Who is the most powerful person you know, who would be willing to vouch for your work and help you secure a promotion?

In my last role in a FTSE100 company, I would frequently find employees I hadn’t met scheduling time in my diary – on the pretext of “I’m going to be in your location, it would be great to meet” – but always it was with the purpose of raising their visibility and trying to impress me.

It’s natural to lose self-confidence after a health or job-loss crisis. You are facing unchartered territory and it can be really scary. The same goes for when you feel stuck in a job / career that no longer challenges you or allows you to grow.

Life is full of FUD right now – Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt – due to the global pandemic. It is critical to engender a work culture in which people feel safe sharing views, new methods of working and ideas for dealing with change.

Living sustainably not only looks after the world, but looks after me and my community.

Mental toughness is learning how to control our mind, rather than letting our mind control us.

The stories we tell ourselves.

I’m sure that at some point you’ve used one of these expressions: I have the feeling that… Something inside me is telling me that… I knew it, I should have listened to my gut feeling… This just doesn’t feel right… So what are those messages and how can you actively use them to make decisions? […]

Now is the time to see clearly how things need to change.