-intelligence tag-attractiveness tag-conservative tag-disgust tag-email tag-futurology tag-liberal tag-photos tag-politics tag-psychological-research tag-research tag-robots\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/laptop-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\">Psychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/laptop.jpg\" data-id=\"965\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"laptop\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPsychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\" aria-label=\"Psychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\">Psychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It\u2019s August. You\u2019re probably on holiday or wishing you were. In the press, this is the season where traditionally the quirkier stories get an airing, so I thought I\u2019d do the same here. These are the four most interesting bits of psychological research or thinking that I\u2019ve seen in the last few months: 1. How quickly should you answer emails? ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:55:39+00:00<\/span><span>August 25th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\" aria-label=\"More on Psychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-748\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-748 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-board-of-directors tag-company-effectiveness tag-corporate-governance tag-female-leaders tag-gender-blind tag-hillary-clinton tag-merkel tag-politics tag-theresa-may tag-women tag-women-leaders\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/merkel-may-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/merkel-may.jpg\" data-id=\"748\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Merkel &amp; May\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Well isn't this interesting - women are taking over the world. We have a female Prime Minister, the most powerful politician in Europe is a woman and I can't be the only one fervently hoping that the next US president is a woman because the alternative is too ghastly to contemplate. But will things be any\u00a0different? Do women bring different ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:56:30+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"More on The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-736\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-736 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces tag-brexit tag-in-groups tag-inclusivity tag-personality tag-tolerance tag-tribes tag-values\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk-320x202.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk-700x441.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\">The psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk.png\" data-id=\"736\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"UK\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\" aria-label=\"The psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\">The psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I didn't really want to write a BREXIT blog, but my blogging deadline was upon me and it really is the only subject in town. Everything else feels irrelevant. And surely psychology has something to say about the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves in. In fact, psychology adds multiple perspectives, as these thoughtful analyses from the British Psychological Society demonstrate. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:57:50+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\" aria-label=\"More on The psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-689\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-689 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-influence category-investors-and-advisers-featured category-teamwork tag-change-motivation-motivational-interviewing-resistance-to-change-advice-stubborn-professional-adviser\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stubborn-horse-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stubborn-horse.jpg\" data-id=\"689\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Stubborn horse\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/investors-and-advisers-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Investors and Advisers Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\" aria-label=\"You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you persuade people to change? Maybe you have a colleague or a client who stubbornly refuses to do the one thing that everyone else can see would be in their best interests \u2013 the overloaded manager who won't delegate, the blundering leader who really needs coaching but sees it as a navel-gazing waste of time; the 60-something family ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:36:03+00:00<\/span><span>May 26th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\" aria-label=\"More on You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-680\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership tag-anxiety tag-childhood-issues-in-adulthood tag-insight tag-irrational-fear tag-overcoming-anxiety\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny-steps-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny-steps.jpg\" data-id=\"680\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Tiny steps\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\" aria-label=\"Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you make progress with those day-to-day anxieties that hold you back in life and at work? I\u2019m thinking of those fears that seem irrational when you try to explain them to others but which can exert a great hold over you. Most of us have some niggling worries, but some people have more than their fair share to ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:34:08+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\" aria-label=\"More on Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-633\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-633 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-favourite category-opinion-pieces tag-21st-century-work tag-competence tag-enthusiasm tag-find-your-passion tag-passion tag-recruitment\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/passion-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\">Are you passionate about your work? Well stop it!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/passion.jpg\" data-id=\"633\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Passion\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you passionate about your work? Well stop it!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/favourite\/\" rel=\"tag\">Favourite<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\" aria-label=\"Are you passionate about your work? Well stop it!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\">Are you passionate about your work? Well stop it!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Once upon a time, passion for\u00a0work was limited to artists and fire-brand politicians. But in today\u2019s workplace, it\u00a0seems to be all the rage. LinkedIn is full of people who are passionate about everything from customer service to quantity surveying and even embroidery. And employers seem to want people who are passionate about a type of work, a product or brand ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:43:23+00:00<\/span><span>February 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on Are you passionate about your work? Well stop it!\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-622\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-622 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-research-snippets tag-implicit-association-test tag-meditation tag-mindfulness tag-neurobollocks tag-neuroleadership tag-neuroscience tag-unconscious-bias tag-unconscious-bias-testing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/neuroleader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">Three management fads to be wary of in 2016<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/neuroleader.jpg\" data-id=\"622\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Neuroleader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThree management fads to be wary of in 2016\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\" aria-label=\"Three management fads to be wary of in 2016\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">Three management fads to be wary of in 2016<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So we\u2019re well into the New Year, your feet are back under the desk, Christmas is a distant memory and maybe you\u2019re thinking about things you might do differently at work in 2016. There\u2019ll be no shortage of people to advise you on exciting new approaches you might want to try but how do you know what works? Well here ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:44:04+00:00<\/span><span>January 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\" aria-label=\"More on Three management fads to be wary of in 2016\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-621\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-621 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/panic-image-300x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\">Crisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/panic-image.jpg\" data-id=\"621\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"PANIC and ANXIEY\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCrisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\" aria-label=\"Crisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\">Crisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What are you like in a crisis?\u00a0I don't mean the life or death, split-second decision type crises that we all hope we'll never face - escaping a burning building, being taken hostage by terrorists or other stuff of nightmares. None of us really knows how we'd react in those situations and, if we're lucky, we never find out. I'm thinking ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:50:55+00:00<\/span><span>November 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\" aria-label=\"More on Crisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-620\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-620 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-leadership category-organisations tag-assessment tag-business tag-complexity tag-intelligence tag-vuca\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military.jpg\" data-id=\"620\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"US military\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\" aria-label=\"VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Don\u2019t worry, this isn\u2019t another one of those articles suggesting that you need the camaraderie and grit of the marines as you lead your team through another gruelling week servicing the nation\u2019s photocopiers or whatever it is you do for a living. This military lesson isn\u2019t really about people at all. It\u2019s about a way of thinking about situations. Developed ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:51:45+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\" aria-label=\"More on VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-619\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-619 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-influence category-leadership tag-influence tag-leadership tag-power\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/power-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/power.jpg\" data-id=\"619\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Power\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\" aria-label=\"Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you feel about power?\u00a0Is it something you crave or something which makes you feel uncomfortable? And how powerful do you actually feel as a person? I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about power recently while working with some senior leaders. In particular, I\u2019m interested in the match \u2013 or mismatch \u2013 between the power people get from their roles ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:52:50+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\" aria-label=\"More on Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-618\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-618 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-organisations tag-nightmare-job tag-poisoned-chalice tag-turning-around-underperformance tag-underperformance tag-underperforming-team\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/chalice-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/chalice.jpg\" data-id=\"618\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Chalice\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\" aria-label=\"What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Have you ever been given a fabulous career opportunity that didn't turn out to be quite such an unalloyed joy after all? In the last month or so, I've worked with five different people - some in medium-sized businesses, some in multi-national corporations - whose exciting new jobs turned out to be something of a poisoned chalice. It seemed worth ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:48:31+00:00<\/span><span>August 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\" aria-label=\"More on What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-617\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-617 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-breadth-of-thinking tag-curiosity tag-depth tag-strategic-thinking tag-technical-specialist\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-depth-or-breadth-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-depth-or-breadth.jpg\" data-id=\"617\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decision - depth or breadth\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\" aria-label=\"Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Many organisations spend a lot of time and money identifying and developing \u2018high potential\u2019 employees. This is understandable \u2013 at least some of them are likely to be future leaders of the business. But what about everyone else? Don\u2019t they deserve the chance to fulfil their potential too? Maybe it\u2019s time we stopped looking for \u2018people with potential\u2019 and started ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:57:23+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\" aria-label=\"More on Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-616\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-616 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-organisations tag-assessment tag-board-effectiveness tag-experience tag-leadership tag-neds tag-non-executive-directors tag-selection\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ned-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ned.jpg\" data-id=\"616\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"NED\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNeed a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\" aria-label=\"Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A good non-exec director can do wonders for an SME,\u00a0bringing experience and a different perspective, acting as a sounding board and challenging the exec team to ensure they focus on the right stuff: the important not the urgent, the long-term strategy, good corporate governance and so on. And yet companies don\u2019t always seem to get non-exec appointments right. I want ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:34:54+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\" aria-label=\"More on Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-615\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-615 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-business-advisers category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-experience-assessment-management-leadership-coaching-mentoring\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts.jpg\" data-id=\"615\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"t shirts\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeen there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How much do you need to know about someone else\u2019s job to have a say in it? Do you have to have done the job yourself to know whether they\u2019re doing it properly? Common sense would suggest not \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be a trained chef to recognise a badly cooked meal, for example. Yet a lot of people, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:35:23+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"More on Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-614\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-614 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-intelligence-experience-assessment-complexity-recruitment\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/graduate-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/graduate.jpg\" data-id=\"614\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Graduate\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExperience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\" aria-label=\"Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Which matters more when you're hiring someone for a senior job - intelligence or experience? You may be thinking, 'it's obvious, go for the experience'. On the other hand, you may be thinking, 'it's obvious, go for the brains'. Which one you favour tends to reflect your own biases rather than any universal truth. Ideally, of course, you'd want both, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T15:55:20+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\" aria-label=\"More on Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-613\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-613 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-leadership-assessment-featured tag-assessment tag-psychological-profiling tag-psychometric-testing tag-psychometrics tag-recruitment tag-senior-executive-jobs\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\">Unravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist.jpg\" data-id=\"613\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"psychologist\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUnravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-assessment-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Assessment Featured<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\" aria-label=\"Unravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\">Unravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>As a business psychologist, one of my main activities is in-depth psychological profiling of people. It\u2019s not the only thing I do but it\u2019s certainly a big part of my job. What I\u2019ve realised when I talk to people, however, is that they don\u2019t really understand what I mean by it. So this month I thought I\u2019d go back to ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:10:15+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\" aria-label=\"More on Unravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-612\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-612 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-mindfulness-meditation-focus-concentration-emotional-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\">One simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet-1.jpg\" data-id=\"612\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOne simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\" aria-label=\"One simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\">One simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>If I offered you a pill that had no side effects and promised to make you less stressed, more focused and less emotionally-reactive would you take it? Almost certainly, you would; you\u2019d be a fool not to. And if it could also help you sleep better, improve your memory and concentration and might even help ward off dementia, you\u2019d probably ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:30:01+00:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\" aria-label=\"More on One simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-611\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-611 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-organisations\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish-tank-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish-tank-1.jpg\" data-id=\"611\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Fish tank 1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLife in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\" aria-label=\"Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you advise businesses or other organisations for a living? Maybe you're a lawyer or an accountant, a management consultant or a non-exec director. Then this blog is for you. I want you to imagine an organisation as a fish tank.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter whether it\u2019s a very small tank with just a few fish in it or a huge ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:12:08+00:00<\/span><span>January 28th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\" aria-label=\"More on Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-610\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-610 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-research-snippets\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-in-glasses-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\">The 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-in-glasses.jpg\" data-id=\"610\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Woman in glasses\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\" aria-label=\"The 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\">The 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It\u2019s that time of year for annual roundups and reviews of the highlights of the year, so here are 7 of my favourite random bits of psychology from 2014, including when bankers cheat, the nasty side of niceness, the unexpected effect of women handling men\u2019s underpants and why Brummies should consider relocating to Tel Aviv\u2026\u2026\u2026 1. How to appear more ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:05:22+00:00<\/span><span>December 18th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\" aria-label=\"More on The 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-609\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-brain-training tag-creative-thinking tag-creativity tag-ideas tag-ideas-generation tag-inspiration tag-kick-start-your-ideas\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/confused-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\">Lacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/confused.jpg\" data-id=\"609\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Man Scratching Head\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\" aria-label=\"Lacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\">Lacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you ever find yourself lacking in inspiration, trying to solve a problem or make sense of a situation but coming up with nothing? I think it\u2019s a fairly common experience and one I faced when I realised I\u2019d need to write a blog for November and had absolutely no ideas \u2013 until it occurred to me to write about ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:13:35+00:00<\/span><span>November 27th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\" aria-label=\"More on Lacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-608\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-608 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-making-change-happen tag-project-management-operational-management-goals-targets-deadlines-motivation\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocks-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocks.jpg\" data-id=\"608\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"clocks\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTargets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\" aria-label=\"Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Which motivates you more \u2013 targets or deadlines? That may sound like an odd question. They\u2019re both about meeting some kind of goal in a certain time frame, after all. Well yes, but in my experience people tend to focus on one or the other and this has a profound impact on the way they work. People who focus on ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:13:57+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\" aria-label=\"More on Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-607\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z.jpg\" data-id=\"607\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"124254849_753e039501_z\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToo much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>No one likes a show off, right? We can all think of people who constantly bang on about how brilliant they are and what they\u2019ve achieved this month. People who make sure you know what their house is worth or tell you the detailed spec of their high end car and so on and so on. It grates and, frankly, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:18:56+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"More on Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-606\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-606 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-making-change-happen\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-year-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-year-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-year-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\">Happy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-year-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"606\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"New Year\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHappy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\" aria-label=\"Happy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\">Happy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I don\u2019t know about you but I always associate autumn with new beginnings.\u00a0All those years of back-to-school shoe shopping, shiny new pencil cases and adjusting to a new form teacher ingrained the idea that September is when the new year begins. Even as an adult, September is the time you\u2019re most likely to start learning French, sign up for a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:26:00+00:00<\/span><span>August 26th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\" aria-label=\"More on Happy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-605\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-605 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-family-business category-organisations category-teamwork tag-family-dynamics-family-business-annoying-colleagues-emotional-intelligence-group-dynamics\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling.jpg\" data-id=\"605\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boys arm wrestling\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Is there someone at work who really drives you nuts? Not just the usual workplace niggles but someone who really gets under your skin? Someone with whom it feels personal? Well maybe it is. Perhaps it all started with your family. That person may remind you of some you grew up with and you just haven\u2019t noticed. Many workplaces take ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:31:51+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"More on Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-604\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-emotional-intelligence-conflict-disagreement-at-work-emotional-maturity\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"604\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\" aria-label=\"How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think for a moment about a time when you disagreed strongly with a colleague. What was it like? How did you feel? What did you do? I\u2019m thinking particularly about those situations where you can\u2019t \u2018agree to disagree\u2019; you have to come up with an agreed course of action. These situations tend to occur most in your family life and ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:32:34+00:00<\/span><span>April 29th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-603\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-603 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-influence tag-leadership tag-leading tag-primary-colours-model tag-recruitment tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategy\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader.jpg\" data-id=\"603\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSo you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\" aria-label=\"So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Much has been written about leadership and leaders. Are they born or made? Can you teach leadership? What are the characteristics of a great leader? And so on and so on. What is frequently omitted, however, is the question \u2018What does a leader actually do?\u2019. What is the job of leadership? It\u2019s as though we think the answer is obvious, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-10-14T10:46:23+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\" aria-label=\"More on So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-602\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-602 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-opinion-pieces tag-assessment tag-co-op tag-paul-flowers tag-psychometric-testing tag-psychometrics\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">Did psychologists bring down a bank?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"602\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDid psychologists bring down a bank?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\" aria-label=\"Did psychologists bring down a bank?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">Did psychologists bring down a bank?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>If you\u2019ve read the business pages of the papers recently, you might begin to believe that people like me, with our dangerous voodoo magic, at least indirectly caused the demise of the Co-op Bank. It follows revelations at a Treasury select committee hearing that \u2013 shockingly, it would seem \u2013 some (unspecified) form of psychometric testing was used in the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-25T15:40:13+00:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\" aria-label=\"More on Did psychologists bring down a bank?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-601\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-601 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-making-change-happen tag-distraction tag-focus tag-interruptions tag-multi-tasking tag-neuroscience tag-time-management\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/january-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\">How do you focus on the stuff that matters?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/january.jpg\" data-id=\"601\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_3055\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you focus on the stuff that matters?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\" aria-label=\"How do you focus on the stuff that matters?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\">How do you focus on the stuff that matters?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think back a month. A new year was about to start, you\u2019d probably had at least a week away from work and maybe that had given you a sense of perspective. Perhaps you didn\u2019t think about work at all, as you spent time on other things that matter in your life. Or maybe you got a different angle on some ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:17:53+00:00<\/span><span>January 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you focus on the stuff that matters?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-600\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-600 post type-post status-publish format-aside has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking post_format-post-format-aside\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-dillie-2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-dillie-2.jpg\" data-id=\"600\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Christmas party Dillie 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\" aria-label=\"Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In last month\u2019s blog, I discussed the \u2018shadow side\u2019 of personality, i.e. those bits of ourselves which we normally keep hidden but which emerge when we\u2019re too stressed, tired or drunk to keep up a polite fa\u00e7ade any longer. I described three broad trends \u2013 under pressure some of us move towards others, some move away from others and some ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:38:58+00:00<\/span><span>December 18th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\" aria-label=\"More on Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-599\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-599 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment tag-corporate-psychopath tag-dark-side tag-hogan tag-office-politics tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-shadow-side\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/shadow-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\">Can psychology predict who will go off the rails?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/shadow.jpg\" data-id=\"599\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"shadow\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCan psychology predict who will go off the rails?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\" aria-label=\"Can psychology predict who will go off the rails?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\">Can psychology predict who will go off the rails?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So the former chairman of the UK\u2019s leading ethical bank has been revealed as having an illegal drug habit and a colourful private life not entirely in-keeping with his image as an upstanding member of the community and man of the church. Naturally questions have been asked about just what kind of assessment or vetting process the Co-Op and the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:19:53+00:00<\/span><span>November 22nd, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can psychology predict who will go off the rails?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-598\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-598 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential tag-feedback tag-get-to-the-top tag-leadership tag-self-awareness tag-strengths-and-weaknesses\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boardroom-2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\">What does it take to get to the top in business?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boardroom-2.jpg\" data-id=\"598\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boardroom 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat does it take to get to the top in business?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\" aria-label=\"What does it take to get to the top in business?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\">What does it take to get to the top in business?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Yesterday I was asked what it takes to reach the boardroom. It's not an unusual question to ask a business psychologist and when I coach on leadership programmes it's the background noise to most discussion. But it's not often I get asked by the Financial Times* and it led to an interesting conversation. What are senior leaders like? We started ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:20:46+00:00<\/span><span>September 28th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\" aria-label=\"More on What does it take to get to the top in business?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-597\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-597 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-gradual-improvement tag-learning tag-learning-styles tag-practice tag-quick-insight\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/books-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/books.jpg\" data-id=\"597\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_7470\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\" aria-label=\"Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How quickly do you learn? Are you one of those people who picks things up with ease? Feel slightly smug in training courses? Don\u2019t need anything explaining twice? Well here\u2019s a way of thinking about learning that might give you pause for thought. From my favourite assessment measure, the Cognitive Process Profile (CPP), comes the distinction between \u2018Quick Insight\u2019 and ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-15T12:04:11+00:00<\/span><span>August 28th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-596\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-596 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-complexity tag-decision-making tag-intuition tag-judgement tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategic-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">The importance of managerial judgement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety.jpg\" data-id=\"596\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Courage-anxiety\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe importance of managerial judgement\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\" aria-label=\"The importance of managerial judgement\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">The importance of managerial judgement<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my last blog post, I looked at how you can tell whether someone has the intellectual firepower to cope with a senior job. This is incredibly important but it's just the start. In situations where there is no 'right answer', people need to exercise judgement and a surprising number of people find this difficult. Good judgement pre-supposes that you've ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:32:36+00:00<\/span><span>July 11th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\" aria-label=\"More on The importance of managerial judgement\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-595\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-595 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-cognitive-process-profile tag-complexity tag-intelligence tag-recruitment tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategic-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">How do you know if someone is up to the job?