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Sit down. Breathe. Write. Repeat...Strategic For Your Profile – And So Rarely Done!
Do you Show up when you're trying to be heard? How often do you attend a meeting, an event, a conference and this happens? Someone asks a question or requests some information and they don’t give you, the audience, their details. When it comes to showing up at a...
There’s Always A Lesson
Taking the rough with the smooth and learning from it I’ve always been a half-full kind of person. If there’s a way to find the bright side in a situation or the best way forward, I like to think I’ll find it. I named my businesses Way Forward Coaching and Way...
Do You Show Them What You’re Made Of?
Remember your brilliance so others can reward you for it. If you’ve ever heard yourself say any of the following, it gives us a sign you’ve forgotten some of the things that you’re really good at or you’ve forgotten some of the key pieces of your career and life...
How’s Your Pillow Talk?
Engage as you explain It’s so easy to lose your message, your audience, their attention, their trust by using ‘weasel’ words. By using ‘gobbledeegook’ if you will – and it’s everywhere, like an epidemic. With the pace of information being shared, the cultures which...
How “Out of the Office” Are YOU?
How to show up and sparkle at work - when you're on holiday... It’s the dilemma that’s so common now – when you’re “Out of the Office” just how “Out” of the office are you? With the holiday season right around the corner, this is a timely way to plan your exit...
How Up Close And Personal Are You?
There’s no substitute for the ‘LIVE’ or personalised version of YOU It’s easy to get lulled into this false sense of reality isn’t it? Instead of picking up the phone to speak to someone, you drop them an email or send them a message or a text. Instead of dropping...
Are You Saying What You Really Mean (Or Just What They Think You Mean)?
Try this revealing (and fun) exercise to show you how easy it is to confuse what we think we’re saying with what others actually hear. I did this recently when working with a group of senior execs and it’s very telling and shows just how much room there is for...
Are You “Should-ing” All Over Everyone?
3 Easy Ways for People to Take On Your Advice “Now, what you should do is…" "Well, it's obvious, you should do this, then you should do that and then you should tell them you’ve done it”. Should do. What you should do and what you want to and actually do are often...
Connect And Compel As You Write
Write to engage and keep people's attention - so many people do the opposite! Think about how you write? Think about how you think about other people as you write – if you think about other people as you write? It’s one of the easiest things to do – just quickly type...
Two Small Words Change Everything
Use them more and make things easier for yourself Gratitude and being - and showing - you're grateful. It’s such a small thing to say ‘thank you’ and these two small words cost you absolutely nothing and yet make a huge difference to if and how people remember you -...