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Resources, Articles, and blogs on career and leadership 

The Best CEOs Win on Habit, Not Capability

On paper, moving from MD to CEO looks like a natural progression. You’ve delivered results, you understand how to run a business, and you’ve built credibility. But in reality, it’s a very different job. Not just bigger, but different. Here are my reflections as a...

Turning Conflict Into Opportunity

Conflict is one of the most predictable,  and most poorly handled, leadership challenges in senior roles. The higher you progress, the more frequently you are required to navigate competing priorities, strong personalities, organisational politics and emotionally...

Making Coaching a Leadership Habit

Leaders love coaching when they learn it. They leave workshops energised, confident, equipped. But a month later? The pressure kicks in… time disappears… performance conversations can revert to directing and telling… and coaching becomes a nice-to-have, not a...
How To Make That Change

How To Make That Change

Have you got a change to make? Some people embrace the ‘September is the new January’ approach with promises to get fit, take up a hobby, get that promotion, or a career change. But even after any ‘back to school’ relief, let’s face it change is hard! We make excuses,...

Preparing for hybrid working

Preparing for hybrid working

A few thoughts on how to set up for success with hybrid working based on all the coaching we are doing with leaders and teams on this: There's no one size fits all "Clear is kind, unclear is unkind"  Hybrid meetings require greater thought Headspace to prepare you and...

Making the most of chance in your career

Making the most of chance in your career

Written by Executive Career Coach Donna Weston. How often have you heard people say the following about their careers? You may have said the same about your own career too…  “I fell into what I do now…I never planned to be a…” “I just happened to be in the right place...

How can you be twice as efficient in half the time?

How can you be twice as efficient in half the time?

For many people the winter months can be a time that is distinctively lacking in energy, and productivity, particularly in the current climate of the pandemic. Some initial goals have had to be revisited with home schooling being thrown into the mix again....

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