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2.jpg\" data-id=\"595\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Team of Young Business Executives\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you know if someone is up to the job?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\" aria-label=\"How do you know if someone is up to the job?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">How do you know if someone is up to the job?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>You\u2019ve got a vacancy for senior position. It\u2019s critical you get the right person. You\u2019ve got a range of qualified, experienced candidates to choose from. How do you know which ones are up to the job? I don\u2019t mean here \u2018Will they take on the responsibility?\u2019 or \u2018Can they handle the pressure?\u2019. These are important factors and will be the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:33:19+00:00<\/span><span>June 13th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you know if someone is up to the job?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-594\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking tag-cognitive-bias tag-gut-feeling tag-implicit-association-test tag-prejudice tag-stereotypes\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1.jpg\" data-id=\"594\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blog photo interview\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\" aria-label=\"Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>When you\u2019re hiring staff, how quickly do you make up your mind? Are you one of those managers who prides themselves on knowing the minute someone steps through the door whether they\u2019re right for you? You get that \u2018gut feeling\u2019, you just know? Well here are some scientifically-grounded reasons why you might want to rethink your reliance on gut feeling. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:39:08+00:00<\/span><span>August 8th, 2012<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-2 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"assessment\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-2-post-4359\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4359 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership category-uncategorized tag-culture tag-hiring-remotely tag-new-job tag-recruiting-remotely tag-remote-on-boarding tag-remote-onboarding tag-remote-recruitment tag-remote-working tag-starting-a-new-job-at-home tag-starting-a-new-job-remotely tag-starting-work-remotely tag-unconscious-bias tag-working-from-home tag-working-from-home-in-a-new-job\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Working from home\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469.jpg\" data-id=\"4359\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Woman working from home\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We\u2019re nearly a year into the pandemic and, for many of us, life goes on. I'm working with companies who are recruiting and coaching a couple of people who\u2019ve started new leadership positions during lockdown. But starting a new job is different now. \u00a0This month I want to focus what's missing when people start new jobs in a pandemic. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-02-14T16:08:31+00:00<\/span><span>February 13th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"More on Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-2933\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2933 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-business tag-decision-making tag-delegation-skills tag-experts tag-judgement tag-leaders tag-leadership-skills tag-learning tag-management-skills tag-promotion tag-stereotypes tag-technical-specialist tag-workplace-myths\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician.jpg\" data-id=\"2933\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Technician\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first in a series on workplace myths, many of which are based on stereotypes - soft female leaders, socially awkward geeks, psychologists obsessed with feelings. Like most stereotypes, there's generally a grain of truth in them. There's a reason we talk about German efficiency and Italian style, not the other way round. But stereotypes don't apply in ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:37:34+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-620\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-620 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-leadership category-organisations tag-assessment tag-business tag-complexity tag-intelligence tag-vuca\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military.jpg\" data-id=\"620\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"US military\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\" aria-label=\"VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Don\u2019t worry, this isn\u2019t another one of those articles suggesting that you need the camaraderie and grit of the marines as you lead your team through another gruelling week servicing the nation\u2019s photocopiers or whatever it is you do for a living. This military lesson isn\u2019t really about people at all. It\u2019s about a way of thinking about situations. Developed ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:51:45+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\" aria-label=\"More on VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-617\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-617 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-breadth-of-thinking tag-curiosity tag-depth tag-strategic-thinking tag-technical-specialist\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-depth-or-breadth-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-depth-or-breadth.jpg\" data-id=\"617\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decision - depth or breadth\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\" aria-label=\"Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Many organisations spend a lot of time and money identifying and developing \u2018high potential\u2019 employees. This is understandable \u2013 at least some of them are likely to be future leaders of the business. But what about everyone else? Don\u2019t they deserve the chance to fulfil their potential too? Maybe it\u2019s time we stopped looking for \u2018people with potential\u2019 and started ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:57:23+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\" aria-label=\"More on Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-615\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-615 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-business-advisers category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-experience-assessment-management-leadership-coaching-mentoring\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts.jpg\" data-id=\"615\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"t shirts\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeen there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How much do you need to know about someone else\u2019s job to have a say in it? Do you have to have done the job yourself to know whether they\u2019re doing it properly? Common sense would suggest not \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be a trained chef to recognise a badly cooked meal, for example. Yet a lot of people, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:35:23+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"More on Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-614\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-614 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-intelligence-experience-assessment-complexity-recruitment\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/graduate-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/graduate.jpg\" data-id=\"614\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Graduate\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExperience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\" aria-label=\"Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Which matters more when you're hiring someone for a senior job - intelligence or experience? You may be thinking, 'it's obvious, go for the experience'. On the other hand, you may be thinking, 'it's obvious, go for the brains'. Which one you favour tends to reflect your own biases rather than any universal truth. Ideally, of course, you'd want both, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T15:55:20+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\" aria-label=\"More on Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-613\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-613 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-leadership-assessment-featured tag-assessment tag-psychological-profiling tag-psychometric-testing tag-psychometrics tag-recruitment tag-senior-executive-jobs\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\">Unravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist.jpg\" data-id=\"613\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"psychologist\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUnravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-assessment-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Assessment Featured<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\" aria-label=\"Unravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\">Unravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>As a business psychologist, one of my main activities is in-depth psychological profiling of people. It\u2019s not the only thing I do but it\u2019s certainly a big part of my job. What I\u2019ve realised when I talk to people, however, is that they don\u2019t really understand what I mean by it. So this month I thought I\u2019d go back to ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:10:15+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-mysteries-of-psychological-profiling\/\" aria-label=\"More on Unravelling the mysteries of in-depth psychological profiling\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-607\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z.jpg\" data-id=\"607\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"124254849_753e039501_z\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToo much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>No one likes a show off, right? We can all think of people who constantly bang on about how brilliant they are and what they\u2019ve achieved this month. People who make sure you know what their house is worth or tell you the detailed spec of their high end car and so on and so on. It grates and, frankly, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:18:56+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"More on Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-602\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-602 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-opinion-pieces tag-assessment tag-co-op tag-paul-flowers tag-psychometric-testing tag-psychometrics\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">Did psychologists bring down a bank?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"602\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDid psychologists bring down a bank?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\" aria-label=\"Did psychologists bring down a bank?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">Did psychologists bring down a bank?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>If you\u2019ve read the business pages of the papers recently, you might begin to believe that people like me, with our dangerous voodoo magic, at least indirectly caused the demise of the Co-op Bank. It follows revelations at a Treasury select committee hearing that \u2013 shockingly, it would seem \u2013 some (unspecified) form of psychometric testing was used in the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-25T15:40:13+00:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\" aria-label=\"More on Did psychologists bring down a bank?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-600\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-600 post type-post status-publish format-aside has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking post_format-post-format-aside\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-dillie-2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-dillie-2.jpg\" data-id=\"600\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Christmas party Dillie 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\" aria-label=\"Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In last month\u2019s blog, I discussed the \u2018shadow side\u2019 of personality, i.e. those bits of ourselves which we normally keep hidden but which emerge when we\u2019re too stressed, tired or drunk to keep up a polite fa\u00e7ade any longer. I described three broad trends \u2013 under pressure some of us move towards others, some move away from others and some ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:38:58+00:00<\/span><span>December 18th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\" aria-label=\"More on Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-599\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-599 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment tag-corporate-psychopath tag-dark-side tag-hogan tag-office-politics tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-shadow-side\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/shadow-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\">Can psychology predict who will go off the rails?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/shadow.jpg\" data-id=\"599\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"shadow\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCan psychology predict who will go off the rails?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\" aria-label=\"Can psychology predict who will go off the rails?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\">Can psychology predict who will go off the rails?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So the former chairman of the UK\u2019s leading ethical bank has been revealed as having an illegal drug habit and a colourful private life not entirely in-keeping with his image as an upstanding member of the community and man of the church. Naturally questions have been asked about just what kind of assessment or vetting process the Co-Op and the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:19:53+00:00<\/span><span>November 22nd, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-psychology-predict-who-will-go-off-the-rails\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can psychology predict who will go off the rails?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-597\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-597 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-gradual-improvement tag-learning tag-learning-styles tag-practice tag-quick-insight\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/books-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/books.jpg\" data-id=\"597\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_7470\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\" aria-label=\"Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How quickly do you learn? Are you one of those people who picks things up with ease? Feel slightly smug in training courses? Don\u2019t need anything explaining twice? Well here\u2019s a way of thinking about learning that might give you pause for thought. From my favourite assessment measure, the Cognitive Process Profile (CPP), comes the distinction between \u2018Quick Insight\u2019 and ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-15T12:04:11+00:00<\/span><span>August 28th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-596\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-596 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-complexity tag-decision-making tag-intuition tag-judgement tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategic-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">The importance of managerial judgement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety.jpg\" data-id=\"596\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Courage-anxiety\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe importance of managerial judgement\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\" aria-label=\"The importance of managerial judgement\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">The importance of managerial judgement<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my last blog post, I looked at how you can tell whether someone has the intellectual firepower to cope with a senior job. This is incredibly important but it's just the start. In situations where there is no 'right answer', people need to exercise judgement and a surprising number of people find this difficult. Good judgement pre-supposes that you've ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:32:36+00:00<\/span><span>July 11th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\" aria-label=\"More on The importance of managerial judgement\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-595\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-595 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-cognitive-process-profile tag-complexity tag-intelligence tag-recruitment tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategic-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">How do you know if someone is up to the job?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2.jpg\" data-id=\"595\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Team of Young Business Executives\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you know if someone is up to the job?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\" aria-label=\"How do you know if someone is up to the job?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">How do you know if someone is up to the job?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>You\u2019ve got a vacancy for senior position. It\u2019s critical you get the right person. You\u2019ve got a range of qualified, experienced candidates to choose from. How do you know which ones are up to the job? I don\u2019t mean here \u2018Will they take on the responsibility?\u2019 or \u2018Can they handle the pressure?\u2019. These are important factors and will be the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:33:19+00:00<\/span><span>June 13th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you know if someone is up to the job?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-594\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking tag-cognitive-bias tag-gut-feeling tag-implicit-association-test tag-prejudice tag-stereotypes\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1.jpg\" data-id=\"594\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blog photo interview\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\" aria-label=\"Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>When you\u2019re hiring staff, how quickly do you make up your mind? Are you one of those managers who prides themselves on knowing the minute someone steps through the door whether they\u2019re right for you? You get that \u2018gut feeling\u2019, you just know? Well here are some scientifically-grounded reasons why you might want to rethink your reliance on gut feeling. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:39:08+00:00<\/span><span>August 8th, 2012<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-3 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"business-advisers\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-3-post-4466\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4466 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-teamwork tag-business tag-certainty tag-complexity tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-decision-making tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-team tag-leadership-teams tag-leading tag-perfectionism tag-slt tag-smt tag-strategic-leadership tag-strategic-thinking tag-strategy tag-team-work tag-uncertainty\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman in wilderness sitting on a car bonnet looking at a map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.jpg\" data-id=\"4466\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"map\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my 25 years as a business psychologist, I've worked with a lot of businesses, particularly mid-sized companies, and it's surprising just how few of them have a decent strategy. By 'a decent strategy' I mean that the business knows where it's going and how it's going to get there. \"We want to double in size in the next five ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-12-12T13:35:34+00:00<\/span><span>December 12th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-4441\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-climate tag-climate-breakdown tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-and-business tag-climate-coaching tag-climate-emergency tag-climate-leadership tag-coaching tag-environment tag-ethical-leadership tag-executive-coaching tag-leadership tag-nature tag-whats-climate-change-got-to-do-with-business\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4441\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In November I wrote the first of a two-part series looking at the climate crisis in a work context. It explored the psychological barriers that stop us even thinking about the subject and ended with a promise that next time I'd explore what we should actually do. It's taken me four months to reach the conclusion that I don't know. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-04-22T11:49:06+00:00<\/span><span>March 29th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-4432\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4432 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-climate tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-denial tag-how-to-face-up-to-climate-change tag-what-can-business-do-about-climate-change tag-what-can-we-do-about-climate-change tag-why-cant-we-think-about-climate-change\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4432\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first of a two part series on the key topic of our age, the climate crisis. Specifically, looking at it in the context of work.\u00a0 Your immediate reaction might be \"Really, do I have to? It's bad enough when it's on the news and I have got quite a lot on right now\". I get it. I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-11-23T12:50:33+00:00<\/span><span>November 23rd, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-4410\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4410 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-influence tag-advisers tag-business-adviser tag-consultancy tag-internal-consultancy tag-internal-consultant tag-level-of-involvement tag-rules-of-engagement tag-scoping-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man.jpg\" data-id=\"4410\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"drowning man\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How involved should you get in work which is not your sole responsibility? It sounds like a straightforward question, but actually it can be quite tricky to work out. I've been thinking about this lately while coaching a client I'll call Brian. Brian is a very senior manager in a large and complex organisation, who has just taken on a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-25T15:23:15+00:00<\/span><span>May 27th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"More on In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-2897\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2897 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-influence category-teamwork tag-business-case tag-cialdini tag-cognitive-bias tag-influence tag-influential tag-persuasion tag-psychology tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/men-shaking-hands-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/men-shaking-hands.jpg\" data-id=\"2897\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"men shaking hands\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\" aria-label=\"The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm sure most of us would like to be more influential.\u00a0 You probably won't be surprised to hear that understanding a bit of psychology can help. Ultimately, influence is all about decision-making. You want someone to decide to do what you want them to do. What psychological research tells us is that decision-making is such hard work that our brains ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:57:56+00:00<\/span><span>May 29th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\" aria-label=\"More on The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-2561\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-succession-planning\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2561\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Succession circles jpg\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPassing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you hand on a business you\u2019ve spent years nurturing?\u00a0This is a challenge facing many business owners as they eventually accept that they cannot go on forever. This month I\u2019ve teamed up with Peter Jenner, from William Battle Ltd, who specialises in business succession to compare his process-focused approach with my psychological perspective. Peter has a model which aims ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:27:44+00:00<\/span><span>July 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"More on Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-1051\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1051 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking tag-business tag-business-psychologist tag-counselling tag-experience tag-psychologist tag-psychology tag-stigma tag-taboo\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist.jpg\" data-id=\"1051\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"psychologist\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\" aria-label=\"&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Maybe you should see a psychologist\". Has anyone ever suggested this to you? If they did, would you see it as a positive suggestion or would you be affronted, as if they were implying that all was not right in your head? It's tricky, isn't it? A bit of a taboo subject. Recently, \u00a0I've had a few conversations with people ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:55:07+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\" aria-label=\"More on &#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-689\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-689 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-influence category-investors-and-advisers-featured category-teamwork tag-change-motivation-motivational-interviewing-resistance-to-change-advice-stubborn-professional-adviser\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stubborn-horse-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stubborn-horse.jpg\" data-id=\"689\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Stubborn horse\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/investors-and-advisers-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Investors and Advisers Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\" aria-label=\"You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you persuade people to change? Maybe you have a colleague or a client who stubbornly refuses to do the one thing that everyone else can see would be in their best interests \u2013 the overloaded manager who won't delegate, the blundering leader who really needs coaching but sees it as a navel-gazing waste of time; the 60-something family ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:36:03+00:00<\/span><span>May 26th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\" aria-label=\"More on You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-616\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-616 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-organisations tag-assessment tag-board-effectiveness tag-experience tag-leadership tag-neds tag-non-executive-directors tag-selection\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ned-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">Need a NED? 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How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A good non-exec director can do wonders for an SME,\u00a0bringing experience and a different perspective, acting as a sounding board and challenging the exec team to ensure they focus on the right stuff: the important not the urgent, the long-term strategy, good corporate governance and so on. And yet companies don\u2019t always seem to get non-exec appointments right. I want ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:34:54+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\" aria-label=\"More on Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-615\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-615 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-business-advisers category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-experience-assessment-management-leadership-coaching-mentoring\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts.jpg\" data-id=\"615\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"t shirts\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeen there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How much do you need to know about someone else\u2019s job to have a say in it? Do you have to have done the job yourself to know whether they\u2019re doing it properly? Common sense would suggest not \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be a trained chef to recognise a badly cooked meal, for example. Yet a lot of people, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:35:23+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"More on Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-3-post-611\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-611 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-organisations\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish-tank-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish-tank-1.jpg\" data-id=\"611\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Fish tank 1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLife in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\" aria-label=\"Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you advise businesses or other organisations for a living? Maybe you're a lawyer or an accountant, a management consultant or a non-exec director. Then this blog is for you. I want you to imagine an organisation as a fish tank.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter whether it\u2019s a very small tank with just a few fish in it or a huge ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:12:08+00:00<\/span><span>January 28th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\" aria-label=\"More on Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-4 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"coaching\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-4-post-4410\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4410 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-influence tag-advisers tag-business-adviser tag-consultancy tag-internal-consultancy tag-internal-consultant tag-level-of-involvement tag-rules-of-engagement tag-scoping-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man.jpg\" data-id=\"4410\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"drowning man\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How involved should you get in work which is not your sole responsibility? It sounds like a straightforward question, but actually it can be quite tricky to work out. I've been thinking about this lately while coaching a client I'll call Brian. Brian is a very senior manager in a large and complex organisation, who has just taken on a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-25T15:23:15+00:00<\/span><span>May 27th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"More on In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-4359\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4359 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership category-uncategorized tag-culture tag-hiring-remotely tag-new-job tag-recruiting-remotely tag-remote-on-boarding tag-remote-onboarding tag-remote-recruitment tag-remote-working tag-starting-a-new-job-at-home tag-starting-a-new-job-remotely tag-starting-work-remotely tag-unconscious-bias tag-working-from-home tag-working-from-home-in-a-new-job\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Working from home\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469.jpg\" data-id=\"4359\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Woman working from home\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We\u2019re nearly a year into the pandemic and, for many of us, life goes on. I'm working with companies who are recruiting and coaching a couple of people who\u2019ve started new leadership positions during lockdown. But starting a new job is different now. \u00a0This month I want to focus what's missing when people start new jobs in a pandemic. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-02-14T16:08:31+00:00<\/span><span>February 13th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"More on Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-4283\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4283 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-covid-related tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-imposter-syndrome tag-impostor-syndrome tag-inner-critic tag-lack-of-confidence tag-leadership-in-a-crisis tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-managerial-judgement tag-pandemic tag-self-doubt tag-uncertainty\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-in-business-suit-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">Are we all imposters now?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-in-business-suit.jpg\" data-id=\"4283\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boy in business suit\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre we all imposters now?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\" aria-label=\"Are we all imposters now?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">Are we all imposters now?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A recent survey on LinkedIn suggested that the pandemic has caused an outbreak of Imposter Syndrome among senior leaders. Apparently 52% of the leaders surveyed have found themselves doubting their ability to lead their organisations through this crisis. I wasn't surprised by this - who can really say that they know what they're doing right now? The only people who've ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-03T15:56:45+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\" aria-label=\"More on Are we all imposters now?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-3091\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership tag-corona tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-support tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-pandemic tag-primary-colours tag-primary-colours-leadership-model tag-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"3091\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\" aria-label=\"Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 for the very survival of your business or you may be struggling to cope with unprecedented demand for your services.\u00a0 ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:11:24+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\" aria-label=\"More on Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-3003\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3003 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-executive-coaching tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-team tag-mentoring tag-operational-management tag-primary-colours-model tag-strategic-thinking tag-strategy tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"3003\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\" aria-label=\"Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the final instalment of an exploration of one person's leadership coaching experience. This is a real client, who kindly agreed to become a case study, with details changed to maintain his anonymity. \"Andrew\" was the newly appointed MD of an IT company employing around 150 people.\u00a0 In the first instalment,\u00a0I looked at coaching conversations related to Andrew's working ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:15:12+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-2988\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2988 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-executive-coaching tag-good-delegation tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-team tag-mentoring tag-team-building tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"2988\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\" aria-label=\"Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the second instalment of an exploration of one person's leadership coaching experience. This is a real client, who kindly agreed to become a case study, with details changed to maintain his anonymity. \"Andrew\" was the newly appointed MD of an IT company employing around 150 people. Last month I looked at coaching conversations related to Andrew's working relationships. