Working with people with big brains and with amazing skills is a joy. For the individuals themselves however, having widespread talents can be a real challenge. Firstly, very capable people don’t get a lot of sympathy from those who have had less opportunities. But when you cannot recognise & own yourown professional potential, then it […]
In identifying a really satisfying and purposeful career path, there has to be a little patience. We are taught, and we might actually prefer, to be active and goal orientated. It might serve us to be achievement driven because it is a satisfying and fulfilling way to exist. We get to prove our own potency […]
Some clients come through the door knowing exactly what they want to do, but, they don’t know why. Whilst this is not a huge problem on the face of it, for surely if you see a goal, surely it is only a nature of practical actions that will take you to that achievement? It can […]
Change is not difficult, transition is the challenge. The most difficult thing about change is rarely the change itself. The real difficulties lie much deeper in the soil this. The first difficulty is feeling the need for change at all. Usually it is either extreme boredom or discomfort that leads us to even consider change, […]
So, you have a worry…. Now, what to do with it? It took me 26 years to work out what to do with my worries. As an introverted child in a tense household, the last thing I would ever do is tell anyone of my fear.As a contorted teenager, I converted my worries like gems, wrapping […]
What amazes me when working with clients is how very blind they can be regarding owning their skills, capabilities and general brilliances. This is not confined to any particular gender or business sector, payscale or seniority, people are just pretty blind to depth and breadth of talent that they bring to their roles, their own […]