Interviewer: what would you say your biggest weakness is? Everyone in the world: I’m just such a perfectionist. *rolls eyes whilst holding hand up in confession of using this phrase…* Okay, so the dreaded interview question makes us all suddenly throw any semblance of our authentic selves straight out of the nearest window, puff outContinue reading “Acknowledging our weaknesses as leaders”
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How to give ourselves better advice
‘I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.’ Oscar Wilde. Ah, advice. Love it, hate it, take it, ignore it – we all fancy ourselves as good at giving it… to other people. Why is it that we’re full ofContinue reading “How to give ourselves better advice”
When to take the plunge in starting up your business: a reflection checklist.
Despite endless conversations about your hypothetical business and lots of pipelined plans, you might not know when the time is truly right to take the plunge and start. I’ll be super honest here: I absolutely didn’t go through a checklist like the below; didn’t write a business plan; and didn’t have a five-year plan butContinue reading “When to take the plunge in starting up your business: a reflection checklist.”
Hiring in a pandemic
When we went into lockdown, March 2020, like everyone else out there – we had no real idea how the pandemic was going to impact us. The first few months were survival mode: learning the new ropes of virtual interactions; endless health and safety risk assessments to even contemplate a return to the office (whichContinue reading “Hiring in a pandemic”
Finding Our Words 