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-01T11:57:08+00:00<\/span><span>August 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-2979\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2979 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-executive-coaching tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-mentoring tag-primary-colours-model\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"2979\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\" aria-label=\"Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Leadership coaching is one of the key services I offer but it's not easy to explain what it's actually like. So over the next couple of months I'm going to tell the story of one person's coaching journey to try to bring it to life. This is a real client, who has kindly given his permission (thanks \"Andrew\"). Whilst it ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-01T11:56:01+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-1051\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1051 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking tag-business tag-business-psychologist tag-counselling tag-experience tag-psychologist tag-psychology tag-stigma tag-taboo\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist.jpg\" data-id=\"1051\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"psychologist\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\" aria-label=\"&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Maybe you should see a psychologist\". Has anyone ever suggested this to you? If they did, would you see it as a positive suggestion or would you be affronted, as if they were implying that all was not right in your head? It's tricky, isn't it? A bit of a taboo subject. Recently, \u00a0I've had a few conversations with people ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:55:07+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\" aria-label=\"More on &#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-680\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership tag-anxiety tag-childhood-issues-in-adulthood tag-insight tag-irrational-fear tag-overcoming-anxiety\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny-steps-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny-steps.jpg\" data-id=\"680\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Tiny steps\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\" aria-label=\"Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you make progress with those day-to-day anxieties that hold you back in life and at work? I\u2019m thinking of those fears that seem irrational when you try to explain them to others but which can exert a great hold over you. Most of us have some niggling worries, but some people have more than their fair share to ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:34:08+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\" aria-label=\"More on Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-4-post-604\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-emotional-intelligence-conflict-disagreement-at-work-emotional-maturity\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"604\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\" aria-label=\"How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think for a moment about a time when you disagreed strongly with a colleague. What was it like? How did you feel? What did you do? I\u2019m thinking particularly about those situations where you can\u2019t \u2018agree to disagree\u2019; you have to come up with an agreed course of action. These situations tend to occur most in your family life and ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:32:34+00:00<\/span><span>April 29th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-5 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"covid-related\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-5-post-4359\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4359 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership category-uncategorized tag-culture tag-hiring-remotely tag-new-job tag-recruiting-remotely tag-remote-on-boarding tag-remote-onboarding tag-remote-recruitment tag-remote-working tag-starting-a-new-job-at-home tag-starting-a-new-job-remotely tag-starting-work-remotely tag-unconscious-bias tag-working-from-home tag-working-from-home-in-a-new-job\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Working from home\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469.jpg\" data-id=\"4359\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Woman working from home\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We\u2019re nearly a year into the pandemic and, for many of us, life goes on. I'm working with companies who are recruiting and coaching a couple of people who\u2019ve started new leadership positions during lockdown. But starting a new job is different now. \u00a0This month I want to focus what's missing when people start new jobs in a pandemic. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-02-14T16:08:31+00:00<\/span><span>February 13th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"More on Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-4341\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4341 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-anxiety tag-boundaries tag-coping-with-anxiety tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-emotions tag-habit-formation tag-lockdown tag-work-life-balance tag-working-from-home tag-worry\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re.jpg\" data-id=\"4341\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"8-1-2012-re\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tResilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\" aria-label=\"Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Well here we are again. Back in lockdown and somehow, this time it feels harder, probably because it's the middle of winter. There is light at the end of the tunnel but we've suddenly realised that the tunnel is longer than we thought and has a murky difficult section we hadn't anticipated. So how do we get through the next ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-01-11T09:42:28+00:00<\/span><span>January 8th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\" aria-label=\"More on Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-4330\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-conspiracy-theories tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-learned-helplessness tag-locus-of-control tag-loss-of-control tag-psychology\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand-from-sky-small-256x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">Are you in control of your destiny?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand-from-sky-small.jpg\" data-id=\"4330\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Hand from sky small\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you in control of your destiny?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\" aria-label=\"Are you in control of your destiny?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">Are you in control of your destiny?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How much do you feel in control of your own destiny? Do you see your successes as the results of your efforts? What about your failures? This month I\u2019m going to look at a concept that psychologists call \u2018locus of control\u2019 \u2013 whether you see control of your life being internally or an externally driven. This is something which is ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-12-11T14:44:53+00:00<\/span><span>November 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\" aria-label=\"More on Are you in control of your destiny?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-4291\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4291 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-opinion-pieces tag-blitz-spirit tag-coronavirus tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-keep-calm-and-carry-on tag-pandemic tag-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Blitz spirit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">Do we need more blitz spirit?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz.jpg\" data-id=\"4291\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blitz\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDo we need more blitz spirit?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\" aria-label=\"Do we need more blitz spirit?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">Do we need more blitz spirit?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Blitz spirit. There's a topic I doubt people expected me to write about. But it's been gnawing at me, ever since Maureen from Barnsley was hailed as the Voice of the Nation for saying that we needed to show more blitz spirit during the pandemic. As a concept, I find it both psychologically fascinating and rather irritating. My guess is ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-12-10T16:22:11+00:00<\/span><span>October 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Do we need more blitz spirit?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-4283\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4283 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-covid-related tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-imposter-syndrome tag-impostor-syndrome tag-inner-critic tag-lack-of-confidence tag-leadership-in-a-crisis tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-managerial-judgement tag-pandemic tag-self-doubt tag-uncertainty\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-in-business-suit-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">Are we all imposters now?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-in-business-suit.jpg\" data-id=\"4283\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boy in business suit\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre we all imposters now?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\" aria-label=\"Are we all imposters now?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\">Are we all imposters now?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A recent survey on LinkedIn suggested that the pandemic has caused an outbreak of Imposter Syndrome among senior leaders. Apparently 52% of the leaders surveyed have found themselves doubting their ability to lead their organisations through this crisis. I wasn't surprised by this - who can really say that they know what they're doing right now? The only people who've ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-03T15:56:45+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-we-all-imposters-now\/\" aria-label=\"More on Are we all imposters now?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-3969\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3969 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2.jpg\" data-id=\"3969\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"wfh2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWork \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\" aria-label=\"Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The key to work\/life balance is understanding your boundaries - time, location, spatial and inter-personal boundaries. Over the past six months, the boundaries between home and work have become a lot fuzzier. As we settle in for the long haul, it's worth reviewing how well things are working for you. Whether you're working from home indefinitely, back in the office ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:02:54+00:00<\/span><span>August 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\" aria-label=\"More on Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-3180\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3180 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-back-to-work tag-covid-19 tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-new-normal tag-return-to-the-workplace tag-safe-working-environment tag-september tag-wfh tag-working-from-home\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters.jpg\" data-id=\"3180\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"commuters\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What will September bring?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What will September bring?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It may be only the end of July but I'm turning my attention to September as I think it's worth planning for now. September has always had a feel of New Year, back to normal about it, but this year what kind of normal will it be? Even if you're going to keep working from home well into next year, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:06:22+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What will September bring?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-3156\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3156 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-organisations tag-change tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-creating-change tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-new-normal tag-pandemic tag-uncertainty tag-unknown-unknowns\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2.jpg\" data-id=\"3156\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decision\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So here we are, tentatively venturing back out into the world and wondering what life will be like. There is no shortage of commentators predicting the business, societal and political changes which will result from the pandemic. I am not one of them. What I want to look at is how we handle the level of uncertainty we are facing. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:09:04+00:00<\/span><span>June 26th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-3124\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3124 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-be-kind tag-coping tag-covid-19 tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-resilience tag-emotional-wellbeing tag-feelings tag-kindness tag-mindfulness tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-self-compassion tag-self-criticism\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy.jpg\" data-id=\"3124\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"boy-and-teddy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSelf-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\" aria-label=\"Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 \"Be Kind\" when actually many people are at the end of their tether. Someone added in the comments \"I can't ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:08:04+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\" aria-label=\"More on Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-3097\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3097 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-leadership tag-business-support tag-corona tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-support tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-mental-health tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-turnaround\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/primary-colours-model-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">COVID-19: Expert leadership resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/primary-colours-model.jpg\" data-id=\"3097\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"primary-colours-model\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: Expert leadership resources\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: Expert leadership resources\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">COVID-19: Expert leadership resources<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is not an ordinary blog post, it's a space to collect resources that may be useful to leaders in this time of crisis. The first resource is the free Primary Colours Covid-19 Leadership Survival Guide which I have devised in conjunction with Edgecumbe Consulting Group who own the model. The aim of the guide is to give leaders a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:10:06+00:00<\/span><span>April 9th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: Expert leadership resources\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-5-post-3091\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership tag-corona tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-support tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-pandemic tag-primary-colours tag-primary-colours-leadership-model tag-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"3091\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\" aria-label=\"Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 for the very survival of your business or you may be struggling to cope with unprecedented demand for your services.\u00a0 ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:11:24+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\" aria-label=\"More on Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-6 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"developing-career-potential\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-6-post-4498\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4498 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-absent-leadership tag-leadership tag-managing-accountants tag-managing-lawyers tag-managing-professionals tag-motivation tag-outcomes tag-outputs tag-outputs-versus-outcomes tag-professional-services\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter.jpg\" data-id=\"4498\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"man with typewriter\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProducing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\" aria-label=\"Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think back to the last time you felt really pleased* with your work. What caused you to be pleased? Did you produce some really good quality work - a design, a report, an ad campaign? Or did you make something happen - hit a target, win a new client? I don't want to suggest that these things are mutually exclusive, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-26T18:41:12+00:00<\/span><span>July 26th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\" aria-label=\"More on Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-3015\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3015 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential tag-career-development tag-careers tag-emotional-intelligence tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-learning tag-self-awareness\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-at-board-table-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-at-board-table-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-at-board-table-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\">The one thing that enhances your chances of career success<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-at-board-table-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"3015\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Business woman holding table\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe one thing that enhances your chances of career success\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\" aria-label=\"The one thing that enhances your chances of career success\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\">The one thing that enhances your chances of career success<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u00a0 What makes some people more successful in their careers, particularly leadership careers, than others? It's tempting to answer that by considering the attributes of successful people. Generally, they are smart enough to handle the complexity inherent in a senior role and to make decisions whose ramifications may not be fully understood for five or ten years. They have good ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:14:26+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-one-thing-enhances-chances-career-success\/\" aria-label=\"More on The one thing that enhances your chances of career success\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-2933\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2933 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-business tag-decision-making tag-delegation-skills tag-experts tag-judgement tag-leaders tag-leadership-skills tag-learning tag-management-skills tag-promotion tag-stereotypes tag-technical-specialist tag-workplace-myths\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician.jpg\" data-id=\"2933\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Technician\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first in a series on workplace myths, many of which are based on stereotypes - soft female leaders, socially awkward geeks, psychologists obsessed with feelings. Like most stereotypes, there's generally a grain of truth in them. There's a reason we talk about German efficiency and Italian style, not the other way round. But stereotypes don't apply in ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:37:34+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-2929\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2929 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-anxiety tag-business tag-delegating tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-emotion tag-emotional-intelligence tag-envy tag-feelings tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-management-skills tag-micro-managers tag-micro-managing tag-self-awareness tag-self-management\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">Delegation: The art of self-management?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety.jpg\" data-id=\"2929\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Courage-anxiety\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDelegation: The art of self-management?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\" aria-label=\"Delegation: The art of self-management?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">Delegation: The art of self-management?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Last month, I discussed the dimensions of delegation, which prompted one reader to tell me that, for him, the hardest part of delegating is managing his own responses - dealing with frustration and reining in his inner control freak, for example.\u00a0I recognise from my years of coaching that this is something many people struggle with. So this month, I'm looking ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:41:38+00:00<\/span><span>September 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\" aria-label=\"More on Delegation: The art of self-management?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-2923\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2923 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-accountability tag-delegating tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-good-delegation tag-leadership tag-management-skills tag-micro-managers tag-micro-managing tag-poor-delegation\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2923\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"manager\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGiving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\" aria-label=\"Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Getting someone else to carry out tasks on your behalf is a key management skill and one that a lot of people struggle with. They micro-manage and interfere too much or they abdicate responsibility and leave people floundering. There's no formula for good delegation - it depends on the task and the individual you're delegating it to. But you may\u00a0find ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T12:40:56+00:00<\/span><span>August 30th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\" aria-label=\"More on Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-2908\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2908 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-style tag-leading tag-overplaying-strengths tag-primary-colours-model tag-strengths\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/seesaw-sign-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/seesaw-sign.jpg\" data-id=\"2908\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Seesaw sign\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\" aria-label=\"Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Play to your strengths - that's good advice, right? Well generally, yes, it is. There's a whole school of thought in HR and business psychology that says you're much more likely to improve your performance if you keep developing something you're already good at and use it more, than if you doggedly try and overcome some persistent weakness. But that's ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:58:03+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-1163\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1163 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-leadership-coaching-featured category-opinion-pieces tag-conflict tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-maturity tag-emotional-resilience tag-empathy tag-leadership tag-nice-leader tag-toxic-leadership\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1.jpg\" data-id=\"1163\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blog photo interview\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCan you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-coaching-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Coaching Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\" aria-label=\"Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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\u00a0to the title. I know a number of nice, decent, successful CEOs, MDs and other leaders in senior positions and was primed\u00a0to leap to their defence. Were they suggesting hiring ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:54:02+00:00<\/span><span>October 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-619\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-619 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-influence category-leadership tag-influence tag-leadership tag-power\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/power-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/power.jpg\" data-id=\"619\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Power\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\" aria-label=\"Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you feel about power?\u00a0Is it something you crave or something which makes you feel uncomfortable? And how powerful do you actually feel as a person? I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about power recently while working with some senior leaders. In particular, I\u2019m interested in the match \u2013 or mismatch \u2013 between the power people get from their roles ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:52:50+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\" aria-label=\"More on Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-617\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-617 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-breadth-of-thinking tag-curiosity tag-depth tag-strategic-thinking tag-technical-specialist\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-depth-or-breadth-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-depth-or-breadth.jpg\" data-id=\"617\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decision - depth or breadth\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLooking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\" aria-label=\"Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\">Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Many organisations spend a lot of time and money identifying and developing \u2018high potential\u2019 employees. This is understandable \u2013 at least some of them are likely to be future leaders of the business. But what about everyone else? Don\u2019t they deserve the chance to fulfil their potential too? Maybe it\u2019s time we stopped looking for \u2018people with potential\u2019 and started ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:57:23+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/shouldnt-everyone-have-a-chance-to-fulfil-their-potential\/\" aria-label=\"More on Looking for the potential in people &#8211; Should your career have breadth or depth?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-615\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-615 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-business-advisers category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-experience-assessment-management-leadership-coaching-mentoring\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts.jpg\" data-id=\"615\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"t shirts\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeen there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How much do you need to know about someone else\u2019s job to have a say in it? Do you have to have done the job yourself to know whether they\u2019re doing it properly? Common sense would suggest not \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be a trained chef to recognise a badly cooked meal, for example. Yet a lot of people, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:35:23+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"More on Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-614\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-614 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-intelligence-experience-assessment-complexity-recruitment\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/graduate-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/graduate.jpg\" data-id=\"614\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Graduate\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExperience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\" aria-label=\"Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Which matters more when you're hiring someone for a senior job - intelligence or experience? You may be thinking, 'it's obvious, go for the experience'. On the other hand, you may be thinking, 'it's obvious, go for the brains'. Which one you favour tends to reflect your own biases rather than any universal truth. Ideally, of course, you'd want both, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T15:55:20+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\" aria-label=\"More on Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-608\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-608 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-making-change-happen tag-project-management-operational-management-goals-targets-deadlines-motivation\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocks-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocks.jpg\" data-id=\"608\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"clocks\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTargets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\" aria-label=\"Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Which motivates you more \u2013 targets or deadlines? That may sound like an odd question. They\u2019re both about meeting some kind of goal in a certain time frame, after all. Well yes, but in my experience people tend to focus on one or the other and this has a profound impact on the way they work. People who focus on ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:13:57+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\" aria-label=\"More on Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-603\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-603 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-influence tag-leadership tag-leading tag-primary-colours-model tag-recruitment tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategy\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader.jpg\" data-id=\"603\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSo you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\" aria-label=\"So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Much has been written about leadership and leaders. Are they born or made? Can you teach leadership? What are the characteristics of a great leader? And so on and so on. What is frequently omitted, however, is the question \u2018What does a leader actually do?\u2019. What is the job of leadership? It\u2019s as though we think the answer is obvious, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-10-14T10:46:23+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\" aria-label=\"More on So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-598\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-598 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential tag-feedback tag-get-to-the-top tag-leadership tag-self-awareness tag-strengths-and-weaknesses\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boardroom-2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\">What does it take to get to the top in business?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boardroom-2.jpg\" data-id=\"598\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boardroom 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat does it take to get to the top in business?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\" aria-label=\"What does it take to get to the top in business?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\">What does it take to get to the top in business?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Yesterday I was asked what it takes to reach the boardroom. It's not an unusual question to ask a business psychologist and when I coach on leadership programmes it's the background noise to most discussion. But it's not often I get asked by the Financial Times* and it led to an interesting conversation. What are senior leaders like? We started ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:20:46+00:00<\/span><span>September 28th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-top-in-business\/\" aria-label=\"More on What does it take to get to the top in business?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-597\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-597 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-gradual-improvement tag-learning tag-learning-styles tag-practice tag-quick-insight\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/books-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/books.jpg\" data-id=\"597\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_7470\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\" aria-label=\"Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\">Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How quickly do you learn? Are you one of those people who picks things up with ease? Feel slightly smug in training courses? Don\u2019t need anything explaining twice? Well here\u2019s a way of thinking about learning that might give you pause for thought. From my favourite assessment measure, the Cognitive Process Profile (CPP), comes the distinction between \u2018Quick Insight\u2019 and ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-15T12:04:11+00:00<\/span><span>August 28th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-too-smart-when-youre-learning\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why it doesn&#8217;t pay to be too smart when you&#8217;re learning\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-596\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-596 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-complexity tag-decision-making tag-intuition tag-judgement tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategic-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">The importance of managerial judgement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety.jpg\" data-id=\"596\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Courage-anxiety\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe importance of managerial judgement\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\" aria-label=\"The importance of managerial judgement\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">The importance of managerial judgement<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my last blog post, I looked at how you can tell whether someone has the intellectual firepower to cope with a senior job. This is incredibly important but it's just the start. In situations where there is no 'right answer', people need to exercise judgement and a surprising number of people find this difficult. Good judgement pre-supposes that you've ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:32:36+00:00<\/span><span>July 11th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\" aria-label=\"More on The importance of managerial judgement\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-6-post-595\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-595 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential tag-cognitive-process-profile tag-complexity tag-intelligence tag-recruitment tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategic-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">How do you know if someone is up to the job?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-of-execs2.jpg\" data-id=\"595\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Team of Young Business Executives\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you know if someone is up to the job?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\" aria-label=\"How do you know if someone is up to the job?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\">How do you know if someone is up to the job?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>You\u2019ve got a vacancy for senior position. It\u2019s critical you get the right person. You\u2019ve got a range of qualified, experienced candidates to choose from. How do you know which ones are up to the job? I don\u2019t mean here \u2018Will they take on the responsibility?\u2019 or \u2018Can they handle the pressure?\u2019. These are important factors and will be the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:33:19+00:00<\/span><span>June 13th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-know-if-someone-is-up-to-the-job\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you know if someone is up to the job?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-7 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"emotions--thinking\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-7-post-4448\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4448 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-business-failure tag-caution tag-cautious tag-climate-leadership tag-climate-risk tag-leadership tag-over-caution tag-over-cautious tag-passive-risk tag-perfectionism tag-procrastination tag-risk tag-risk-aversion tag-risk-of-doing-nothing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roulette wheel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette.jpg\" data-id=\"4448\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"roulette\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I don't think of myself as much of a risk taker. I'm generally fairly cautious - no high risk investments, Vegas holidays or adventure sports for me. But recently I've noticed just how risky some of my behaviour can be. I guarantee some of yours is too. To illustrate, let me tell you about my garden. When we moved into ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-06-07T15:54:04+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"More on The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-4432\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4432 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-climate tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-denial tag-how-to-face-up-to-climate-change tag-what-can-business-do-about-climate-change tag-what-can-we-do-about-climate-change tag-why-cant-we-think-about-climate-change\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4432\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first of a two part series on the key topic of our age, the climate crisis. Specifically, looking at it in the context of work.