Hope is not a plan: 3 steps to make hope work for you
Are you waiting, hoping, or even praying for something good to happen? Something that will change your life for the better? Maybe you’re hoping for a new job, a promotion or a new career? Or, perhaps you are hoping to get…
7 Top Tips to get your goals back on track
By the time the Christmas decorations come down most people have already given up on their goals. If this is you, don’t worry, help is at hand! It’s inevitable that we sometimes flag. After the excitement of Christmas and New…
10 things coaching can do for you
When your car won’t start you probably call out a mechanic. And when your drain is blocked it’s likely you’ll need a plumber to help you unblock it. But when might you require the help of a coach? Whilst it’s…
3 Crucial Questions when you feel stuck
7 powerful steps to help you make difficult decisions
You know when you have a decision to make but just can’t decide what to do? You go round and round in circles with ‘what if’s’, but can’t ever seem to reach a decision. You may even catastrophise the issue in…
Transformation Plans: Doomed to fail or designed for success?
It feels like Groundhog Day. We spend hours in meetings with other NHS and Social Care leaders working through system transformation plans that we secretly know are doomed to fail. We each play our part, saying the right things, voicing…
Women: Victims or champions of change?
I can often be heard complaining about the relative dearth of women leaders in senior roles and the glacial pace of change to resolve this. But is my venting just a moan, or am I actively working to change this…
Emmeline Pankhurst would turn in her grave
People have been quick to celebrate the slight increase in the number of women in public sector leadership positions. Call me a killjoy, but someone needs to point out that the pace of change remains shamefully glacial. More than 100…
Leading through the challenge of change
I am experiencing a change in my life; I am thinking of moving house. Despite it being just a house move it feels difficult to accept and contend with. Even as I write this, it seems rather pathetic when I…