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Sit down. Breathe. Write. Repeat...Push Back
It's a tricky old balance being friends at work and actually getting stuff done. One of my clients was telling me how, with my encouragement and support, she's stopped rolling over, extending deadlines and being as malleable as she had been. She's really started to...
Lead In
Snowy has always been slightly in awe of my lead-in time and preparations. Until he started benefitting from them! We call it "working it back" or "reverse engineering our way" and it works for us - here's how. You know you want to be on the train, unruffled and...
Medicine
We all know what we should do and we're very good at telling others what they should do too but...hmmm - do we take our own advice? As I asked a client the question "What would you tell another professional, senior woman to do about this?" she...
Meanie
A quick note from me this week and one a message I know I needed to learn! Today I'm hosting an online Day of Magic with a group of clients and know this will be relevant to them too... As I listened to 2 different private clients this week, the line from Snow...
Barbie
It really made me laugh when I read someone's description of herself as being "Work Barbie". What she was saying was how she put on a work persona which made her more authoritative and comfortable being in a position of responsibility when she was much younger than...
Frozen
It's something we can so easily do and it slows us down like bad software on our computers. We - certainly I have - can hold on to anger or embarrassment or resentment about someone or something that's happened and decide that it means something which it...
Nothing to say
"Kay, it doesn't matter - if there's nothing to tell them, TELL them there's nothing to tell them but whatever you do, TELL THEM...!" 😵💫 That was the somewhat regular and forceful directive from my boss back in my insurance broking days....
Firm but Fair
Speaking at an online conference yesterday I was the closing Keynote. It felt quite a responsibility to bring a 2-day event in to land with a strong message and strong energy. My 30 minute spot was entitled "Influencing Those Around You - Especially Upwards"...
Sorry
"A little feedback for you - has anyone every told you how you say Sorry a lot?" Working with a new client this week - let's call her Jane - I started to jot down how many times she said sorry as she was explaining about what was going on, why she needed support...
Intentionally
So both my private mentoring groups and I do an exercise each year to set us off in a strong direction. I call is Setting Your Intentions. We did this exercise together this week and everyone - to a woman - surprised herself and took a lot from it to use as she...