I have teamed up with the CICM to build resilience during these stressful times 1. Strike the right balance Stress helps us meet the...

Coaching is no longer seen as a luxury in the workplace. One of my clients said to me the other day that having a coach has been an...

In today's People Management magazine there is an excellent article about the importance of mentoring. It could equally be applied to the...

I am delighted to say that my PEAK Performance & Potential workshops and webinars have been accredited by the The CPD Standards Office. I...

During the darkest days of lockdown, Annie and Vicky (not real names) met on a train. As Vicky was about to sit down, she noticed a...

I had my first virtual meeting with my ORT JUMP mentees last week. We discussed their objectives for the ORT JUMP Programme and I told...

How confident are you to get the best out of your people and take your business forward? Would you like to emerge from this pandemic...

Five years from now, I can foresee students of psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, politics and economics…. studying this...

2020, who'd have thought? Such hopes, such optimism, such a nice round number. And what a major disappointment....so far. From floods to...

I’m sure, like me, you found ITV’s ‘Sticks and Stones’ quite uncomfortable but thought provoking viewing. You may have experienced...

As 2019 turns into 2020, it's out with the old ‘habits’ and in with the new. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective job seekers can help you...

Whilst we await our collective fate with a General Election just a few days away, I am thinking about how things could possibly be any...

Yesterday, I spent a fruitful morning speaking to members of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management (https://www.cicm.com)....

What a fantastic morning! I spent three exhilarating hours with 33 MBA students from China visiting Oxford University. I had the...

OK, so who would want to go to an alumni event on a cold, damp winter’s evening in January?  After all, I keep in contact with most of...

Let me introduce you to Miss Win-Lose, and how she changed her name to Mrs Win-Win. “I don’t care who it impacts. I know it’s good for...

Great teams don’t happen by accident. Though some people I have worked with seem to think that they do! In my experience, it’s about...

Using the term ‘leader’ can be highly misleading. After all, we all ‘lead’ something in our lives. It may be ourselves, or other people...

Whilst we await our Brexit fate, I started to think about how things could possibly be any worse than they are today. We seem to be...

We live in turbulent times.  Of course, we’ve lived in turbulent times before (9/11, the ‘crash’ of 2008, 7/7 to name but a few).  But...