Let’s be clear from the start...this isn’t about positive thinking, manifestation buzzwords, or pretending business is easy when it’s not. Running a business requires clarity, resilience, emotional regulation, and the ability to make decisions when things feel uncertain. And none of that comes from strategy alone. This is where working with a mindset coach and […]
This article is not for the weak. This article is not for the 'job for life' folks. This article is definitely not for the 'make HR great' advocates. Probably best to stop reading now...you have been warned. This article is absolutely for business owners, managers, leaders who KNOW in their bones that their employees, contractors, […]
Happy New Year my lovelies!! OMG!!! I've never been into New Year's Resolutions, and well, my birthday is in February so I find myself doing my annual reflections then...but any way enough about me...let's talk about you! New Year's Intentions Create a vision board of the experiences you want to have...the things you want to […]
Are you a True Leader? Through my almost 20 years of working in the people development space - learning and researching different approaches to leadership, training leadership, coaching and mentoring leaders - not to mention being in leadership roles within my career and now through my business - I feel like I know a thing […]
Authenticity has become a real buzz word in the last few years. So much so that it seems that everyone and everything is claiming to be authentic. But what does it really mean to be authentic. Let's start by looking at some definitions. Defining authentic and authenticity Authentic: Oxford dictionary: of undisputed origin and not […]
Rubbish in, rubbish out. We've all likely heard this in the world of data and systems. Rubbish data is much worse than no data. In my role HR Director at The Palladium Group, I pressed upon value of data, and even more quality data. Much to many of my colleagues annoyance when I was constantly […]
In a recent AHRI networking forum, one of the panelists talked about poor performance being a difficult conversation. This got me thinking...why is it a difficult conversation? My first thought was that we as a business population have created a huge generational perception around what it is to have a conversation about performance expectations not […]
Are you looking after lots of change initiatives in your workplace? Or perhaps lost in the whirlwind of change that's happening to you and your work? Keep reading for a short guide to preparing for change. What is Change? A simple definition of change is “to cause to be different”. The idea of change management […]
Where does culture come from? There are so many cultures that you've been a part of by the time you even get to being in your first full time job. Your family, your primary school, your secondary school your part-time job at the supermarket and even your university if that's the path you chose. But […]
Let's take a moment to lay a bit of context to figure out how to have diversity and inclusion in the workplace. First some context I am not a feminist. Even though I have felt first hand there patronising attitude of men who didn't think I was as good as them and have been paid […]