\u00a0 Your immediate reaction might be \"Really, do I have to? It's bad enough when it's on the news and I have got quite a lot on right now\". I get it. I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-11-23T12:50:33+00:00<\/span><span>November 23rd, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-4397\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-making-change-happen category-uncategorized tag-absent-leadership tag-business-leader tag-change tag-identity tag-identity-crisis tag-imposter-syndrome tag-impostor-syndrome tag-reluctant-ceo tag-reluctant-salesman tag-selling tag-who-do-you-think-you-are\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card.jpg\" data-id=\"4397\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"blank business card\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWho do you think you are?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"Who do you think you are?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm not issuing that as a challenge, more an invitation for some gentle introspection. The way we think about our identity - the way we describe ourselves to ourselves and to others - has an impact on the way we operate in the world. This is particularly true in our working lives and sometimes that impact is not helpful. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-21T17:07:08+00:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"More on Who do you think you are?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-4366\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4366 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-ceo tag-coiv tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-organisational-resilience tag-pace tag-pace-setting-leader tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-stress tag-stress-at-work tag-stress-management tag-workplace-stress\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience.jpg\" data-id=\"4366\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Resilience\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\" aria-label=\"What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 resilience \u2013 and might some definitions actually be unhelpful? This month's blog was inspired by a conversation with an experienced ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-03-12T07:35:42+00:00<\/span><span>March 12th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\" aria-label=\"More on What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-4341\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4341 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-anxiety tag-boundaries tag-coping-with-anxiety tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-emotions tag-habit-formation tag-lockdown tag-work-life-balance tag-working-from-home tag-worry\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-1-2012-re.jpg\" data-id=\"4341\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"8-1-2012-re\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tResilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\" aria-label=\"Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\">Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Well here we are again. Back in lockdown and somehow, this time it feels harder, probably because it's the middle of winter. There is light at the end of the tunnel but we've suddenly realised that the tunnel is longer than we thought and has a murky difficult section we hadn't anticipated. So how do we get through the next ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-01-11T09:42:28+00:00<\/span><span>January 8th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/resilience-8-tips-for-getting-through-the-next-few-months\/\" aria-label=\"More on Resilience: 8 tips for getting through the next few months\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-4330\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-conspiracy-theories tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-learned-helplessness tag-locus-of-control tag-loss-of-control tag-psychology\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand-from-sky-small-256x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">Are you in control of your destiny?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hand-from-sky-small.jpg\" data-id=\"4330\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Hand from sky small\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you in control of your destiny?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\" aria-label=\"Are you in control of your destiny?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\">Are you in control of your destiny?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How much do you feel in control of your own destiny? Do you see your successes as the results of your efforts? What about your failures? This month I\u2019m going to look at a concept that psychologists call \u2018locus of control\u2019 \u2013 whether you see control of your life being internally or an externally driven. This is something which is ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-12-11T14:44:53+00:00<\/span><span>November 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-in-control-of-your-destiny\/\" aria-label=\"More on Are you in control of your destiny?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-3156\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3156 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-organisations tag-change tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-creating-change tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-new-normal tag-pandemic tag-uncertainty tag-unknown-unknowns\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2.jpg\" data-id=\"3156\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decision\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So here we are, tentatively venturing back out into the world and wondering what life will be like. There is no shortage of commentators predicting the business, societal and political changes which will result from the pandemic. I am not one of them. What I want to look at is how we handle the level of uncertainty we are facing. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:09:04+00:00<\/span><span>June 26th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-3124\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3124 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking tag-be-kind tag-coping tag-covid-19 tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-resilience tag-emotional-wellbeing tag-feelings tag-kindness tag-mindfulness tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-self-compassion tag-self-criticism\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boy-and-teddy.jpg\" data-id=\"3124\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"boy-and-teddy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSelf-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\" aria-label=\"Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\">Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 \"Be Kind\" when actually many people are at the end of their tether. Someone added in the comments \"I can't ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:08:04+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/looking-after-number-one\/\" aria-label=\"More on Self-compassion, not self-indulgence &#8211; Looking after number one\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-3041\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3041 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-making-change-happen tag-habit-formation tag-making-changes-last tag-new-year tag-new-year-new-you tag-new-year-resolutions tag-psychology-of-change tag-willpower\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2.jpg\" data-id=\"3041\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Resolution 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeven psychological tips for making change that lasts\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\" aria-label=\"Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Last month, you may recall, I wrote about how to feel better about yourself if you hadn't achieved all you wanted to as we approached the end of the year. This month, as we contemplate a new decade and you might want to do things differently, I'm looking at what psychology tells us about making changes that stick. 1. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-01-04T12:19:43+00:00<\/span><span>December 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\" aria-label=\"More on Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-3023\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3023 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-making-change-happen tag-313 tag-christmas tag-dissatisfied-at-work tag-dissatisfied-with-life tag-end-of-decade tag-end-of-year tag-envy tag-existential-angst tag-how-to-feel-better-about-yourself tag-life-goals tag-new-year tag-positive-mindset\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"3023\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Santa dog\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\" aria-label=\"And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Another year over, a new one just begun. I've been living with this song for weeks as the choir I sing with rehearses for Christmas. I don't know about you but the line 'another year over' tends to leave me with a slight feeling of existential dread. It's worse this year, as another decade is over and what have I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:13:37+00:00<\/span><span>November 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\" aria-label=\"More on And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2958\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2958 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-career-development tag-emotional-intelligence tag-eq tag-eq-vs-iq tag-intelligence tag-iq tag-leadership tag-success tag-talent-management\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spock-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spock.jpg\" data-id=\"2958\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Spock\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the latest in my series on workplace myths, I'm turning my attention to emotional intelligence. There are numerous articles out there claiming that, not only is emotional intelligence important, but that, for career success, it's more important than intelligence. But is it? Let's go back to basics: What is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence is the ability to: a) recognise ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:25:37+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2952\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2952 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-anxiety tag-control-freaks tag-delegation tag-leadership-skills tag-perfectionism tag-perfectionists\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism.jpg\" data-id=\"2952\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"perfectionism\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the fifth of my series on workplace myths, I'm turning my attention to perfectionism. I'm sure you're all familiar with this hackneyed exchange: Interviewer: \"What are your weaknesses?\" Candidate: \"Well sometimes I can get a bit perfectionist about my work\". Job done. The candidate smiles inwardly knowing that a) what they really meant was \"sometimes I'm just too damn ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:34:03+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2881\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2881 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-resilience tag-resilience tag-stress tag-stress-at-work tag-stress-management tag-workplace-stress\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet.jpg\" data-id=\"2881\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Tired despair, head on lap top - not used yet\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThree reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\" aria-label=\"Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 psychologist, you're probably anticipating some tips on how to deal with workplace stress. Well, sorry to disappoint, but I actually ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:11:18+00:00<\/span><span>February 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\" aria-label=\"More on Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2876\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2876 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-envy tag-gratitude tag-jealousy-at-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/envy-colleague-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/envy-colleague.jpg\" data-id=\"2876\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"envy-colleague\" data-caption=\"Serious businessmen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\" aria-label=\"Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the final article in my series on emotion at work and this time I'm tackling the one that rarely gets talked about - envy, and its frequent companion, resentment. Whereas feeling anxious or angry is seen as fairly normal at work, envy seems to be more of a shameful secret. After all, if you're envious it means someone ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:22:25+00:00<\/span><span>January 25th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2871\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anger tag-anger-management tag-argument-at-work tag-conflict tag-conflict-at-work tag-dealing-with-an-angry-person tag-disagreement-at-work tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-maturity tag-emotional-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/argument-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/argument.jpg\" data-id=\"2871\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Argument\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\" aria-label=\"Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 it's useful to have strategies for dealing with them, depending on where their anger is directed. 1. Rage against the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:24:29+00:00<\/span><span>December 19th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2865\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2865 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anger tag-anger-management tag-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-fear\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"2865\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\" aria-label=\"Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the second in a short series on emotion at work. Last month I tackled anxiety, this month I'm moving on to anger. I realised while writing this that there's enough to say about handling your own anger at work to fill an article, so I'm saving other people's anger til next time. Anger tends to be the emotion ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:24:44+00:00<\/span><span>November 29th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2732\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2732 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anxiety tag-anxious tag-anxious-colleague tag-breathing tag-coping-with-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-managing-anxiety tag-mindfulness tag-worry\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-3-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-3.jpg\" data-id=\"2732\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Christmas party 3\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\" aria-label=\"Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Wouldn't it be great if work was a place of calm and rationality all the time? Somewhere where you didn't have to deal with messy feelings - yours or anyone else's. In the not too distant future, when we've mostly been replaced by robots, that'll probably be the case, but until then emotions will remain an integral part of work. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:26:07+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2199\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2199 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork tag-conflict tag-conflict-at-work tag-conflict-avoidance tag-disagreement-at-work tag-importance-of-conflict\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"2199\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFive strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\" aria-label=\"Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the word 'conflict'? I think for a lot of us, conflict conjures up a particularly bad Eastenders' Christmas - raised voices, harsh words, fists flying, someone trying to calm things down by saying \"Leave it Barry, he\u00a0ain't worth it\". In fact, many of us are so afraid of this kind of conflict ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:28:56+00:00<\/span><span>May 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\" aria-label=\"More on Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-2100\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2100 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-lencioni tag-mistrust tag-organisational-politics tag-team-work tag-trust\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2100\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"manager\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCan I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\" aria-label=\"Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I've been thinking a lot about trust lately, partly because I've been working with teams. Trust is the bedrock of team work, but the more I talk and read about it, the more I realise that we're not always talking about the same thing. It's not as straightforward as 'I trust you or I don't'. It's not even about trusting ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:29:39+00:00<\/span><span>April 27th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-1930\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1930 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-difference-of-opinion tag-good-listening tag-listening tag-listening-skills tag-valuing-diversity\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"1930\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"listening\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\" aria-label=\"Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How good a listener are you? I was reminded of the importance of good listening recently while attending a talk by a coach who brings real focus and attention to her coaching. Her clients really do get a damn good listening to. I like to think that mine do too, but\u00a0it made me reflect on the times when perhaps I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:31:39+00:00<\/span><span>March 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-1680\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-confidence tag-feeling-foolish tag-feeling-stupid tag-inner-critic tag-lack-of-confidence tag-own-worst-enemy tag-perfectionism tag-self-criticism\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\">Dealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"1680\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\" aria-label=\"Dealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\">Dealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How strong is your inner critic? Most of us have a critical voice in our heads at some point but for some people it's relentless and often vicious. People who would never dream of calling someone else a completely useless idiot are often all too willing to apply the label to themselves. I'm not suggesting that self-criticism has no function: ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:47:27+00:00<\/span><span>January 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/im-so-stupid-dealing-with-self-criticism\/\" aria-label=\"More on Dealing with self-criticism &#8211; Four strategies for handling your inner critic\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-1521\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1521 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-defensive-pessimism tag-doubt tag-negative-thinking tag-optimists tag-pessimism tag-pessimists tag-positive-thinking tag-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\">Not so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/polar-bear.jpg\" data-id=\"1521\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"polar-bear\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNot so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\" aria-label=\"Not so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\">Not so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Last month I wrote about the surprising downsides of positive thinking. This month I want to flip that around and consider four\u00a0reasons we might want to change our perspective on negative thinking. 1. You're going to do it anyway Cast your mind back to the last time you were worried about something. If someone had told you to stop worrying ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-10T10:02:27+00:00<\/span><span>December 20th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/not-so-bad-after-all-rethinking-negative-thinking\/\" aria-label=\"More on Not so bad after all. Four reasons to change your perspective on negative thinking\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-1265\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1265 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-affirmations tag-dangers-of-positive-thinking tag-goal-setting tag-goals tag-motivation tag-motivational-quotes tag-negative-thinking tag-positive-thinking tag-self-esteem tag-visualise-your-goals tag-you-can-achieve-anything\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/positive-thinking-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\">Think positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/positive-thinking.jpg\" data-id=\"1265\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"\u00a9 Copyright 2012 CorbisCorporation\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\" aria-label=\"Think positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\">Think positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Positive thinking - it's a good thing, right? Whether we're talking about\u00a0a traditional British \"Chin up old chap, look on the bright side\" or a 21st century, social media motivational quote - \"Find a place inside yourself where nothing is impossible\" - it's all, well, positive, isn't it? Well, actually, no; it turns out isn't. Here are three\u00a0examples of positive ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:33:30+00:00<\/span><span>November 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/positive-thinking-a-quick-route-to-failure\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think positive? &#8211; Three examples of positive thinking that could be counter-productive\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-1051\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1051 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking tag-business tag-business-psychologist tag-counselling tag-experience tag-psychologist tag-psychology tag-stigma tag-taboo\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/psychologist.jpg\" data-id=\"1051\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"psychologist\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\" aria-label=\"&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\">&#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Maybe you should see a psychologist\". Has anyone ever suggested this to you? If they did, would you see it as a positive suggestion or would you be affronted, as if they were implying that all was not right in your head? It's tricky, isn't it? A bit of a taboo subject. Recently, \u00a0I've had a few conversations with people ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:55:07+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/maybe-you-should-see-a-psychologist\/\" aria-label=\"More on &#8220;Maybe you should see a psychologist&#8221; &#8211; How do you bring up this sensitive subject?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-680\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership tag-anxiety tag-childhood-issues-in-adulthood tag-insight tag-irrational-fear tag-overcoming-anxiety\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny-steps-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny-steps.jpg\" data-id=\"680\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Tiny steps\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\" aria-label=\"Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you make progress with those day-to-day anxieties that hold you back in life and at work? I\u2019m thinking of those fears that seem irrational when you try to explain them to others but which can exert a great hold over you. Most of us have some niggling worries, but some people have more than their fair share to ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:34:08+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\" aria-label=\"More on Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-621\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-621 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/panic-image-300x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\">Crisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/panic-image.jpg\" data-id=\"621\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"PANIC and ANXIEY\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCrisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\" aria-label=\"Crisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\">Crisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What are you like in a crisis?\u00a0I don't mean the life or death, split-second decision type crises that we all hope we'll never face - escaping a burning building, being taken hostage by terrorists or other stuff of nightmares. None of us really knows how we'd react in those situations and, if we're lucky, we never find out. I'm thinking ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:50:55+00:00<\/span><span>November 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/whats-the-worst-that-can-happen\/\" aria-label=\"More on Crisis management &#8211; What&#8217;s the worst that can happen?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-612\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-612 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-mindfulness-meditation-focus-concentration-emotional-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\">One simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet-1.jpg\" data-id=\"612\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOne simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\" aria-label=\"One simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\">One simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>If I offered you a pill that had no side effects and promised to make you less stressed, more focused and less emotionally-reactive would you take it? Almost certainly, you would; you\u2019d be a fool not to. And if it could also help you sleep better, improve your memory and concentration and might even help ward off dementia, you\u2019d probably ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:30:01+00:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/one-simple-but-not-easy-technique-for-better-concentration-and-more-emotional-resilience\/\" aria-label=\"More on One simple &#8211; but not easy &#8211; technique for better concentration and more emotional resilience\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-609\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-609 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking tag-brain-training tag-creative-thinking tag-creativity tag-ideas tag-ideas-generation tag-inspiration tag-kick-start-your-ideas\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/confused-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\">Lacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/confused.jpg\" data-id=\"609\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Man Scratching Head\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\" aria-label=\"Lacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\">Lacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you ever find yourself lacking in inspiration, trying to solve a problem or make sense of a situation but coming up with nothing? I think it\u2019s a fairly common experience and one I faced when I realised I\u2019d need to write a blog for November and had absolutely no ideas \u2013 until it occurred to me to write about ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:13:35+00:00<\/span><span>November 27th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lacking-inspiration-6-ways-to-kick-start-your-brain\/\" aria-label=\"More on Lacking inspiration? Six ways to kick start your brain\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-607\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z.jpg\" data-id=\"607\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"124254849_753e039501_z\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToo much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>No one likes a show off, right? We can all think of people who constantly bang on about how brilliant they are and what they\u2019ve achieved this month. People who make sure you know what their house is worth or tell you the detailed spec of their high end car and so on and so on. It grates and, frankly, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:18:56+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"More on Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-605\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-605 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-family-business category-organisations category-teamwork tag-family-dynamics-family-business-annoying-colleagues-emotional-intelligence-group-dynamics\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling.jpg\" data-id=\"605\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boys arm wrestling\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Is there someone at work who really drives you nuts? Not just the usual workplace niggles but someone who really gets under your skin? Someone with whom it feels personal? Well maybe it is. Perhaps it all started with your family. That person may remind you of some you grew up with and you just haven\u2019t noticed. Many workplaces take ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:31:51+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"More on Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-604\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-emotional-intelligence-conflict-disagreement-at-work-emotional-maturity\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"604\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\" aria-label=\"How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think for a moment about a time when you disagreed strongly with a colleague. What was it like? How did you feel? What did you do? I\u2019m thinking particularly about those situations where you can\u2019t \u2018agree to disagree\u2019; you have to come up with an agreed course of action. These situations tend to occur most in your family life and ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:32:34+00:00<\/span><span>April 29th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-600\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-600 post type-post status-publish format-aside has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking post_format-post-format-aside\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-dillie-2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-dillie-2.jpg\" data-id=\"600\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Christmas party Dillie 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\" aria-label=\"Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\">Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In last month\u2019s blog, I discussed the \u2018shadow side\u2019 of personality, i.e. those bits of ourselves which we normally keep hidden but which emerge when we\u2019re too stressed, tired or drunk to keep up a polite fa\u00e7ade any longer. I described three broad trends \u2013 under pressure some of us move towards others, some move away from others and some ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:38:58+00:00<\/span><span>December 18th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/mince-pies-mischief-and-malice-the-dark-side-of-the-office-christmas-party\/\" aria-label=\"More on Mince pies, mischief and malice &#8211; The dark side of the office Christmas party\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-7-post-594\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-594 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking tag-cognitive-bias tag-gut-feeling tag-implicit-association-test tag-prejudice tag-stereotypes\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1.jpg\" data-id=\"594\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blog photo interview\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\" aria-label=\"Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\">Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>When you\u2019re hiring staff, how quickly do you make up your mind? Are you one of those managers who prides themselves on knowing the minute someone steps through the door whether they\u2019re right for you? You get that \u2018gut feeling\u2019, you just know? Well here are some scientifically-grounded reasons why you might want to rethink your reliance on gut feeling. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:39:08+00:00<\/span><span>August 8th, 2012<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-you-might-not-want-to-rely-on-gut-feeling-when-hiring-new-staff\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why you might not want to rely on gut feeling when hiring new staff\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-8 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"family-business\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-8-post-2561\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-succession-planning\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2561\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Succession circles jpg\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPassing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you hand on a business you\u2019ve spent years nurturing?\u00a0This is a challenge facing many business owners as they eventually accept that they cannot go on forever. This month I\u2019ve teamed up with Peter Jenner, from William Battle Ltd, who specialises in business succession to compare his process-focused approach with my psychological perspective. Peter has a model which aims ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:27:44+00:00<\/span><span>July 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"More on Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-8-post-2294\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family-business category-teamwork category-work-with-featured tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-leadership tag-leading tag-management-of-family-business tag-strategy\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-business-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-business.jpg\" data-id=\"2294\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Family business\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBusiness is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/work-with-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Work With Featured<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>First and foremost, family businesses are businesses. Like all organisations they require good leadership. In this article, I'd like to highlight some of the common pitfalls of family business leadership. But first, let's recap what leadership involves.\u00a0In a previous article, I talked about what leaders do based on a leadership model called the Primary Colours\u00ae Model.\u00a0The model identifies the tasks ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:30:53+00:00<\/span><span>June 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"More on Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-8-post-611\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-611 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-organisations\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish-tank-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish-tank-1.jpg\" data-id=\"611\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Fish tank 1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLife in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\" aria-label=\"Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you advise businesses or other organisations for a living? Maybe you're a lawyer or an accountant, a management consultant or a non-exec director. Then this blog is for you. I want you to imagine an organisation as a fish tank.