One of the big challenges with exciting new opportunities is their propensity to hide the negatives. While you are excited about all the new things you will be doing, the meetings you will be attending, the results you'll be achieving, you will probably dismiss or at...

Earlier today I was engaging with a connection on LinkedIn. We were discussing his reaction to my recent article Fire Fire! Controlling the Unseen Threat to Organisational Survival. An important point he made is that in any organisation, stress is inevitable. The...

On a recent workshop with the National Health Service, a director approached me to say how pleased he was to be able to attend – because he had recently discovered my approach to stakeholder mapping and had used it with the board. Later in the day he confessed that it...

Many people have a problem with self-promotion - i.e. promoting their own skills, capability and experience. They believe their results should speak for themselves. The harsh reality is that while results do speak for themselves, that is only useful if people are...

Without doubt, the word "politics" stirs the emotions. But, is your emotional reaction getting in the way of being able to deal effectively with the politics that are swirling around you? That's what is happening for one of my coaching clients at the moment. She is a...