In business as in life, I find my best survival tool is my sense of humour! When I have sent the very client who is extremely particular about things being done correctly, a corrupted document, in a manner that seems almost impossible to do deliberately, after apologising, I had to laugh….. After arriving at the […]
On a recent marketing course that I attended, I was handed a simple questionnaire to establish what ‘drove’ me in business. Was it to be the very biggest business of my kind? Was it to earn as much money as I could? Or, as one of the options suggested: was it because I was ‘workaholic’, […]
Decision making can be difficult. I don’t know if this applies to you, but I identified a long time ago that whilst my gut was telling me one thing, my head was usually telling me the opposite. Being fairly intelligent and well educated is rarely any asset in this situation because then not only was […]
If your personal or professional situation has become unbearable or untenable, it seems important to risk saying your truth. There are kind ways of saying it, but it does still need be said. To remain in situations that do not agree with us, whether it challenges us ethically, or emotionally, or if something else in […]
Whether it’s at work, play or home, we can all feel cross sometimes. I don’t know about you but it’s when I have felt cross about an issue repeatedly that I sometimes need to be really clear about true consequences to the others involved. It might be a domestic disagreement, or an ethical dilemma, but […]
Isn’t it nice to feel secure enough to tell another human you admire them? I have been taking my own advice and learning to recognise that the brilliances I see in others may just be an echo of some of my own skills…… Having benefited from some excellent coaching myself at the close of […]