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter whether it\u2019s a very small tank with just a few fish in it or a huge ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:12:08+00:00<\/span><span>January 28th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\" aria-label=\"More on Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-8-post-605\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-605 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-family-business category-organisations category-teamwork tag-family-dynamics-family-business-annoying-colleagues-emotional-intelligence-group-dynamics\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling.jpg\" data-id=\"605\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boys arm wrestling\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Is there someone at work who really drives you nuts? Not just the usual workplace niggles but someone who really gets under your skin? Someone with whom it feels personal? Well maybe it is. Perhaps it all started with your family. That person may remind you of some you grew up with and you just haven\u2019t noticed. Many workplaces take ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:31:51+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"More on Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-9 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"influence\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-9-post-4425\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-teamwork tag-ethical-politics tag-how-to-navigate-organisational-politics tag-influence tag-influencing-skills tag-navigating-office-politics tag-office-politics tag-organisational-politics tag-organizational-politics tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics.jpg\" data-id=\"4425\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"office politics\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you navigate organisational politics?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"How do you navigate organisational politics?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the term 'organisational politics'? My hunch is it's back stabbing, pointless rivalries, sucking up to the boss, that kind of thing. I'm not going to pretend that that isn't a feature of many workplaces. If you work somewhere with really dysfunctional politics, it pays to be alert, to work out who you ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-07-26T15:35:19+00:00<\/span><span>October 4th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you navigate organisational politics?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-9-post-4410\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4410 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-influence tag-advisers tag-business-adviser tag-consultancy tag-internal-consultancy tag-internal-consultant tag-level-of-involvement tag-rules-of-engagement tag-scoping-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man.jpg\" data-id=\"4410\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"drowning man\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How involved should you get in work which is not your sole responsibility? It sounds like a straightforward question, but actually it can be quite tricky to work out. I've been thinking about this lately while coaching a client I'll call Brian. Brian is a very senior manager in a large and complex organisation, who has just taken on a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-25T15:23:15+00:00<\/span><span>May 27th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"More on In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-9-post-2897\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2897 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-influence category-teamwork tag-business-case tag-cialdini tag-cognitive-bias tag-influence tag-influential tag-persuasion tag-psychology tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/men-shaking-hands-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/men-shaking-hands.jpg\" data-id=\"2897\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"men shaking hands\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\" aria-label=\"The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm sure most of us would like to be more influential.\u00a0 You probably won't be surprised to hear that understanding a bit of psychology can help. Ultimately, influence is all about decision-making. You want someone to decide to do what you want them to do. What psychological research tells us is that decision-making is such hard work that our brains ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:57:56+00:00<\/span><span>May 29th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\" aria-label=\"More on The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-9-post-689\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-689 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-influence category-investors-and-advisers-featured category-teamwork tag-change-motivation-motivational-interviewing-resistance-to-change-advice-stubborn-professional-adviser\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stubborn-horse-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stubborn-horse.jpg\" data-id=\"689\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Stubborn horse\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/investors-and-advisers-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Investors and Advisers Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\" aria-label=\"You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you persuade people to change? Maybe you have a colleague or a client who stubbornly refuses to do the one thing that everyone else can see would be in their best interests \u2013 the overloaded manager who won't delegate, the blundering leader who really needs coaching but sees it as a navel-gazing waste of time; the 60-something family ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:36:03+00:00<\/span><span>May 26th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\" aria-label=\"More on You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-9-post-619\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-619 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-influence category-leadership tag-influence tag-leadership tag-power\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/power-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/power.jpg\" data-id=\"619\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Power\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\" aria-label=\"Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you feel about power?\u00a0Is it something you crave or something which makes you feel uncomfortable? And how powerful do you actually feel as a person? I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about power recently while working with some senior leaders. In particular, I\u2019m interested in the match \u2013 or mismatch \u2013 between the power people get from their roles ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:52:50+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\" aria-label=\"More on Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-9-post-618\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-618 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-organisations tag-nightmare-job tag-poisoned-chalice tag-turning-around-underperformance tag-underperformance tag-underperforming-team\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/chalice-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/chalice.jpg\" data-id=\"618\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Chalice\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\" aria-label=\"What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Have you ever been given a fabulous career opportunity that didn't turn out to be quite such an unalloyed joy after all? In the last month or so, I've worked with five different people - some in medium-sized businesses, some in multi-national corporations - whose exciting new jobs turned out to be something of a poisoned chalice. It seemed worth ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:48:31+00:00<\/span><span>August 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\" aria-label=\"More on What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-10 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"leadership\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-10-post-4498\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4498 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-absent-leadership tag-leadership tag-managing-accountants tag-managing-lawyers tag-managing-professionals tag-motivation tag-outcomes tag-outputs tag-outputs-versus-outcomes tag-professional-services\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/man-with-typewriter.jpg\" data-id=\"4498\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"man with typewriter\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProducing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\" aria-label=\"Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think back to the last time you felt really pleased* with your work. What caused you to be pleased? Did you produce some really good quality work - a design, a report, an ad campaign? Or did you make something happen - hit a target, win a new client? I don't want to suggest that these things are mutually exclusive, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-26T18:41:12+00:00<\/span><span>July 26th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\" aria-label=\"More on Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-4466\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4466 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-teamwork tag-business tag-certainty tag-complexity tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-decision-making tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-team tag-leadership-teams tag-leading tag-perfectionism tag-slt tag-smt tag-strategic-leadership tag-strategic-thinking tag-strategy tag-team-work tag-uncertainty\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman in wilderness sitting on a car bonnet looking at a map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.jpg\" data-id=\"4466\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"map\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my 25 years as a business psychologist, I've worked with a lot of businesses, particularly mid-sized companies, and it's surprising just how few of them have a decent strategy. By 'a decent strategy' I mean that the business knows where it's going and how it's going to get there. \"We want to double in size in the next five ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-12-12T13:35:34+00:00<\/span><span>December 12th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-4448\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4448 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-business-failure tag-caution tag-cautious tag-climate-leadership tag-climate-risk tag-leadership tag-over-caution tag-over-cautious tag-passive-risk tag-perfectionism tag-procrastination tag-risk tag-risk-aversion tag-risk-of-doing-nothing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roulette wheel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette.jpg\" data-id=\"4448\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"roulette\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I don't think of myself as much of a risk taker. I'm generally fairly cautious - no high risk investments, Vegas holidays or adventure sports for me. But recently I've noticed just how risky some of my behaviour can be. I guarantee some of yours is too. To illustrate, let me tell you about my garden. When we moved into ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-06-07T15:54:04+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"More on The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-4441\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-climate tag-climate-breakdown tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-and-business tag-climate-coaching tag-climate-emergency tag-climate-leadership tag-coaching tag-environment tag-ethical-leadership tag-executive-coaching tag-leadership tag-nature tag-whats-climate-change-got-to-do-with-business\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4441\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In November I wrote the first of a two-part series looking at the climate crisis in a work context. It explored the psychological barriers that stop us even thinking about the subject and ended with a promise that next time I'd explore what we should actually do. It's taken me four months to reach the conclusion that I don't know. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-04-22T11:49:06+00:00<\/span><span>March 29th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-4425\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-teamwork tag-ethical-politics tag-how-to-navigate-organisational-politics tag-influence tag-influencing-skills tag-navigating-office-politics tag-office-politics tag-organisational-politics tag-organizational-politics tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics.jpg\" data-id=\"4425\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"office politics\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you navigate organisational politics?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"How do you navigate organisational politics?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the term 'organisational politics'? My hunch is it's back stabbing, pointless rivalries, sucking up to the boss, that kind of thing. I'm not going to pretend that that isn't a feature of many workplaces. If you work somewhere with really dysfunctional politics, it pays to be alert, to work out who you ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-07-26T15:35:19+00:00<\/span><span>October 4th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you navigate organisational politics?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-4397\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-making-change-happen category-uncategorized tag-absent-leadership tag-business-leader tag-change tag-identity tag-identity-crisis tag-imposter-syndrome tag-impostor-syndrome tag-reluctant-ceo tag-reluctant-salesman tag-selling tag-who-do-you-think-you-are\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card.jpg\" data-id=\"4397\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"blank business card\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWho do you think you are?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"Who do you think you are?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm not issuing that as a challenge, more an invitation for some gentle introspection. The way we think about our identity - the way we describe ourselves to ourselves and to others - has an impact on the way we operate in the world. This is particularly true in our working lives and sometimes that impact is not helpful. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-21T17:07:08+00:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"More on Who do you think you are?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-4366\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4366 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-ceo tag-coiv tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-organisational-resilience tag-pace tag-pace-setting-leader tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-stress tag-stress-at-work tag-stress-management tag-workplace-stress\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience.jpg\" data-id=\"4366\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Resilience\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\" aria-label=\"What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 resilience \u2013 and might some definitions actually be unhelpful? This month's blog was inspired by a conversation with an experienced ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-03-12T07:35:42+00:00<\/span><span>March 12th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\" aria-label=\"More on What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-4359\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4359 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership category-uncategorized tag-culture tag-hiring-remotely tag-new-job tag-recruiting-remotely tag-remote-on-boarding tag-remote-onboarding tag-remote-recruitment tag-remote-working tag-starting-a-new-job-at-home tag-starting-a-new-job-remotely tag-starting-work-remotely tag-unconscious-bias tag-working-from-home tag-working-from-home-in-a-new-job\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Working from home\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelchair-woman-e1613315964469.jpg\" data-id=\"4359\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Woman working from home\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\">Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>We\u2019re nearly a year into the pandemic and, for many of us, life goes on. I'm working with companies who are recruiting and coaching a couple of people who\u2019ve started new leadership positions during lockdown. But starting a new job is different now. \u00a0This month I want to focus what's missing when people start new jobs in a pandemic. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-02-14T16:08:31+00:00<\/span><span>February 13th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/joining-at-a-distance-five-things-missing-when-people-start-new-jobs-remotely\/\" aria-label=\"More on Joining at a distance: Five things missing when people start new jobs remotely\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-3180\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3180 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-back-to-work tag-covid-19 tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-new-normal tag-return-to-the-workplace tag-safe-working-environment tag-september tag-wfh tag-working-from-home\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters.jpg\" data-id=\"3180\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"commuters\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What will September bring?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What will September bring?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It may be only the end of July but I'm turning my attention to September as I think it's worth planning for now. September has always had a feel of New Year, back to normal about it, but this year what kind of normal will it be? Even if you're going to keep working from home well into next year, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:06:22+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What will September bring?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-3156\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3156 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-organisations tag-change tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-creating-change tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-new-normal tag-pandemic tag-uncertainty tag-unknown-unknowns\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2.jpg\" data-id=\"3156\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decision\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So here we are, tentatively venturing back out into the world and wondering what life will be like. There is no shortage of commentators predicting the business, societal and political changes which will result from the pandemic. I am not one of them. What I want to look at is how we handle the level of uncertainty we are facing. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:09:04+00:00<\/span><span>June 26th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-3097\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3097 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-leadership tag-business-support tag-corona tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-support tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-mental-health tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-turnaround\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/primary-colours-model-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">COVID-19: Expert leadership resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/primary-colours-model.jpg\" data-id=\"3097\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"primary-colours-model\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: Expert leadership resources\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: Expert leadership resources\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\">COVID-19: Expert leadership resources<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is not an ordinary blog post, it's a space to collect resources that may be useful to leaders in this time of crisis. The first resource is the free Primary Colours Covid-19 Leadership Survival Guide which I have devised in conjunction with Edgecumbe Consulting Group who own the model. The aim of the guide is to give leaders a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:10:06+00:00<\/span><span>April 9th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/covid-19-leadership-resources\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: Expert leadership resources\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-3091\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3091 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-covid-related category-leadership tag-corona tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-support tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-pandemic tag-primary-colours tag-primary-colours-leadership-model tag-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"3091\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\" aria-label=\"Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\">Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 for the very survival of your business or you may be struggling to cope with unprecedented demand for your services.\u00a0 ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:11:24+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/finding-focus-in-difficult-times\/\" aria-label=\"More on Finding focus in difficult times &#8211; A leadership challenge\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-3079\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3079 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-leadership-team-coaching-featured category-teamwork tag-conflict-at-work tag-conflict-avoidance tag-dysfunctional-leadership tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-five-dysfunctions-of-a-team tag-high-performing-teams tag-lencioni tag-lencioni-model tag-slt tag-smt tag-team-building tag-team-work tag-teams tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"3079\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"conflict\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-team-coaching-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Team Coaching Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\" aria-label=\"Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Having worked out what is and isn't a team last month, this month I'm looking at why so many teams fail to work well together and what you can do to develop better team working. The insecure leader One of the first reasons teams fail is not recognising that they are - or should be - a team in the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-19T12:56:49+00:00<\/span><span>February 29th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-3063\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3063 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-teamwork tag-business-unit-leaders tag-collaboration tag-competition tag-functional-heads tag-leadership-team tag-slt tag-smt tag-team-work tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/team.jpg\" data-id=\"3063\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Team\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\" aria-label=\"What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Does that sound like a daft question? Surely everyone knows what a team is. But actually, it's not as straightforward as you might think. For example, a group of people working for the same boss is not necessarily team, no matter how much the manager talks about \"my team\". A team is a group of people working towards a shared ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:12:47+00:00<\/span><span>January 31st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\" aria-label=\"More on What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-3003\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3003 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-executive-coaching tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-team tag-mentoring tag-operational-management tag-primary-colours-model tag-strategic-thinking tag-strategy tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"3003\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\" aria-label=\"Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\">Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the final instalment of an exploration of one person's leadership coaching experience. This is a real client, who kindly agreed to become a case study, with details changed to maintain his anonymity. \"Andrew\" was the newly appointed MD of an IT company employing around 150 people.\u00a0 In the first instalment,\u00a0I looked at coaching conversations related to Andrew's working ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:15:12+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-3\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 3: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Analysing the business plan\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2988\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2988 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-executive-coaching tag-good-delegation tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-team tag-mentoring tag-team-building tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"2988\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\" aria-label=\"Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\">Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the second instalment of an exploration of one person's leadership coaching experience. This is a real client, who kindly agreed to become a case study, with details changed to maintain his anonymity. \"Andrew\" was the newly appointed MD of an IT company employing around 150 people. Last month I looked at coaching conversations related to Andrew's working relationships. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-01T11:57:08+00:00<\/span><span>August 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 2: A leadership coaching journey &#8211; Delegation and team working\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2979\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2979 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-leadership tag-coaching tag-executive-coaching tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-coaching tag-leadership-skills tag-mentoring tag-primary-colours-model\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/coaching-e1567180122168.jpg\" data-id=\"2979\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"coaching\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\" aria-label=\"Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\">Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Leadership coaching is one of the key services I offer but it's not easy to explain what it's actually like. So over the next couple of months I'm going to tell the story of one person's coaching journey to try to bring it to life. This is a real client, who has kindly given his permission (thanks \"Andrew\"). Whilst it ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-01T11:56:01+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/a-leadership-coaching-journey-part-1\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 1: A leadership coaching journey \u2013 Improving working relationships\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2952\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2952 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-anxiety tag-control-freaks tag-delegation tag-leadership-skills tag-perfectionism tag-perfectionists\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism.jpg\" data-id=\"2952\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"perfectionism\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the fifth of my series on workplace myths, I'm turning my attention to perfectionism. I'm sure you're all familiar with this hackneyed exchange: Interviewer: \"What are your weaknesses?\" Candidate: \"Well sometimes I can get a bit perfectionist about my work\". Job done. The candidate smiles inwardly knowing that a) what they really meant was \"sometimes I'm just too damn ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:34:03+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2942\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2942 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-empowering-leaders tag-female-leaders tag-gender-differences-in-leaders tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-style tag-nurturing-leaders tag-women-leaders\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader.jpg\" data-id=\"2942\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Empowering female leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the fourth in a series on workplace myths, those pervasive beliefs that hold a grain of truth but might not be as widely applicable as we think. This one feels very 21st century to me. We've got used to seeing more women in leadership roles (until you get to the very top) and there's a feeling that they ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:34:15+00:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2939\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2939 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-absent-leaders tag-absent-leadership tag-dysfunctional-leadership tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-management-skills tag-managing-accountants tag-managing-engineers tag-managing-lawyers tag-managing-professionals tag-professional-services tag-psychology\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional.jpg\" data-id=\"2939\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"professional\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the third in my series on workplace myths - those pervasive beliefs that contain a grain of truth but may not be as applicable as you think. Some of you may be wondering why I'm considering this one as a myth at all. If you've suffered the horrors of a control freak micro-manager, you may long to be ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:35:35+00:00<\/span><span>January 24th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2933\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2933 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-business tag-decision-making tag-delegation-skills tag-experts tag-judgement tag-leaders tag-leadership-skills tag-learning tag-management-skills tag-promotion tag-stereotypes tag-technical-specialist tag-workplace-myths\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician.jpg\" data-id=\"2933\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Technician\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first in a series on workplace myths, many of which are based on stereotypes - soft female leaders, socially awkward geeks, psychologists obsessed with feelings. Like most stereotypes, there's generally a grain of truth in them. There's a reason we talk about German efficiency and Italian style, not the other way round. But stereotypes don't apply in ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:37:34+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2929\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2929 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-anxiety tag-business tag-delegating tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-emotion tag-emotional-intelligence tag-envy tag-feelings tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-management-skills tag-micro-managers tag-micro-managing tag-self-awareness tag-self-management\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">Delegation: The art of self-management?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety.jpg\" data-id=\"2929\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Courage-anxiety\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDelegation: The art of self-management?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\" aria-label=\"Delegation: The art of self-management?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\">Delegation: The art of self-management?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Last month, I discussed the dimensions of delegation, which prompted one reader to tell me that, for him, the hardest part of delegating is managing his own responses - dealing with frustration and reining in his inner control freak, for example.\u00a0I recognise from my years of coaching that this is something many people struggle with. So this month, I'm looking ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:41:38+00:00<\/span><span>September 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/delegation-the-art-of-self-management\/\" aria-label=\"More on Delegation: The art of self-management?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2923\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2923 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-accountability tag-delegating tag-delegation tag-delegation-skills tag-good-delegation tag-leadership tag-management-skills tag-micro-managers tag-micro-managing tag-poor-delegation\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2923\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"manager\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGiving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\" aria-label=\"Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\">Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Getting someone else to carry out tasks on your behalf is a key management skill and one that a lot of people struggle with. They micro-manage and interfere too much or they abdicate responsibility and leave people floundering. There's no formula for good delegation - it depends on the task and the individual you're delegating it to. But you may\u00a0find ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T12:40:56+00:00<\/span><span>August 30th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/giving-it-all-away-seven-dimensions-of-delegation\/\" aria-label=\"More on Giving it all away? Seven dimensions of delegation\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2908\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2908 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-style tag-leading tag-overplaying-strengths tag-primary-colours-model tag-strengths\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/seesaw-sign-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/seesaw-sign.jpg\" data-id=\"2908\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Seesaw sign\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\" aria-label=\"Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\">Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Play to your strengths - that's good advice, right? Well generally, yes, it is. There's a whole school of thought in HR and business psychology that says you're much more likely to improve your performance if you keep developing something you're already good at and use it more, than if you doggedly try and overcome some persistent weakness. But that's ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:58:03+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/lopsided-leadership-too-much-of-a-good-thing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Lopsided leadership &#8211; Too much of a good thing?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2561\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-succession-planning\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2561\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Succession circles jpg\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPassing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you hand on a business you\u2019ve spent years nurturing?