What Matters

During NOvember, I'm practising saying NO.

NO to habits that aren't useful anymore, NO to distractions and NO to rabbit holes. Leaders I am working with are joining me in saying NO to meetings and superfluous emails. At my Retreat in Byron last weekend, we said NO to things that were holding us back and getting in the way.

As we head into summer and think about how 2023 might be different, it's time to prune and create space for the right things.

What could you say NO to in NOvember? Who can be your NO buddy to share your wobbles and wins with over the next 30 days? Join me in clearing some...

What’s stopping you from playing to your strengths?

Maybe you don’t know yet what your strengths are?

Or do you know your strengths but something, or someone, is stopping you?

What’s stopping you from using your strengths each day?

If you tend to the more introverted side of things, you know how exhausting it can be to operate in a world often designed by, and for, those more extroverted.

I love working with quiet leaders and helping them find their quiet power... helping them embrace their quiet power... learning to leverage their quiet strength... it would have to be one of my favourite coaching and mentoring journeys is the blossoming of a wonderfully quiet person into a proud, confident quiet person. 

Does this sound like you?

There’s an infectious confidence when you know what you’re worth.

You don’t need to verbalise it because you project it by the way you carry yourself.

Invest in you, know what you’re worth and what value you bring.

We succeed, we grow. We fail, we grow.

When we don’t know, we grow.  If we let ourselves...

Too often, success and failure don’t lead to growth. Growth mindset has become a bit of a buzzword but at the heart, it is choosing to grow when you hit adversity or when you land a win.

I often say

Forget the failure, learn the lesson

Choose a growth mindset. Choose to learn and grow.

Coaching a client today on their on visibility and profile.

A key question - Who is talking for you when you’re not in the room?

Talent and career impacting decisions in organisations are often made when you’re not in the room.

How can you let your leader know what you want/don’t want? Who else in the room knows you and what you can do?

Too often I’ve seen people invest heavily in a sponsor relationship only to have that sponsor leave the organisation, and they are left without an advocate. 

I believe you need at least three people on your leadership team who...

You may have grown, changed, evolved and be more capable than you were before... yet you choose to hold on to limiting beliefs that are no longer useful, relevant or real.

These beliefs stop you from trying, doing and being.

These beliefs stop you from becoming.

Choose what you hold on to, choose what stories you tell yourself. You can choose.

What do you need to achieve this year?

How can you play to your strengths to achieve your goals?

What is on your To-Do list?

What is on your To-Be List?

Take the time to write down your goals for the year ahead.

PS if you'd like to understand your strengths and how you might better play to your strengths, ask me about my Play to your Strengths 1:1 Coaching and Collective Strengths Team sessions powered by Gallup Strengths.

Busy, distracted, balancing the daily demands...?  Often we run from one thing to the next with half an eye on one thing and our mind on something else.  We’re not doing anything well and we quickly fall into overwhelm.

Today I’m out of the office in a full-day workshop while my team are dealing with a heavy workload and stress load.  I feel torn.  I’m so proud of my team and want to be there to support them but I know they’ve got this.  I need to give myself permission to be in the room and focus on the people I’m with.

So, breathe in,...

I get it.  Busy busy.  Every moment filled and rushing to the next.  Hoping for a moment of peace and quiet.

Balancing everyone else's needs and trying to squeeze in moments of time for you.

Today's challenge: how can you spend more moments in the moment?