Self-compassion is a critical component for navigating life's challenges. By extending kindness and understanding to ourselves during times of hardship, we can embrace imperfections and confront challenges with a balanced perspective. This article outlines the many advantages of self-compassion and practical steps to embrace it.
Read MoreIn today's complex world, it is crucial to expand our concept of moral injury to include the effects of external events as they can significantly contribute to our mental and emotional stress. In this article, I delve into the intricacies of moral injury, outline its indicators, and offer practical steps to minimise its effects, hence promoting greater resilience within our communities.
Read MoreCareer development isn't just about acquiring skills; it's about strengthening our inner foundation of self-leadership to cultivate fertile soil for our growth and development. In this piece, I've outlined key steps to help you build your sense of self, self-belief, and self-trust to provide the groundwork for outer progress.
Read MoreWhen transitioning from employee to leader, it helps to reflect on good leadership models and aim to emulate them.
Read MoreFocusing on what we can control is crucial because it empowers us to take action and make a positive difference in our lives.
Read MoreWelcome to the first instalment of my new blog series, where I reflect on the previous month and share some of the themes that are common in many workplaces, lessons learned, and what’s coming up.
I want to take a moment to consider the theme for this year’s International Women’s Day. It’s such an important topic, and seeing it being acknowledged is great for us all.
Read MoreIn the realm of leadership, you’ll often come across a range of long-standing ideas and perspectives around what leadership ‘is’ or ‘should be’.
As leaders it is important to consider how we influence how others may feel. How we deliver feedback is a great place to start. When thinking of colleagues as ‘human first’, there’s a lot we can utilise to help us as leaders ensure we’re providing feedback that supports the humans we work with.
Read MoreWhile there seems to be some merit in the recognising that ‘new year, new me’ mindsets can set us up for failure, I think it’s all in how we think about our goals as long-term direction and progress.
Read MoreDuring the course of 2022, the focus of self-leadership has changed.
Rather than using it to adapt to the uncertain world we were dealing with, we began tentatively using self-leadership to move beyond the day to day and shape the life, career and future we long for.
Read MoreIt takes considerable time, thought and investment to build a healthy, above-the-line and psychologically safe workplace culture.
Read MoreLast week was a fabulous week!
I had the pleasure of working with many wonderful people who were engaged and so positive about my work and I can't tell you how energising it was, not just to me but also to my team who I shared my experience with...
Read More*Disclaimer* I'm not talking about having a blissful spa day, massage, baths and candles.
Whilst those things can be very nice, deeply replenishing and meaningful self-care is something quite different.
Self care should always be a priority.
It needs to be a proactive focus at a team and individual level, not just when an individual is getting burnt out. Self-care should also not just be a priority because of covid.
Read MoreCultivating a high-performance team through above-the-line leadership is the goal of a dedicated leader.
Once you have achieved this, how do you maintain the performance, especially as your team grows?
The workplace can often feel like a hectic and exhausting place to be, and with the line between work and home being constantly blurred, considering steps to remain resilient through your working day is critical.
There are some key tips that I carry around
The question is, what can we each to do positively impact mental health and wellbeing at a local level?
Of course, a great place to start, is to focus on ourselves.
I love good questions. They make us think, grow and learn.
Good questions invite us to go deeper, to reflect and analyse, to consider new perspectives and insights.
As we start heading in to the last stretch of the year, I’m aware many of us are feeling tired and lagging the energy to feel inspired and motivated to our usual level.
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