\u00a0This is a challenge facing many business owners as they eventually accept that they cannot go on forever. This month I\u2019ve teamed up with Peter Jenner, from William Battle Ltd, who specialises in business succession to compare his process-focused approach with my psychological perspective. Peter has a model which aims ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:27:44+00:00<\/span><span>July 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"More on Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-2199\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2199 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork tag-conflict tag-conflict-at-work tag-conflict-avoidance tag-disagreement-at-work tag-importance-of-conflict\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"2199\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFive strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\" aria-label=\"Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the word 'conflict'? I think for a lot of us, conflict conjures up a particularly bad Eastenders' Christmas - raised voices, harsh words, fists flying, someone trying to calm things down by saying \"Leave it Barry, he\u00a0ain't worth it\". In fact, many of us are so afraid of this kind of conflict ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:28:56+00:00<\/span><span>May 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\" aria-label=\"More on Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-1163\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1163 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-leadership-coaching-featured category-opinion-pieces tag-conflict tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-maturity tag-emotional-resilience tag-empathy tag-leadership tag-nice-leader tag-toxic-leadership\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1.jpg\" data-id=\"1163\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blog photo interview\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCan you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-coaching-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Coaching Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\" aria-label=\"Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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\u00a0to the title. I know a number of nice, decent, successful CEOs, MDs and other leaders in senior positions and was primed\u00a0to leap to their defence. Were they suggesting hiring ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:54:02+00:00<\/span><span>October 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-748\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-748 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-board-of-directors tag-company-effectiveness tag-corporate-governance tag-female-leaders tag-gender-blind tag-hillary-clinton tag-merkel tag-politics tag-theresa-may tag-women tag-women-leaders\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/merkel-may-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/merkel-may.jpg\" data-id=\"748\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Merkel &amp; May\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Well isn't this interesting - women are taking over the world. We have a female Prime Minister, the most powerful politician in Europe is a woman and I can't be the only one fervently hoping that the next US president is a woman because the alternative is too ghastly to contemplate. But will things be any\u00a0different? Do women bring different ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:56:30+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"More on The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-680\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-680 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership tag-anxiety tag-childhood-issues-in-adulthood tag-insight tag-irrational-fear tag-overcoming-anxiety\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny-steps-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny-steps.jpg\" data-id=\"680\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Tiny steps\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\" aria-label=\"Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\">Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you make progress with those day-to-day anxieties that hold you back in life and at work? I\u2019m thinking of those fears that seem irrational when you try to explain them to others but which can exert a great hold over you. Most of us have some niggling worries, but some people have more than their fair share to ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:34:08+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/tiny-steps-astonishing-bravery\/\" aria-label=\"More on Conquering your anxieties. Tiny steps of astonishing bravery\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-622\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-622 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-research-snippets tag-implicit-association-test tag-meditation tag-mindfulness tag-neurobollocks tag-neuroleadership tag-neuroscience tag-unconscious-bias tag-unconscious-bias-testing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/neuroleader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">Three management fads to be wary of in 2016<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/neuroleader.jpg\" data-id=\"622\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Neuroleader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThree management fads to be wary of in 2016\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\" aria-label=\"Three management fads to be wary of in 2016\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">Three management fads to be wary of in 2016<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So we\u2019re well into the New Year, your feet are back under the desk, Christmas is a distant memory and maybe you\u2019re thinking about things you might do differently at work in 2016. There\u2019ll be no shortage of people to advise you on exciting new approaches you might want to try but how do you know what works? Well here ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:44:04+00:00<\/span><span>January 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\" aria-label=\"More on Three management fads to be wary of in 2016\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-620\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-620 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-leadership category-organisations tag-assessment tag-business tag-complexity tag-intelligence tag-vuca\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military.jpg\" data-id=\"620\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"US military\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\" aria-label=\"VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Don\u2019t worry, this isn\u2019t another one of those articles suggesting that you need the camaraderie and grit of the marines as you lead your team through another gruelling week servicing the nation\u2019s photocopiers or whatever it is you do for a living. This military lesson isn\u2019t really about people at all. It\u2019s about a way of thinking about situations. Developed ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:51:45+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\" aria-label=\"More on VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-619\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-619 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-influence category-leadership tag-influence tag-leadership tag-power\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/power-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/power.jpg\" data-id=\"619\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Power\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFinding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\" aria-label=\"Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\">Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you feel about power?\u00a0Is it something you crave or something which makes you feel uncomfortable? And how powerful do you actually feel as a person? I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about power recently while working with some senior leaders. In particular, I\u2019m interested in the match \u2013 or mismatch \u2013 between the power people get from their roles ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:52:50+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-handle-power\/\" aria-label=\"More on Finding your own natural authority &#8211; Can you handle power?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-618\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-618 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-organisations tag-nightmare-job tag-poisoned-chalice tag-turning-around-underperformance tag-underperformance tag-underperforming-team\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/chalice-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/chalice.jpg\" data-id=\"618\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Chalice\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\" aria-label=\"What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Have you ever been given a fabulous career opportunity that didn't turn out to be quite such an unalloyed joy after all? In the last month or so, I've worked with five different people - some in medium-sized businesses, some in multi-national corporations - whose exciting new jobs turned out to be something of a poisoned chalice. It seemed worth ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:48:31+00:00<\/span><span>August 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\" aria-label=\"More on What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-616\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-616 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-organisations tag-assessment tag-board-effectiveness tag-experience tag-leadership tag-neds tag-non-executive-directors tag-selection\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ned-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ned.jpg\" data-id=\"616\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"NED\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNeed a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\" aria-label=\"Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A good non-exec director can do wonders for an SME,\u00a0bringing experience and a different perspective, acting as a sounding board and challenging the exec team to ensure they focus on the right stuff: the important not the urgent, the long-term strategy, good corporate governance and so on. And yet companies don\u2019t always seem to get non-exec appointments right. I want ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:34:54+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\" aria-label=\"More on Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-615\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-615 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-business-advisers category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-experience-assessment-management-leadership-coaching-mentoring\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/t-shirts.jpg\" data-id=\"615\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"t shirts\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBeen there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\">Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How much do you need to know about someone else\u2019s job to have a say in it? Do you have to have done the job yourself to know whether they\u2019re doing it properly? Common sense would suggest not \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be a trained chef to recognise a badly cooked meal, for example. Yet a lot of people, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:35:23+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/been-there-done-that\/\" aria-label=\"More on Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. How much experience do you need to dabble in someone else\u2019s job?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-614\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-614 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-intelligence-experience-assessment-complexity-recruitment\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/graduate-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/graduate.jpg\" data-id=\"614\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Graduate\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExperience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\" aria-label=\"Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\">Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Which matters more when you're hiring someone for a senior job - intelligence or experience? You may be thinking, 'it's obvious, go for the experience'. On the other hand, you may be thinking, 'it's obvious, go for the brains'. Which one you favour tends to reflect your own biases rather than any universal truth. Ideally, of course, you'd want both, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T15:55:20+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/experience-or-brains-which-matters-more-in-a-senior-role\/\" aria-label=\"More on Experience or brains &#8211; Which matters more in a senior role?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-608\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-608 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-making-change-happen tag-project-management-operational-management-goals-targets-deadlines-motivation\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocks-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocks.jpg\" data-id=\"608\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"clocks\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTargets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\" aria-label=\"Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Which motivates you more \u2013 targets or deadlines? That may sound like an odd question. They\u2019re both about meeting some kind of goal in a certain time frame, after all. Well yes, but in my experience people tend to focus on one or the other and this has a profound impact on the way they work. People who focus on ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:13:57+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\" aria-label=\"More on Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-607\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z.jpg\" data-id=\"607\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"124254849_753e039501_z\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToo much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>No one likes a show off, right? We can all think of people who constantly bang on about how brilliant they are and what they\u2019ve achieved this month. People who make sure you know what their house is worth or tell you the detailed spec of their high end car and so on and so on. It grates and, frankly, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:18:56+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"More on Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-603\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-603 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-influence tag-leadership tag-leading tag-primary-colours-model tag-recruitment tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategy\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/leader.jpg\" data-id=\"603\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSo you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\" aria-label=\"So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\">So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Much has been written about leadership and leaders. Are they born or made? Can you teach leadership? What are the characteristics of a great leader? And so on and so on. What is frequently omitted, however, is the question \u2018What does a leader actually do?\u2019. What is the job of leadership? It\u2019s as though we think the answer is obvious, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-10-14T10:46:23+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/so-youre-a-leader-what-do-you-actually-do\/\" aria-label=\"More on So you\u2019re a leader \u2013 What do you actually do?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-10-post-596\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-596 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership tag-complexity tag-decision-making tag-intuition tag-judgement tag-senior-executive-jobs tag-strategic-thinking\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">The importance of managerial judgement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/courage-anxiety.jpg\" data-id=\"596\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Courage-anxiety\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe importance of managerial judgement\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\" aria-label=\"The importance of managerial judgement\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\">The importance of managerial judgement<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my last blog post, I looked at how you can tell whether someone has the intellectual firepower to cope with a senior job. This is incredibly important but it's just the start. In situations where there is no 'right answer', people need to exercise judgement and a surprising number of people find this difficult. Good judgement pre-supposes that you've ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:32:36+00:00<\/span><span>July 11th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-importance-of-managerial-judgement\/\" aria-label=\"More on The importance of managerial judgement\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-11 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"making-change-happen\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-11-post-4397\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-making-change-happen category-uncategorized tag-absent-leadership tag-business-leader tag-change tag-identity tag-identity-crisis tag-imposter-syndrome tag-impostor-syndrome tag-reluctant-ceo tag-reluctant-salesman tag-selling tag-who-do-you-think-you-are\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card.jpg\" data-id=\"4397\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"blank business card\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWho do you think you are?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"Who do you think you are?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm not issuing that as a challenge, more an invitation for some gentle introspection. The way we think about our identity - the way we describe ourselves to ourselves and to others - has an impact on the way we operate in the world. This is particularly true in our working lives and sometimes that impact is not helpful. So ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-21T17:07:08+00:00<\/span><span>April 20th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"More on Who do you think you are?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-11-post-3041\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3041 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-making-change-happen tag-habit-formation tag-making-changes-last tag-new-year tag-new-year-new-you tag-new-year-resolutions tag-psychology-of-change tag-willpower\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/resolution-2.jpg\" data-id=\"3041\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Resolution 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeven psychological tips for making change that lasts\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\" aria-label=\"Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\">Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Last month, you may recall, I wrote about how to feel better about yourself if you hadn't achieved all you wanted to as we approached the end of the year. This month, as we contemplate a new decade and you might want to do things differently, I'm looking at what psychology tells us about making changes that stick. 1. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2024-01-04T12:19:43+00:00<\/span><span>December 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/making-change-that-lasts\/\" aria-label=\"More on Seven psychological tips for making change that lasts\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-11-post-3023\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3023 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-making-change-happen tag-313 tag-christmas tag-dissatisfied-at-work tag-dissatisfied-with-life tag-end-of-decade tag-end-of-year tag-envy tag-existential-angst tag-how-to-feel-better-about-yourself tag-life-goals tag-new-year tag-positive-mindset\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/santa-dog-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"3023\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Santa dog\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\" aria-label=\"And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\">And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Another year over, a new one just begun. I've been living with this song for weeks as the choir I sing with rehearses for Christmas. I don't know about you but the line 'another year over' tends to leave me with a slight feeling of existential dread. It's worse this year, as another decade is over and what have I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:13:37+00:00<\/span><span>November 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/and-so-this-is-christmas-and-what-have-you-done\/\" aria-label=\"More on And so this is Christmas &#8211; and what have you done?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-11-post-2636\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2636 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-making-change-happen tag-aspirations tag-back-to-work tag-goals tag-good-habits tag-habit-formation tag-keeping-on-track tag-motivation tag-new-year tag-new-year-new-you\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/back_to_school1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/back_to_school1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/back_to_school1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\">Back to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/back_to_school1-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2636\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Back_to_school1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBack to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\" aria-label=\"Back to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\">Back to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So here we are in the last days of summer before we revert to 'back to school' normality next week. I've written here before about the idea that for many of us September feels much more like New Year than January does. This is the time when we start afresh. You may come back to work with renewed determination to ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:27:10+00:00<\/span><span>August 30th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/back-to-work-with-a-bang\/\" aria-label=\"More on Back to work with a bang &#8211; Working out what you want to achieve\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-11-post-608\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-608 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-making-change-happen tag-project-management-operational-management-goals-targets-deadlines-motivation\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocks-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/clocks.jpg\" data-id=\"608\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"clocks\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTargets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\" aria-label=\"Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\">Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Which motivates you more \u2013 targets or deadlines? That may sound like an odd question. They\u2019re both about meeting some kind of goal in a certain time frame, after all. Well yes, but in my experience people tend to focus on one or the other and this has a profound impact on the way they work. People who focus on ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:13:57+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/targets-or-deadlines-whats-your-key-driver\/\" aria-label=\"More on Targets or deadlines &#8211; What&#8217;s your key driver?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-11-post-606\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-606 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-making-change-happen\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-year-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-year-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-year-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\">Happy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-year-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"606\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"New Year\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHappy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\" aria-label=\"Happy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\">Happy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I don\u2019t know about you but I always associate autumn with new beginnings.\u00a0All those years of back-to-school shoe shopping, shiny new pencil cases and adjusting to a new form teacher ingrained the idea that September is when the new year begins. Even as an adult, September is the time you\u2019re most likely to start learning French, sign up for a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:26:00+00:00<\/span><span>August 26th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/happy-new-year-no-really\/\" aria-label=\"More on Happy New Year \u2013 Working towards the future you envision\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-11-post-601\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-601 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-making-change-happen tag-distraction tag-focus tag-interruptions tag-multi-tasking tag-neuroscience tag-time-management\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/january-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\">How do you focus on the stuff that matters?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/january.jpg\" data-id=\"601\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_3055\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you focus on the stuff that matters?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\" aria-label=\"How do you focus on the stuff that matters?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\">How do you focus on the stuff that matters?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think back a month. A new year was about to start, you\u2019d probably had at least a week away from work and maybe that had given you a sense of perspective. Perhaps you didn\u2019t think about work at all, as you spent time on other things that matter in your life. Or maybe you got a different angle on some ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:17:53+00:00<\/span><span>January 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-focus-on-the-stuff-that-matters\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you focus on the stuff that matters?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-12 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"opinion-pieces\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-12-post-4448\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4448 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-business-failure tag-caution tag-cautious tag-climate-leadership tag-climate-risk tag-leadership tag-over-caution tag-over-cautious tag-passive-risk tag-perfectionism tag-procrastination tag-risk tag-risk-aversion tag-risk-of-doing-nothing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roulette wheel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette.jpg\" data-id=\"4448\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"roulette\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I don't think of myself as much of a risk taker. I'm generally fairly cautious - no high risk investments, Vegas holidays or adventure sports for me. But recently I've noticed just how risky some of my behaviour can be. I guarantee some of yours is too. To illustrate, let me tell you about my garden. When we moved into ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-06-07T15:54:04+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"More on The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-4441\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-climate tag-climate-breakdown tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-and-business tag-climate-coaching tag-climate-emergency tag-climate-leadership tag-coaching tag-environment tag-ethical-leadership tag-executive-coaching tag-leadership tag-nature tag-whats-climate-change-got-to-do-with-business\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4441\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In November I wrote the first of a two-part series looking at the climate crisis in a work context. It explored the psychological barriers that stop us even thinking about the subject and ended with a promise that next time I'd explore what we should actually do. It's taken me four months to reach the conclusion that I don't know. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-04-22T11:49:06+00:00<\/span><span>March 29th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-4432\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4432 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-climate tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-denial tag-how-to-face-up-to-climate-change tag-what-can-business-do-about-climate-change tag-what-can-we-do-about-climate-change tag-why-cant-we-think-about-climate-change\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4432\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first of a two part series on the key topic of our age, the climate crisis. Specifically, looking at it in the context of work.\u00a0 Your immediate reaction might be \"Really, do I have to? It's bad enough when it's on the news and I have got quite a lot on right now\". I get it. I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-11-23T12:50:33+00:00<\/span><span>November 23rd, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-4366\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4366 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-ceo tag-coiv tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-emotional-resilience tag-leadership tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-organisational-resilience tag-pace tag-pace-setting-leader tag-pandemic tag-resilience tag-stress tag-stress-at-work tag-stress-management tag-workplace-stress\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Resilience.jpg\" data-id=\"4366\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Resilience\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\" aria-label=\"What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\">What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 resilience \u2013 and might some definitions actually be unhelpful? This month's blog was inspired by a conversation with an experienced ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-03-12T07:35:42+00:00<\/span><span>March 12th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-do-we-mean-by-resilience-a-conversation-with-a-ceo\/\" aria-label=\"More on What do we mean by resilience? A conversation with a CEO\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-4291\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4291 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-opinion-pieces tag-blitz-spirit tag-coronavirus tag-covid tag-covid-19 tag-keep-calm-and-carry-on tag-pandemic tag-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Blitz spirit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">Do we need more blitz spirit?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blitz.jpg\" data-id=\"4291\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Blitz\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDo we need more blitz spirit?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\" aria-label=\"Do we need more blitz spirit?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\">Do we need more blitz spirit?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Blitz spirit. There's a topic I doubt people expected me to write about. But it's been gnawing at me, ever since Maureen from Barnsley was hailed as the Voice of the Nation for saying that we needed to show more blitz spirit during the pandemic. As a concept, I find it both psychologically fascinating and rather irritating. My guess is ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-12-10T16:22:11+00:00<\/span><span>October 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-we-need-more-blitz-spirit-2\/\" aria-label=\"More on Do we need more blitz spirit?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-2964\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2964 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces category-organisations category-teamwork tag-conflict-avoidance tag-fun tag-fun-at-work tag-should-work-be-fun tag-team-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">Should work be fun?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work.jpg\" data-id=\"2964\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"115 of 365 - Serious fun\/Playful work\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShould work be fun?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\" aria-label=\"Should work be fun?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">Should work be fun?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I nearly made this the last of my workplace myths series but couldn't decide which was the more prevailing myth. On the one hand, the prevalence of ping pong tables in office foyers suggests a contemporary expectation that work should be fun. On the other hand, I've met many a manager (often in finance, interestingly) who believes that, unless people ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:25:07+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\" aria-label=\"More on Should work be fun?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-2958\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2958 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-career-development tag-emotional-intelligence tag-eq tag-eq-vs-iq tag-intelligence tag-iq tag-leadership tag-success tag-talent-management\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spock-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/spock.jpg\" data-id=\"2958\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Spock\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\">Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the latest in my series on workplace myths, I'm turning my attention to emotional intelligence. There are numerous articles out there claiming that, not only is emotional intelligence important, but that, for career success, it's more important than intelligence. But is it? Let's go back to basics: What is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence is the ability to: a) recognise ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:25:37+00:00<\/span><span>April 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-6-eq-is-more-important-than-iq\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #6: EQ is more important than IQ\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-2952\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2952 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-anxiety tag-control-freaks tag-delegation tag-leadership-skills tag-perfectionism tag-perfectionists\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/perfectionism.jpg\" data-id=\"2952\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"perfectionism\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\">Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the fifth of my series on workplace myths, I'm turning my attention to perfectionism. I'm sure you're all familiar with this hackneyed exchange: Interviewer: \"What are your weaknesses?\" Candidate: \"Well sometimes I can get a bit perfectionist about my work\". Job done. The candidate smiles inwardly knowing that a) what they really meant was \"sometimes I'm just too damn ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:34:03+00:00<\/span><span>March 31st, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-5-perfectionism-is-an-allowable-weakness\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #5: Perfectionism is an allowable weakness\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-2942\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2942 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-empowering-leaders tag-female-leaders tag-gender-differences-in-leaders tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-leadership-style tag-nurturing-leaders tag-women-leaders\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/empowering-female-leader.jpg\" data-id=\"2942\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Empowering female leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\">Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the fourth in a series on workplace myths, those pervasive beliefs that hold a grain of truth but might not be as widely applicable as we think. This one feels very 21st century to me. We've got used to seeing more women in leadership roles (until you get to the very top) and there's a feeling that they ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:34:15+00:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-4-female-leaders-are-more-nurturing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #4: Female leaders are more nurturing\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-2939\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2939 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-absent-leaders tag-absent-leadership tag-dysfunctional-leadership tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-management-skills tag-managing-accountants tag-managing-engineers tag-managing-lawyers tag-managing-professionals tag-professional-services tag-psychology\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional.jpg\" data-id=\"2939\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"professional\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the third in my series on workplace myths - those pervasive beliefs that contain a grain of truth but may not be as applicable as you think. Some of you may be wondering why I'm considering this one as a myth at all. If you've suffered the horrors of a control freak micro-manager, you may long to be ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:35:35+00:00<\/span><span>January 24th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-2935\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2935 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces tag-accountants tag-auditors tag-autism tag-career-development tag-extroverts tag-geek-speak tag-geeks tag-introversion tag-introverts tag-it-staff tag-nerds tag-social-skills tag-susan-cain\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/geeks-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\">Myth #2: Geeks have no social skills<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/geeks.jpg\" data-id=\"2935\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Geeks\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #2: Geeks have no social skills\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #2: Geeks have no social skills\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\">Myth #2: Geeks have no social skills<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the second in a short series exploring workplace myths. Having started my career as a computer programmer, this one is close to my heart and I use the term geek affectionately. IT departments are, of course, Geek HQ, but similar stereotypes apply to other specialists. For example, how can you spot an outgoing auditor? They look at your ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:35:42+00:00<\/span><span>November 29th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-2-geeks-have-no-social-skills\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #2: Geeks have no social skills\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-2933\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2933 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-opinion-pieces tag-business tag-decision-making tag-delegation-skills tag-experts tag-judgement tag-leaders tag-leadership-skills tag-learning tag-management-skills tag-promotion tag-stereotypes tag-technical-specialist tag-workplace-myths\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/technician.jpg\" data-id=\"2933\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Technician\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\">Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first in a series on workplace myths, many of which are based on stereotypes - soft female leaders, socially awkward geeks, psychologists obsessed with feelings. Like most stereotypes, there's generally a grain of truth in them. There's a reason we talk about German efficiency and Italian style, not the other way round. But stereotypes don't apply in ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:37:34+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-1-technical-specialists-make-lousy-managers\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #1: Technical specialists make lousy managers\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-2881\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2881 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-resilience tag-resilience tag-stress tag-stress-at-work tag-stress-management tag-workplace-stress\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/tired-despair-head-on-lap-top-not-used-yet.jpg\" data-id=\"2881\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Tired despair, head on lap top - not used yet\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThree reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\" aria-label=\"Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\">Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 psychologist, you're probably anticipating some tips on how to deal with workplace stress. Well, sorry to disappoint, but I actually ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:11:18+00:00<\/span><span>February 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-stress-is-a-meaningless-concept\/\" aria-label=\"More on Three reasons why stress is a meaningless concept\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-1867\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1867 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces category-organisations category-teamwork tag-brexit tag-conflict tag-group-think tag-harmony tag-politics tag-politics-at-work tag-religion tag-religion-at-work tag-trump\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding.jpg\" data-id=\"1867\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Scolding\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\" aria-label=\"The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cNever discuss religion or politics\u201d. This sage advice has been around for at least a century. But in these days of Brexit and Trump, politics seems harder and harder to avoid and religion has got wrapped up in it in a way it hasn\u2019t been \u2013 or at least not in the UK \u2013 for decades. So what happens when ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-10T10:01:11+00:00<\/span><span>February 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-1163\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1163 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-developing-career-potential category-leadership category-leadership-coaching-featured category-opinion-pieces tag-conflict tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-maturity tag-emotional-resilience tag-empathy tag-leadership tag-nice-leader tag-toxic-leadership\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-photo-interview1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">Can you be a nice leader? 