Promotion and the Impact of Self-Doubt
Emotional Intelligence: Strategies for successful change Kim has just been promoted to the C-Suite in a large multi-national company. It is a well-deserved promotion as she is a capable, effective and thoughtful leader, who has contributed greatly to the organization...
Success, Stress and Suicide: A Psychologists’ Perspective
A text arrives from my neighbor: “You’re a psychologist. Any insight into how a seemingly happy 42-year-old man with a successful career, wife and 2 boys he loved, can commit suicide with no warning signs?” It’s difficult, what do they want to hear? That it is a spur...
I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR COACHING!
Simon is crumbling under the pressure. He is aware of this but doesn’t know how to pull himself out of the burdens that are on him. As CEO in a time of change for the organization he is responsible for every aspect of the business. Having just stepped up he doesn’t...
The Pressure of Decision Making as a Leader
It can be very lonely at the top. The major decisions lie with you. They are your responsibility, and your choices. It’s confusing. Overwhelming. The responsibility lies solely with you and it can feel like a huge weight. You feel the pressure of time. If you don’t...
Why Self-Awareness is Vital to Leadership
Self-awareness is one of the hallmarks of a great leader. It demonstrates a capacity to honestly evaluate your own actions beliefs and impact on others. But self-awareness eludes most people. Our understanding of ourselves and our worlds are limited. It is rare that...
Burned Out? Strategies for changing your experience
You are in your office. It is 7pm and you are getting ready to leave, already running late for dinner with your family. The CEO pokes his head through the door to let you know he has arranged an early meeting before work tomorrow morning to discuss how to move the...
A PhD scientist can’t lead a company! Can they?
I’ve heard this a few times recently, from various people in business and leadership. Once even from a PhD scientist who was leading a company! There is a view that PhD scientists are academics. Stuck in the world of the mind. Used to working in isolation with data...
Coaching and Neuroscience: 5 Strategies for Decluttering your Mind
Imagine you are sitting at your desk. Your computer is in front of you, wobbling slightly as it sits on top of the papers you were working on earlier. To your left is your planner, balancing on your notebook and behind which is a stack of somewhat disorganized papers....