Soccer season is over. It was 20 years since I’d played competitively. We made it all the way to the grand final. Quite an achievement for us all. Some games during the season we played like women possessed, passing, lots of great fancy moves and phenomenal teamwork – goals scored – games won. Then during […]
Is it Time to Get Creative with the Way You’re Communicating?
It never ceases to amaze me how unique yet similar humans. Not to mention how we can tend to bunch everyone together as if they’re the same, yet then be so surprised when there are raging obvious differences. Every Monday I volunteer at Art Class, helping out our amazing Artist in Residence, who is sharing […]
Uncovering Your Team’s Potential
One family holiday we decided to brave it and all go snorkelling. It seemed like a fairly mammoth effort getting everyone kitted out in wetsuits, snorkels, and fins. In the back of my mind, kept thinking, this would just be easier to stay on the boat, enjoy the views and the sounds of the waves […]
How to Make the Systems the Solution to Success
Often get lots of varying answers to one of the first questions I ask people when we start conversing and talking about business leadership and growth. The question is “What is your biggest leadership challenge right now?” It’s always interesting what comes up for people and what they’ll share, ignore or admit too. Honesty is […]
How to Become the Meaning Maker Rather than Letting What Others Say or Do Bring You Down
Some time ago, I’d visited an Aunt. In a home. Walls bland, she’s the youngest by far and tragic circumstances have changed her life. Wanting to do something to bring some colour and cheer, I painted a canvas. Colourful, unique and my style. A gift for her. Oddly, when I asked my parents, could they […]
Love and Trust
Love and Trust – It’s within? She stood elegantly, silently, holding the space for the audience to take it in. It was deafeningly quiet. It would be so easy to keep talking, to fill the space and void with more noise or yet another explanation. But she waited. Patiently. For whilst the urge and words […]
Running on Empty
Operating on an empty tank, no juice left? Did you know one of the most common problems for women in leadership is they are smashed, burnt out and so drained from being all things to everyone else. They’re pretty awesome at giving out all their energy to others, looking after team, family, friends, relatives….. yet, […]
Break Downs & Throughs
Often clients excuse their meltdown in the middle of the session and apologise for tears or disconnecting saying sorry for having fallen of the grid. We all respond to our breakdowns in different ways, whether it’s to go quiet, get emotional, need to yell and scream (often at those closest to us), run the ‘cracked […]
Being Brave
Recently a friend hopped up on stage and did something she’s never done before. I congratulated her on being brave. She said to me “yes, probably one of the bravest things I’ve done getting up on stage to be judged by a panel of judges. Terrifying but pretty much the ultimate facing my fears. Possibly […]