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Do I need to request permission to share a story if my audience is time-poor? A client asked in my…
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August 27, 2020
Today on my morning walk today I saw a strange sight. An elderly man, bending every couple of minutes. As…
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June 24, 2020
How do we persuade people to adopt our ideas, listen to what we have to say and be inspired into…
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June 12, 2020
One day Chuang Tzu and a friend were walking by a river. ‘Look at the fish swimming about,’ said Chuang…
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May 21, 2020
A single red car drives down one road. An endless desolate city landscape. A lone driver and his dog. There…
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February 17, 2020
How is 2020 going for you? Hope you are sailing into the newish year and the new decade. The year of…
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September 25, 2019
Sometimes leadership comes blazing with trumpets, sometimes quietly and sometimes not at all. Unless a leader steps up into the…
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June 19, 2019
I recently did a silent retreat with a small group. No speaking, no external stimulation, no reading or technology. On…
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April 18, 2019
Pens down – aargh, hope that doesn’t bring back bad memories. The examiner calling out at the end of every…
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March 4, 2019
Recently my mum turned 80 – I know a huge milestone! There was so much argy-bargy in my large and…
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January 31, 2019
Confession time! Who else is hooked on The Netflix original series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. Unless you have been hiding under…
How to nail ‘So what do you do’? Getting your origin story right.
October 12, 2018
People always ask this question: at a networking event, even strangers in lifts and your mum’s friends! Hopefully not your…