Insights to help you live life on your terms.
Reflections on values, identity, purpose and self-leadership — the ideas behind the work I do with leaders, families and individuals.
How to find your core values: a practical exercise
When your life and work match your values, decisions get easier and the low hum of unease fades. Here's a step-by-step exercise to find your core values.
How to have a difficult conversation with an employee
Avoiding a hard conversation only makes it harder. A simple, humane structure for difficult conversations with employees, with what to say and what to avoid.
Coaching, therapy or mentoring: which do you actually need?
Coach, therapist or mentor? A plain-English guide to what each one is for, who it helps, and how to work out which you need right now.
Recovering from burnout as a healthcare professional
You spend your days caring for others and run on empty yourself. Why burnout hits healthcare workers so hard, and gentle, practical steps back towards energy.
How to get siloed teams working together again
When teams stop talking, everyone feels it. Why silos quietly form, what they cost, and practical ways to get departments working as one again.
How to build confidence in a child with low self-esteem
When a child starts saying "I'm rubbish at everything", it's painful to hear. The signs of low self-esteem, what knocks it, and everyday ways to rebuild it.
The young employees who started their careers at home
Many young professionals began work on a laptop at home and missed learning by watching. What they missed, and how leaders can help them catch up.
Leadership development for NHS and healthcare managers: what actually sticks
Brilliant clinicians are often promoted into leadership and left to work it out. What healthcare managers really need, and what makes leadership development last.
Seven signs your team is heading for burnout (that managers usually miss)
Burnout rarely announces itself. Seven early signs managers often miss, why good leaders overlook them, and what you can do this week.
A guide for SENCOs: supporting anxious pupils by supporting their parents
A practical guide for primary and secondary SENCOs and pastoral staff on working with parents of anxious children, and a simple route for referring families.
EBSA: helping anxious pupils back into school
A practical guide for SENCOs, heads and pastoral leads on emotionally based school avoidance: early signs, what helps pupils return, and how to support parents and staff.
How to change career at 40 without starting from scratch
Changing career at 40 doesn't mean starting from the bottom. How to find your direction, use what you already know and move without a leap into the dark.
Why your best people are leaving, and what to do before they hand in their notice
Strong people rarely leave on impulse. The real reasons good employees go, the quiet signs they're about to, and what leaders can change first.
You've climbed the ladder. So why don't you want to be at the top?
You worked for years to get here, and it doesn't feel the way you thought it would. What that feeling is telling you, and how to work out what's next.
ADHD at work: what employers need to know, and how to build teams where different minds thrive
People are talking more openly about ADHD at work. What the law actually says, simple adjustments that help, and how leaders can build teams where different minds thrive.
My child is too anxious to go to school: what’s happening and how to help
Tears at the door, tummy aches on Sunday night, a child who simply can’t go in. What school anxiety can look like, what helps, and who to talk to.
Ordering everyone back to the office won’t fix your culture. Here’s what will.
Calling people back to the office can break teams that worked well at home. Why mandates backfire, and what really rebuilds a team’s culture.
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