As we begin National Women’s Month in South Africa, I have taken some time to reflect on the interactions I have had with strong successful women during the past seven years of training and coaching. What I have noticed is that these women are not necessarily the ones with several degrees behind their name and not…
Putting an end to Procrastination Faced by 3 reports that have now become urgent and a number of e-mails that need a response, I have come to the conclusion that I am a skilled procrastinator. I have also realised that anxiety and procrastination are a package deal. We may have something in common if you find yourself…
You’re Highly Skilled but You Have to Go or T-GROW Up until a few hours ago, I had a Personal Trainer who is extremely skilled in what he does and I am sure he delivers results. But as I said, this was up until a few hours ago, when I realised that there is definitely a…
‘Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we’re underneath it?’ ‘Supposing it didn’t,’ said Pooh after careful thought. A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner Many of us have more of Piglet in our makeup than of Pooh. Our minds come up with a string of alarming possibilities, one worry feeding upon another until, as for…
During the past month, I have posted 16 items on LinkedIn and received 139 Likes, 18 Comments and 4200 Views. That is an average of 8 Likes per item, 1 Comment per item and 263 views per item. Now considering that LinkedIn has 260 million active users, just on views alone, I am only receiving 0,01% interactions. I…
I’m not leaving the company, I’m leaving my manager. Yes, most of us have heard that ‘people don’t leave companies, they leave managers’. Yet despite the loss of great people that would have inevitably added value and contributed to the company’s success, managers with high staff turnover still retain their positions. Why is this the…
The ‘it’s in my nature’ lie. You are what you choose today, not what you’ve chosen before Who are you? How do you describe yourself? To answer these two questions, you most likely have to refer to our own history, to a past that has been lived through, but to which you are undoubtedly tied,…
Put yourself on display. Why vulnerability at work is the secret to developing trusting and supportive relationships A friend of mine recently took a picture of me at a social event. He then sent me a number of photos where he had put the original photo in different formats, the above photo placing my portrait on…
We need to end this, it’s not you, it’s me. Is it time to clean out your relationship-closet? Let’s start off by getting personal. At the end of last year, I had what I like to refer to as ‘my first real wobbly’ in nearly 45 years. Due to a number of physical symptoms (including migraines,…
Why is self-awareness so important? I have vivid memories of those special moments I heard those words – “you just make me so happy”. I can also remember when I said them and who said them to me. The pleasure they brought, that warm fuzzy feeling. What an amazing compliment it is to be the…