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How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-coaching-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Coaching Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\" aria-label=\"Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\">Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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\u00a0to the title. I know a number of nice, decent, successful CEOs, MDs and other leaders in senior positions and was primed\u00a0to leap to their defence. Were they suggesting hiring ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:54:02+00:00<\/span><span>October 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-you-be-a-nice-leader\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can you be a nice leader? How to grow as a leader and develop your &#8216;inner Jim&#8217;\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-748\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-748 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-board-of-directors tag-company-effectiveness tag-corporate-governance tag-female-leaders tag-gender-blind tag-hillary-clinton tag-merkel tag-politics tag-theresa-may tag-women tag-women-leaders\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/merkel-may-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/merkel-may.jpg\" data-id=\"748\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Merkel &amp; May\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Well isn't this interesting - women are taking over the world. We have a female Prime Minister, the most powerful politician in Europe is a woman and I can't be the only one fervently hoping that the next US president is a woman because the alternative is too ghastly to contemplate. But will things be any\u00a0different? Do women bring different ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:56:30+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"More on The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-736\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-736 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces tag-brexit tag-in-groups tag-inclusivity tag-personality tag-tolerance tag-tribes tag-values\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk-320x202.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk-320x202.png 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk-700x441.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\">The psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/uk.png\" data-id=\"736\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"UK\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\" aria-label=\"The psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\">The psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I didn't really want to write a BREXIT blog, but my blogging deadline was upon me and it really is the only subject in town. Everything else feels irrelevant. And surely psychology has something to say about the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves in. In fact, psychology adds multiple perspectives, as these thoughtful analyses from the British Psychological Society demonstrate. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:57:50+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/us-and-them-how-did-it-get-so-tribal\/\" aria-label=\"More on The psychology of &#8216;us&#8217; and &#8216;them&#8217; &#8211; How did Brexit get so tribal?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-633\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-633 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-favourite category-opinion-pieces tag-21st-century-work tag-competence tag-enthusiasm tag-find-your-passion tag-passion tag-recruitment\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/passion-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\">Are you passionate about your work? Well stop it!<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/passion.jpg\" data-id=\"633\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Passion\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you passionate about your work? Well stop it!\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/favourite\/\" rel=\"tag\">Favourite<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\" aria-label=\"Are you passionate about your work? Well stop it!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\">Are you passionate about your work? Well stop it!<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Once upon a time, passion for\u00a0work was limited to artists and fire-brand politicians. But in today\u2019s workplace, it\u00a0seems to be all the rage. LinkedIn is full of people who are passionate about everything from customer service to quantity surveying and even embroidery. And employers seem to want people who are passionate about a type of work, a product or brand ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:43:23+00:00<\/span><span>February 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/are-you-passionate-about-your-work-well-stop-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on Are you passionate about your work? Well stop it!\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-622\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-622 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-research-snippets tag-implicit-association-test tag-meditation tag-mindfulness tag-neurobollocks tag-neuroleadership tag-neuroscience tag-unconscious-bias tag-unconscious-bias-testing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/neuroleader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">Three management fads to be wary of in 2016<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/neuroleader.jpg\" data-id=\"622\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Neuroleader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThree management fads to be wary of in 2016\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\" aria-label=\"Three management fads to be wary of in 2016\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">Three management fads to be wary of in 2016<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So we\u2019re well into the New Year, your feet are back under the desk, Christmas is a distant memory and maybe you\u2019re thinking about things you might do differently at work in 2016. There\u2019ll be no shortage of people to advise you on exciting new approaches you might want to try but how do you know what works? Well here ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:44:04+00:00<\/span><span>January 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\" aria-label=\"More on Three management fads to be wary of in 2016\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-12-post-602\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-602 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-opinion-pieces tag-assessment tag-co-op tag-paul-flowers tag-psychometric-testing tag-psychometrics\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">Did psychologists bring down a bank?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"602\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDid psychologists bring down a bank?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\" aria-label=\"Did psychologists bring down a bank?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\">Did psychologists bring down a bank?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>If you\u2019ve read the business pages of the papers recently, you might begin to believe that people like me, with our dangerous voodoo magic, at least indirectly caused the demise of the Co-op Bank. It follows revelations at a Treasury select committee hearing that \u2013 shockingly, it would seem \u2013 some (unspecified) form of psychometric testing was used in the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-25T15:40:13+00:00<\/span><span>February 27th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/did-psychologists-bring-down-a-bank\/\" aria-label=\"More on Did psychologists bring down a bank?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-13 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"organisations\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-13-post-4441\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-climate tag-climate-breakdown tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-and-business tag-climate-coaching tag-climate-emergency tag-climate-leadership tag-coaching tag-environment tag-ethical-leadership tag-executive-coaching tag-leadership tag-nature tag-whats-climate-change-got-to-do-with-business\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4441\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In November I wrote the first of a two-part series looking at the climate crisis in a work context. It explored the psychological barriers that stop us even thinking about the subject and ended with a promise that next time I'd explore what we should actually do. It's taken me four months to reach the conclusion that I don't know. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-04-22T11:49:06+00:00<\/span><span>March 29th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-3180\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3180 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-back-to-work tag-covid-19 tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-new-normal tag-return-to-the-workplace tag-safe-working-environment tag-september tag-wfh tag-working-from-home\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters.jpg\" data-id=\"3180\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"commuters\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What will September bring?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What will September bring?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It may be only the end of July but I'm turning my attention to September as I think it's worth planning for now. September has always had a feel of New Year, back to normal about it, but this year what kind of normal will it be? Even if you're going to keep working from home well into next year, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:06:22+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What will September bring?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-3156\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3156 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-organisations tag-change tag-coronavirus tag-covid-19 tag-creating-change tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-new-normal tag-pandemic tag-uncertainty tag-unknown-unknowns\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2-201x202.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/decision-2.jpg\" data-id=\"3156\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"decision\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\">COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So here we are, tentatively venturing back out into the world and wondering what life will be like. There is no shortage of commentators predicting the business, societal and political changes which will result from the pandemic. I am not one of them. What I want to look at is how we handle the level of uncertainty we are facing. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:09:04+00:00<\/span><span>June 26th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-next-who-knows-living-with-uncertainty\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What next? Who knows? Living with uncertainty\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-2964\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2964 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces category-organisations category-teamwork tag-conflict-avoidance tag-fun tag-fun-at-work tag-should-work-be-fun tag-team-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">Should work be fun?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work.jpg\" data-id=\"2964\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"115 of 365 - Serious fun\/Playful work\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShould work be fun?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\" aria-label=\"Should work be fun?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">Should work be fun?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I nearly made this the last of my workplace myths series but couldn't decide which was the more prevailing myth. On the one hand, the prevalence of ping pong tables in office foyers suggests a contemporary expectation that work should be fun. On the other hand, I've met many a manager (often in finance, interestingly) who believes that, unless people ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:25:07+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\" aria-label=\"More on Should work be fun?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-2939\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2939 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-absent-leaders tag-absent-leadership tag-dysfunctional-leadership tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-skills tag-management-skills tag-managing-accountants tag-managing-engineers tag-managing-lawyers tag-managing-professionals tag-professional-services tag-psychology\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/professional.jpg\" data-id=\"2939\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"professional\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMyth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\" aria-label=\"Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\">Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the third in my series on workplace myths - those pervasive beliefs that contain a grain of truth but may not be as applicable as you think. Some of you may be wondering why I'm considering this one as a myth at all. If you've suffered the horrors of a control freak micro-manager, you may long to be ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:35:35+00:00<\/span><span>January 24th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/myth-3-experienced-professionals-dont-need-managing\/\" aria-label=\"More on Myth #3: Experienced professionals don&#8217;t need managing\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-2918\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2918 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-organisations category-research-snippets category-teamwork tag-corporate-citizens tag-culture tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-email tag-group-dynamics tag-high-performers tag-leaders tag-leadership-style tag-office tag-open-plan-office tag-organisational-culture tag-psychology tag-psychology-research tag-research tag-team-work tag-wolf-of-wall-street\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-leader-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-leader-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2918\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Black leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\" aria-label=\"Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I like to keep up with psychology research. I feel it's part of my responsibility as a practising psychologist to have at least some idea of the latest findings. What's struck me recently is how often the research has confounded my thinking, suggesting something counter-intuitive. So here are five pieces of common sense, received wisdom about the workplace that recent ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T12:41:43+00:00<\/span><span>July 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-2886\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2886 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-different-problem-featured category-organisations tag-bad-behaviour tag-behaviour tag-culture tag-dark-side tag-environment tag-group-dynamics tag-nature tag-organisational-culture tag-organisational-politics tag-personality tag-shadow-side tag-workplace-behaviour\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\">Why do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-man-with-laptop.jpg\" data-id=\"2886\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Angry man with laptop\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/different-problem-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Different Problem Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\" aria-label=\"Why do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\">Why do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Imagine you see someone behaving badly at work - maybe doing something ethically questionable or taking their anger out on the trainee or not pulling their weight in a crisis. If you're like most people, you'll attribute that behaviour to some aspect of their character - he's dishonest, she's aggressive, they're lazy and so on - unless you know them ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:59:07+00:00<\/span><span>April 27th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-people-behave-badly-at-work\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why do people behave badly at work? Four drivers of bad behaviour\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-2561\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-succession-planning\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2561\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Succession circles jpg\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPassing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you hand on a business you\u2019ve spent years nurturing?\u00a0This is a challenge facing many business owners as they eventually accept that they cannot go on forever. This month I\u2019ve teamed up with Peter Jenner, from William Battle Ltd, who specialises in business succession to compare his process-focused approach with my psychological perspective. Peter has a model which aims ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:27:44+00:00<\/span><span>July 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"More on Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-1867\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1867 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces category-organisations category-teamwork tag-brexit tag-conflict tag-group-think tag-harmony tag-politics tag-politics-at-work tag-religion tag-religion-at-work tag-trump\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding.jpg\" data-id=\"1867\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Scolding\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\" aria-label=\"The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cNever discuss religion or politics\u201d. This sage advice has been around for at least a century. But in these days of Brexit and Trump, politics seems harder and harder to avoid and religion has got wrapped up in it in a way it hasn\u2019t been \u2013 or at least not in the UK \u2013 for decades. So what happens when ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-10T10:01:11+00:00<\/span><span>February 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-748\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-748 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-board-of-directors tag-company-effectiveness tag-corporate-governance tag-female-leaders tag-gender-blind tag-hillary-clinton tag-merkel tag-politics tag-theresa-may tag-women tag-women-leaders\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/merkel-may-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/merkel-may.jpg\" data-id=\"748\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Merkel &amp; May\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\">The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Well isn't this interesting - women are taking over the world. We have a female Prime Minister, the most powerful politician in Europe is a woman and I can't be the only one fervently hoping that the next US president is a woman because the alternative is too ghastly to contemplate. But will things be any\u00a0different? Do women bring different ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:56:30+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-age-of-female-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"More on The age of female leadership? &#8211; Why female leaders are perceived differently\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-620\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-620 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-leadership category-organisations tag-assessment tag-business tag-complexity tag-intelligence tag-vuca\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military.jpg\" data-id=\"620\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"US military\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\" aria-label=\"VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\">VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Don\u2019t worry, this isn\u2019t another one of those articles suggesting that you need the camaraderie and grit of the marines as you lead your team through another gruelling week servicing the nation\u2019s photocopiers or whatever it is you do for a living. This military lesson isn\u2019t really about people at all. It\u2019s about a way of thinking about situations. Developed ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T12:51:45+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-can-the-american-military-teach-us-about-business\/\" aria-label=\"More on VUCA: What can the American military teach us about business?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-618\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-618 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-organisations tag-nightmare-job tag-poisoned-chalice tag-turning-around-underperformance tag-underperformance tag-underperforming-team\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/chalice-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/chalice.jpg\" data-id=\"618\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Chalice\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\" aria-label=\"What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\">What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Have you ever been given a fabulous career opportunity that didn't turn out to be quite such an unalloyed joy after all? In the last month or so, I've worked with five different people - some in medium-sized businesses, some in multi-national corporations - whose exciting new jobs turned out to be something of a poisoned chalice. It seemed worth ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:48:31+00:00<\/span><span>August 31st, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/7-tips-poisoned-chalice\/\" aria-label=\"More on What have I got myself into? 7 tips for handling a &#8216;poisoned chalice&#8217; career opportunity\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-616\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-616 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-organisations tag-assessment tag-board-effectiveness tag-experience tag-leadership tag-neds tag-non-executive-directors tag-selection\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ned-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/ned.jpg\" data-id=\"616\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"NED\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNeed a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\" aria-label=\"Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\">Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A good non-exec director can do wonders for an SME,\u00a0bringing experience and a different perspective, acting as a sounding board and challenging the exec team to ensure they focus on the right stuff: the important not the urgent, the long-term strategy, good corporate governance and so on. And yet companies don\u2019t always seem to get non-exec appointments right. I want ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:34:54+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/do-you-need-a-ned\/\" aria-label=\"More on Need a NED? How to avoid the pitfalls when engaging a Non-Executive Director\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-611\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-611 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-organisations\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish-tank-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fish-tank-1.jpg\" data-id=\"611\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Fish tank 1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLife in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\" aria-label=\"Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\">Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Do you advise businesses or other organisations for a living? Maybe you're a lawyer or an accountant, a management consultant or a non-exec director. Then this blog is for you. I want you to imagine an organisation as a fish tank.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter whether it\u2019s a very small tank with just a few fish in it or a huge ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:12:08+00:00<\/span><span>January 28th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/business-life-in-the-fish-tank\/\" aria-label=\"More on Life in the fish tank &#8211; Where are you in this picture?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-13-post-605\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-605 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-family-business category-organisations category-teamwork tag-family-dynamics-family-business-annoying-colleagues-emotional-intelligence-group-dynamics\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling.jpg\" data-id=\"605\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boys arm wrestling\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Is there someone at work who really drives you nuts? Not just the usual workplace niggles but someone who really gets under your skin? Someone with whom it feels personal? Well maybe it is. Perhaps it all started with your family. That person may remind you of some you grew up with and you just haven\u2019t noticed. Many workplaces take ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:31:51+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"More on Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-14 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"research-snippets\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-14-post-2918\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2918 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-organisations category-research-snippets category-teamwork tag-corporate-citizens tag-culture tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-email tag-group-dynamics tag-high-performers tag-leaders tag-leadership-style tag-office tag-open-plan-office tag-organisational-culture tag-psychology tag-psychology-research tag-research tag-team-work tag-wolf-of-wall-street\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-leader-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-leader-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2918\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Black leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\" aria-label=\"Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I like to keep up with psychology research. I feel it's part of my responsibility as a practising psychologist to have at least some idea of the latest findings. What's struck me recently is how often the research has confounded my thinking, suggesting something counter-intuitive. So here are five pieces of common sense, received wisdom about the workplace that recent ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T12:41:43+00:00<\/span><span>July 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-14-post-965\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-965 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-research-snippets tag-artificial-intelligence tag-attractiveness tag-conservative tag-disgust tag-email tag-futurology tag-liberal tag-photos tag-politics tag-psychological-research tag-research tag-robots\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/laptop-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\">Psychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/laptop.jpg\" data-id=\"965\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"laptop\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPsychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\" aria-label=\"Psychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\">Psychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It\u2019s August. You\u2019re probably on holiday or wishing you were. In the press, this is the season where traditionally the quirkier stories get an airing, so I thought I\u2019d do the same here. These are the four most interesting bits of psychological research or thinking that I\u2019ve seen in the last few months: 1. How quickly should you answer emails? ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:55:39+00:00<\/span><span>August 25th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/psychology-snippets-four-things-youll-be-discussing-at-the-water-cooler\/\" aria-label=\"More on Psychology snippets &#8211; Four things you&#8217;ll be discussing at the water cooler\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-14-post-622\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-622 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-research-snippets tag-implicit-association-test tag-meditation tag-mindfulness tag-neurobollocks tag-neuroleadership tag-neuroscience tag-unconscious-bias tag-unconscious-bias-testing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/neuroleader-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">Three management fads to be wary of in 2016<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/neuroleader.jpg\" data-id=\"622\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Neuroleader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThree management fads to be wary of in 2016\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\" aria-label=\"Three management fads to be wary of in 2016\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\">Three management fads to be wary of in 2016<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>So we\u2019re well into the New Year, your feet are back under the desk, Christmas is a distant memory and maybe you\u2019re thinking about things you might do differently at work in 2016. There\u2019ll be no shortage of people to advise you on exciting new approaches you might want to try but how do you know what works? Well here ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T14:44:04+00:00<\/span><span>January 27th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/three-management-fads-to-be-wary-of-in-2016\/\" aria-label=\"More on Three management fads to be wary of in 2016\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-14-post-610\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-610 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-research-snippets\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-in-glasses-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\">The 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/woman-in-glasses.jpg\" data-id=\"610\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Woman in glasses\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\" aria-label=\"The 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\">The 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It\u2019s that time of year for annual roundups and reviews of the highlights of the year, so here are 7 of my favourite random bits of psychology from 2014, including when bankers cheat, the nasty side of niceness, the unexpected effect of women handling men\u2019s underpants and why Brummies should consider relocating to Tel Aviv\u2026\u2026\u2026 1. How to appear more ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T15:05:22+00:00<\/span><span>December 18th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-7-most-useful-interesting-or-just-plain-weird-bits-of-psychology-from-2014\/\" aria-label=\"More on The 7 most useful, interesting or just plain weird bits of psychology from 2014\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-15 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-no\" id=\"teamwork\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-blog-rollover\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-15-post-4466\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4466 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-teamwork tag-business tag-certainty tag-complexity tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-decision-making tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-team tag-leadership-teams tag-leading tag-perfectionism tag-slt tag-smt tag-strategic-leadership tag-strategic-thinking tag-strategy tag-team-work tag-uncertainty\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman in wilderness sitting on a car bonnet looking at a map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.jpg\" data-id=\"4466\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"map\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my 25 years as a business psychologist, I've worked with a lot of businesses, particularly mid-sized companies, and it's surprising just how few of them have a decent strategy. By 'a decent strategy' I mean that the business knows where it's going and how it's going to get there. \"We want to double in size in the next five ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-12-12T13:35:34+00:00<\/span><span>December 12th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-4425\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-teamwork tag-ethical-politics tag-how-to-navigate-organisational-politics tag-influence tag-influencing-skills tag-navigating-office-politics tag-office-politics tag-organisational-politics tag-organizational-politics tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics.jpg\" data-id=\"4425\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"office politics\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you navigate organisational politics?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"How do you navigate organisational politics?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the term 'organisational politics'? My hunch is it's back stabbing, pointless rivalries, sucking up to the boss, that kind of thing. I'm not going to pretend that that isn't a feature of many workplaces. If you work somewhere with really dysfunctional politics, it pays to be alert, to work out who you ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-07-26T15:35:19+00:00<\/span><span>October 4th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you navigate organisational politics?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-3969\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3969 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/wfh2.jpg\" data-id=\"3969\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"wfh2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWork \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\" aria-label=\"Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\">Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The key to work\/life balance is understanding your boundaries - time, location, spatial and inter-personal boundaries. Over the past six months, the boundaries between home and work have become a lot fuzzier. As we settle in for the long haul, it's worth reviewing how well things are working for you. Whether you're working from home indefinitely, back in the office ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:02:54+00:00<\/span><span>August 30th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/work-life-balance-its-all-about-boundaries\/\" aria-label=\"More on Work \/ Life balance &#8211; It&#8217;s all about boundaries\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-3180\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3180 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-covid-related category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-back-to-work tag-covid-19 tag-leadership-in-a-pandemic tag-leading-in-a-crisis tag-new-normal tag-return-to-the-workplace tag-safe-working-environment tag-september tag-wfh tag-working-from-home\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/commuters.jpg\" data-id=\"3180\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"commuters\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVID-19: What will September bring?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/covid-related\/\" rel=\"tag\">Covid-related<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"COVID-19: What will September bring?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\">COVID-19: What will September bring?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It may be only the end of July but I'm turning my attention to September as I think it's worth planning for now. September has always had a feel of New Year, back to normal about it, but this year what kind of normal will it be? Even if you're going to keep working from home well into next year, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:06:22+00:00<\/span><span>July 29th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-will-september-bring\/\" aria-label=\"More on COVID-19: What will September bring?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-3079\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3079 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-leadership-team-coaching-featured category-teamwork tag-conflict-at-work tag-conflict-avoidance tag-dysfunctional-leadership tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-five-dysfunctions-of-a-team tag-high-performing-teams tag-lencioni tag-lencioni-model tag-slt tag-smt tag-team-building tag-team-work tag-teams tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/conflict-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"3079\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"conflict\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership-team-coaching-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership Team Coaching Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\" aria-label=\"Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\">Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Having worked out what is and isn't a team last month, this month I'm looking at why so many teams fail to work well together and what you can do to develop better team working. The insecure leader One of the first reasons teams fail is not recognising that they are - or should be - a team in the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-19T12:56:49+00:00<\/span><span>February 29th, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-gets-in-the-way-of-good-teamwork\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why is teamwork so hard? How to develop better team working\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-3063\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-3063 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-leadership category-teamwork tag-business-unit-leaders tag-collaboration tag-competition tag-functional-heads tag-leadership-team tag-slt tag-smt tag-team-work tag-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/team-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/team.jpg\" data-id=\"3063\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Team\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\" aria-label=\"What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\">What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Does that sound like a daft question? Surely everyone knows what a team is. But actually, it's not as straightforward as you might think. For example, a group of people working for the same boss is not necessarily team, no matter how much the manager talks about \"my team\". A team is a group of people working towards a shared ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-11-06T12:12:47+00:00<\/span><span>January 31st, 2020<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-is-a-team\/\" aria-label=\"More on What is a team? It\u2019s not as straightforward as you think\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2964\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2964 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces category-organisations category-teamwork tag-conflict-avoidance tag-fun tag-fun-at-work tag-should-work-be-fun tag-team-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">Should work be fun?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fun-at-work.jpg\" data-id=\"2964\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"115 of 365 - Serious fun\/Playful work\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShould work be fun?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\" aria-label=\"Should work be fun?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\">Should work be fun?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I nearly made this the last of my workplace myths series but couldn't decide which was the more prevailing myth. On the one hand, the prevalence of ping pong tables in office foyers suggests a contemporary expectation that work should be fun. On the other hand, I've met many a manager (often in finance, interestingly) who believes that, unless people ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:25:07+00:00<\/span><span>June 30th, 2019<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/should-work-be-fun\/\" aria-label=\"More on Should work be fun?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2918\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2918 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-organisations category-research-snippets category-teamwork tag-corporate-citizens tag-culture tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-email tag-group-dynamics tag-high-performers tag-leaders tag-leadership-style tag-office tag-open-plan-office tag-organisational-culture tag-psychology tag-psychology-research tag-research tag-team-work tag-wolf-of-wall-street\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-leader-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/black-leader-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2918\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Black leader\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/research-snippets\/\" rel=\"tag\">Research Snippets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\" aria-label=\"Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\">Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I like to keep up with psychology research. I feel it's part of my responsibility as a practising psychologist to have at least some idea of the latest findings. What's struck me recently is how often the research has confounded my thinking, suggesting something counter-intuitive. So here are five pieces of common sense, received wisdom about the workplace that recent ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-08-28T12:41:43+00:00<\/span><span>July 28th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/think-you-understand-the-workplace-five-ways-youre-probably-wrong\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think you understand the workplace? Five ways you&#8217;re probably wrong.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2897\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2897 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-influence category-teamwork tag-business-case tag-cialdini tag-cognitive-bias tag-influence tag-influential tag-persuasion tag-psychology tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/men-shaking-hands-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/men-shaking-hands.jpg\" data-id=\"2897\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"men shaking hands\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\" aria-label=\"The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\">The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm sure most of us would like to be more influential.\u00a0 You probably won't be surprised to hear that understanding a bit of psychology can help. Ultimately, influence is all about decision-making. You want someone to decide to do what you want them to do. What psychological research tells us is that decision-making is such hard work that our brains ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T09:57:56+00:00<\/span><span>May 29th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-psychology-of-influence\/\" aria-label=\"More on The psychology of influence &#8211; Seven psychological insights to increase your influence\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2876\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2876 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-envy tag-gratitude tag-jealousy-at-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/envy-colleague-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/envy-colleague.jpg\" data-id=\"2876\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"envy-colleague\" data-caption=\"Serious businessmen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\" aria-label=\"Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\">Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the final article in my series on emotion at work and this time I'm tackling the one that rarely gets talked about - envy, and its frequent companion, resentment. Whereas feeling anxious or angry is seen as fairly normal at work, envy seems to be more of a shameful secret. After all, if you're envious it means someone ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:22:25+00:00<\/span><span>January 25th, 2018<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-4-envy\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 4: Caution emotion at work &#8211; How to handle personal and colleague envy\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2871\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anger tag-anger-management tag-argument-at-work tag-conflict tag-conflict-at-work tag-dealing-with-an-angry-person tag-disagreement-at-work tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-emotional-maturity tag-emotional-resilience\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/argument-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/argument.jpg\" data-id=\"2871\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Argument\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\" aria-label=\"Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\">Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>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 it's useful to have strategies for dealing with them, depending on where their anger is directed. 1. Rage against the ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:24:29+00:00<\/span><span>December 19th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-3-anger-someone-elses\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 3: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle someone else&#8217;s anger at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2865\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2865 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anger tag-anger-management tag-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-emotional-intelligence tag-fear\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"2865\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\" aria-label=\"Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\">Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the second in a short series on emotion at work. Last month I tackled anxiety, this month I'm moving on to anger. I realised while writing this that there's enough to say about handling your own anger at work to fill an article, so I'm saving other people's anger til next time. Anger tends to be the emotion ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:24:44+00:00<\/span><span>November 29th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-2-anger-yours\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 2: Caution emotion at work \u2013 How to handle your anger at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2732\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2732 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-anxiety tag-anxious tag-anxious-colleague tag-breathing tag-coping-with-anxiety tag-emotion tag-emotion-at-work tag-managing-anxiety tag-mindfulness tag-worry\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-3-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/christmas-party-3.jpg\" data-id=\"2732\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Christmas party 3\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPart 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\" aria-label=\"Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\">Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Wouldn't it be great if work was a place of calm and rationality all the time? Somewhere where you didn't have to deal with messy feelings - yours or anyone else's. In the not too distant future, when we've mostly been replaced by robots, that'll probably be the case, but until then emotions will remain an integral part of work. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:26:07+00:00<\/span><span>October 31st, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/caution-emotion-at-work-1-anxiety\/\" aria-label=\"More on Part 1: Caution emotion at work \u2013 Managing and supporting personal anxiety\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2561\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2561 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-family-business category-leadership category-organisations category-teamwork tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-succession-planning\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/succession-circles-jpg-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"2561\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Succession circles jpg\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPassing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\">Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you hand on a business you\u2019ve spent years nurturing?\u00a0This is a challenge facing many business owners as they eventually accept that they cannot go on forever. This month I\u2019ve teamed up with Peter Jenner, from William Battle Ltd, who specialises in business succession to compare his process-focused approach with my psychological perspective. Peter has a model which aims ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:27:44+00:00<\/span><span>July 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/passing-on-the-baton-a-succession-planning-guide\/\" aria-label=\"More on Passing the baton \u2013 A succession planning guide\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2294\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2294 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-family-business category-teamwork category-work-with-featured tag-business tag-family-business-leadership tag-family-dynamics tag-leadership tag-leading tag-management-of-family-business tag-strategy\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-business-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/family-business.jpg\" data-id=\"2294\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Family business\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBusiness is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/work-with-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Work With Featured<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\">Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>First and foremost, family businesses are businesses. Like all organisations they require good leadership. In this article, I'd like to highlight some of the common pitfalls of family business leadership. But first, let's recap what leadership involves.\u00a0In a previous article, I talked about what leaders do based on a leadership model called the Primary Colours\u00ae Model.\u00a0The model identifies the tasks ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:30:53+00:00<\/span><span>June 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/six-pitfalls-of-family-business-leadership\/\" aria-label=\"More on Business is business &#8211; Six pitfalls of family business leadership\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2199\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2199 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork tag-conflict tag-conflict-at-work tag-conflict-avoidance tag-disagreement-at-work tag-importance-of-conflict\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/angry.jpg\" data-id=\"2199\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_2549\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFive strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\" aria-label=\"Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\">Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the word 'conflict'? I think for a lot of us, conflict conjures up a particularly bad Eastenders' Christmas - raised voices, harsh words, fists flying, someone trying to calm things down by saying \"Leave it Barry, he\u00a0ain't worth it\". In fact, many of us are so afraid of this kind of conflict ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:28:56+00:00<\/span><span>May 24th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/five-strategies-for-avoiding-conflict-and-why-you-should-ditch-them-all\/\" aria-label=\"More on Five strategies for avoiding conflict and why you should ditch them all\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-2100\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-2100 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-dysfunctional-teams tag-lencioni tag-mistrust tag-organisational-politics tag-team-work tag-trust\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/manager-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2100\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"manager\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCan I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\" aria-label=\"Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\">Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I've been thinking a lot about trust lately, partly because I've been working with teams. Trust is the bedrock of team work, but the more I talk and read about it, the more I realise that we're not always talking about the same thing. It's not as straightforward as 'I trust you or I don't'. It's not even about trusting ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T10:29:39+00:00<\/span><span>April 27th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/can-i-trust-you-well-it-depends\/\" aria-label=\"More on Can I trust you? Six aspects of human interaction where questions of trust arise\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-1930\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1930 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-difference-of-opinion tag-good-listening tag-listening tag-listening-skills tag-valuing-diversity\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/listening-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"1930\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"listening\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThink you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\" aria-label=\"Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\">Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How good a listener are you? I was reminded of the importance of good listening recently while attending a talk by a coach who brings real focus and attention to her coaching. Her clients really do get a damn good listening to. I like to think that mine do too, but\u00a0it made me reflect on the times when perhaps I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:31:39+00:00<\/span><span>March 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/what-he-needs-is-a-damn-good-listening-to\/\" aria-label=\"More on Think you\u2019re a good listener? Seven scenarios where you might not be listening as well as you could\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-1867\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-1867 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion-pieces category-organisations category-teamwork tag-brexit tag-conflict tag-group-think tag-harmony tag-politics tag-politics-at-work tag-religion tag-religion-at-work tag-trump\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/scolding.jpg\" data-id=\"1867\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Scolding\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\" aria-label=\"The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\">The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201cNever discuss religion or politics\u201d. This sage advice has been around for at least a century. But in these days of Brexit and Trump, politics seems harder and harder to avoid and religion has got wrapped up in it in a way it hasn\u2019t been \u2013 or at least not in the UK \u2013 for decades. So what happens when ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-10T10:01:11+00:00<\/span><span>February 28th, 2017<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/never-discuss-religion-or-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on The great taboos. The legal and psychological ramifications of discussing politics and religion at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-689\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-689 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-influence category-investors-and-advisers-featured category-teamwork tag-change-motivation-motivational-interviewing-resistance-to-change-advice-stubborn-professional-adviser\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stubborn-horse-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/stubborn-horse.jpg\" data-id=\"689\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Stubborn horse\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYou can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/investors-and-advisers-featured\/\" rel=\"tag\">Investors and Advisers Featured<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\" aria-label=\"You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\">You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How do you persuade people to change? Maybe you have a colleague or a client who stubbornly refuses to do the one thing that everyone else can see would be in their best interests \u2013 the overloaded manager who won't delegate, the blundering leader who really needs coaching but sees it as a navel-gazing waste of time; the 60-something family ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-08T16:36:03+00:00<\/span><span>May 26th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water\/\" aria-label=\"More on You can lead a horse to water &#8211; A powerful psychological technique to encourage change\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-607\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-607 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-assessment category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-teamwork\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/124254849_753e039501_z.jpg\" data-id=\"607\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"124254849_753e039501_z\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToo much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/assessment\/\" rel=\"tag\">Assessment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\">Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>No one likes a show off, right? We can all think of people who constantly bang on about how brilliant they are and what they\u2019ve achieved this month. People who make sure you know what their house is worth or tell you the detailed spec of their high end car and so on and so on. It grates and, frankly, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:18:56+00:00<\/span><span>September 30th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-hidden-dangers-of-modesty\/\" aria-label=\"More on Too much of a good thing &#8211; The hidden dangers of being too modest\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-605\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-605 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-family-business category-organisations category-teamwork tag-family-dynamics-family-business-annoying-colleagues-emotional-intelligence-group-dynamics\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/boys-arm-wrestling.jpg\" data-id=\"605\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Boys arm wrestling\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/family-business\/\" rel=\"tag\">Family Business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\">Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Is there someone at work who really drives you nuts? Not just the usual workplace niggles but someone who really gets under your skin? Someone with whom it feels personal? Well maybe it is. Perhaps it all started with your family. That person may remind you of some you grew up with and you just haven\u2019t noticed. Many workplaces take ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:31:51+00:00<\/span><span>July 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/family-dynamics-at-work-real-and-imagined\/\" aria-label=\"More on Maybe it&#8217;s personal \u2013 Real and imagined family dynamics at work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-15-post-604\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-604 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-coaching category-emotions-and-thinking category-teamwork tag-emotional-intelligence-conflict-disagreement-at-work-emotional-maturity\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/fuzzy.jpg\" data-id=\"604\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"fuzzy\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\" aria-label=\"How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\">How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think for a moment about a time when you disagreed strongly with a colleague. What was it like? How did you feel? What did you do? I\u2019m thinking particularly about those situations where you can\u2019t \u2018agree to disagree\u2019; you have to come up with an agreed course of action. These situations tend to occur most in your family life and ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/nick\/\" title=\"Posts by Nick\" rel=\"author\">Nick<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2020-09-04T13:32:34+00:00<\/span><span>April 29th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-handle-disagreement-at-work-and-what-does-that-say-about-your-level-of-maturity\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you handle disagreement at work and what does that say about your level of maturity?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column 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Which motivates you?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/developing-career-potential\/\" rel=\"tag\">Developing Career Potential<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\" aria-label=\"Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\">Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Think back to the last time you felt really pleased* with your work. What caused you to be pleased? Did you produce some really good quality work - a design, a report, an ad campaign? Or did you make something happen - hit a target, win a new client? I don't want to suggest that these things are mutually exclusive, ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-26T18:41:12+00:00<\/span><span>July 26th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/producing-great-work-or-making-things-happen-which-motivates-you\/\" aria-label=\"More on Producing great work or making things happen? Which motivates you?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-16-post-4466\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4466 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-teamwork tag-business tag-certainty tag-complexity tag-dealing-with-uncertainty tag-decision-making tag-leaders tag-leadership tag-leadership-team tag-leadership-teams tag-leading tag-perfectionism tag-slt tag-smt tag-strategic-leadership tag-strategic-thinking tag-strategy tag-team-work tag-uncertainty\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Woman in wilderness sitting on a car bonnet looking at a map\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.jpg\" data-id=\"4466\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"map\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\">Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In my 25 years as a business psychologist, I've worked with a lot of businesses, particularly mid-sized companies, and it's surprising just how few of them have a decent strategy. By 'a decent strategy' I mean that the business knows where it's going and how it's going to get there. \"We want to double in size in the next five ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-12-12T13:35:34+00:00<\/span><span>December 12th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/why-do-so-few-businesses-have-a-decent-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"More on Why do so few businesses have a decent strategy?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-16-post-4448\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4448 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-uncategorized tag-business-failure tag-caution tag-cautious tag-climate-leadership tag-climate-risk tag-leadership tag-over-caution tag-over-cautious tag-passive-risk tag-perfectionism tag-procrastination tag-risk tag-risk-aversion tag-risk-of-doing-nothing\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Roulette wheel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roulette.jpg\" data-id=\"4448\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"roulette\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\">The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I don't think of myself as much of a risk taker. I'm generally fairly cautious - no high risk investments, Vegas holidays or adventure sports for me. But recently I've noticed just how risky some of my behaviour can be. I guarantee some of yours is too. To illustrate, let me tell you about my garden. When we moved into ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-06-07T15:54:04+00:00<\/span><span>May 31st, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/the-riskiest-behaviour-ive-engaged-in-and-i-bet-you-have-too\/\" aria-label=\"More on The riskiest behaviour I&#8217;ve engaged in &#8211; and I bet you have too\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-16-post-4441\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-leadership category-opinion-pieces category-organisations tag-climate tag-climate-breakdown tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-and-business tag-climate-coaching tag-climate-emergency tag-climate-leadership tag-coaching tag-environment tag-ethical-leadership tag-executive-coaching tag-leadership tag-nature tag-whats-climate-change-got-to-do-with-business\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4441\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/organisations\/\" rel=\"tag\">Organisations<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In November I wrote the first of a two-part series looking at the climate crisis in a work context. It explored the psychological barriers that stop us even thinking about the subject and ended with a promise that next time I'd explore what we should actually do. It's taken me four months to reach the conclusion that I don't know. ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-04-22T11:49:06+00:00<\/span><span>March 29th, 2022<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-2-lets-talk-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 2 &#8211; let&#8217;s talk about it\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-16-post-4432\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4432 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-emotions-and-thinking category-opinion-pieces tag-climate tag-climate-change tag-climate-change-denial tag-how-to-face-up-to-climate-change tag-what-can-business-do-about-climate-change tag-what-can-we-do-about-climate-change tag-why-cant-we-think-about-climate-change\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"carrying on as normal while the world burns\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Burning-newspaper.jpg\" data-id=\"4432\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Burning newspaper\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/opinion-pieces\/\" rel=\"tag\">Opinion Pieces<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\">How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This is the first of a two part series on the key topic of our age, the climate crisis. Specifically, looking at it in the context of work.\u00a0 Your immediate reaction might be \"Really, do I have to? It's bad enough when it's on the news and I have got quite a lot on right now\". I get it. I ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-11-23T12:50:33+00:00<\/span><span>November 23rd, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-should-we-address-climate-change-at-work-part-1-thinking-about-it\/\" aria-label=\"More on How should we address climate change at work? Part 1 &#8211; thinking about it.\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-16-post-4425\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4425 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-influence category-leadership category-teamwork tag-ethical-politics tag-how-to-navigate-organisational-politics tag-influence tag-influencing-skills tag-navigating-office-politics tag-office-politics tag-organisational-politics tag-organizational-politics tag-psychology-of-influence\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/office-politics.jpg\" data-id=\"4425\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"office politics\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do you navigate organisational politics?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/teamwork\/\" rel=\"tag\">Teamwork<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"How do you navigate organisational politics?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\">How do you navigate organisational politics?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>What do you think of when you hear the term 'organisational politics'? My hunch is it's back stabbing, pointless rivalries, sucking up to the boss, that kind of thing. I'm not going to pretend that that isn't a feature of many workplaces. If you work somewhere with really dysfunctional politics, it pays to be alert, to work out who you ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-07-26T15:35:19+00:00<\/span><span>October 4th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/how-do-you-navigate-organisational-politics\/\" aria-label=\"More on How do you navigate organisational politics?\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-16-post-4410\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4410 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-business-advisers category-coaching category-influence tag-advisers tag-business-adviser tag-consultancy tag-internal-consultancy tag-internal-consultant tag-level-of-involvement tag-rules-of-engagement tag-scoping-work\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/drowning-man.jpg\" data-id=\"4410\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"drowning man\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIn too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/business-advisers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Business Advisers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/coaching\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/influence\/\" rel=\"tag\">Influence<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\">In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How involved should you get in work which is not your sole responsibility? It sounds like a straightforward question, but actually it can be quite tricky to work out. I've been thinking about this lately while coaching a client I'll call Brian. Brian is a very senior manager in a large and complex organisation, who has just taken on a ...<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignleft\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/author\/carolinecarolinegourlay-co-uk\/\" title=\"Posts by Caroline Gourlay\" rel=\"author\">Caroline Gourlay<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-06-25T15:23:15+00:00<\/span><span>May 27th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/in-too-deep-7-questions-to-judge-how-involved-to-get-in-a-piece-of-work\/\" aria-label=\"More on In too deep? 7 questions to judge how involved to get in a piece of work\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-16-post-4397\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-4397 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-emotions-and-thinking category-leadership category-making-change-happen category-uncategorized tag-absent-leadership tag-business-leader tag-change tag-identity tag-identity-crisis tag-imposter-syndrome tag-impostor-syndrome tag-reluctant-ceo tag-reluctant-salesman tag-selling tag-who-do-you-think-you-are\">\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/blank-business-card.jpg\" data-id=\"4397\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"blank business card\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWho do you think you are?\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/emotions-and-thinking\/\" rel=\"tag\">Emotions &amp; Thinking<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/leadership\/\" rel=\"tag\">Leadership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/making-change-happen\/\" rel=\"tag\">Making Change Happen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\" aria-label=\"Who do you think you are?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinegourlay.co.uk\/who-do-you-think-you-are\/\">Who do you think you are?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I'm not issuing that as a challenge, more an invitation for some gentle introspection. The way we think about our identity - the way we describe ourselves to ourselves and to others - has an impact on the way we operate in the world. This is particularly true in our working lives and sometimes that impact is not helpful. 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