Will you leave well?
Tom Stoppard, a British playwright, penned ‘Every exit is an entry to somewhere else’. Stoppard’s eloquence leads me to ask How well will you leave? whether you are about to step up or let go in a...
View ArticleSteer your career decisions with no regrets
“This above all: to thine own self be true” is part of Polonius’s advice to his son who is in a hurry to get on the next boat to Paris. This captures the essence of my guidance to you: Steer your...
View ArticleReflections on a year spent well
This is my last post for 2012. It’s my opportunity to reflect on the joys of working with my wonderful clients, writing my blog and building my practice as an executive coach. Merry Christmas to all my...
View ArticleHow often do you get lost in your work?
I was privileged to be in the Sydney 2000 Olympics stadium the night Cathy Freeman won the 400m Gold Medal. It was an experience of a lifetime that still makes me feel at once overawed and exhilarated....
View ArticleCoda to ‘How often do you get lost in your work?’
My first post of 2013 asked ‘How often do you get lost in your work?’. In this post I drew on the work of Milhály Csíkszentmihályi in explaining how the idea of finding ‘flow’ can help you develop your...
View ArticleIs fear holding you back?
In my work with clients in professional services firms there’s a topic that is all too often taboo. It’s fear. Fear pervades the corridors of too many firms. It’s disruptive and distressing. The fear...
View ArticleHow you can make better choices about your life and career
Do you make the mistake of jumping too quickly to conclusions about your life and career because you give too much emphasis to the information in front of you? Do you fail to search for new information...
View ArticleThree ways relationships shape your career
How much have you thought about your career and the ways relationships can positively shape it? Do those around you give you feedback and advice? I refer to your work place peers and managers and your...
View ArticleBecoming an Ex
For many ‘being an Ex’ relates to having been divorced. But ‘becoming an Ex’ is used differently. It describes the process of exiting a career or life role, which are increasingly frequent occurrences...
View ArticleStop your stars becoming Ex’s
In May my post ‘Becoming an Ex’ stirred a good deal of interest. Thank you to those Ex’s and those on the brink of becoming an Ex who have shared the resonance and reassurance they felt on reading...
View ArticleAre you ready, willing and able to change?
Are you ready, willing and able to change? is a question everyone should ask themselves about their career. Whether you are letting go to move on or stepping up into a new role, you need to be ready,...
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Today there is no finish line
In our parents’ time adult life had three periods each with a clear finish line. For professional people these periods were education (i.e. development that ended with a graduation ceremony), work...
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Stepping up requires seven shifts
Seven shifts are necessary for you to step up from a technical or functional role into one of business unit or organisational leader for the first time. There is always a significant transition when a...
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If you keep on going the way you are, you will miss the road to your future
The thought that ‘you will miss the road to your future’ is taken from Charles Handy’s great book The Empty Raincoat. Among the many gems in The Empty Raincoat, Handy explores one of the paradoxes of...
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Break is the important part of breaking through
Break is the important part of breaking through when you make any significant life-career change. You need to leave aspects of your past behind to move on, out or up. And when you make the break you...
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To be an authentic leader, first be true to yourself
A brilliant paper in The Leadership Quarterly* shows that to be an authentic leader, you must first be to true to yourself. Authentic leaders are the most influential and find their role near...
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Reflections on another year well spent
This is my final post for 2013. It’s my opportunity to reflect on the joys of working with wonderful clients, teaching and learning through my blog, continuing to build my practice as an executive...
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Construct your life story: Develop as an authentic leader
In December last year my post ‘To be an authentic leader, first be true to yourself’ caused many to write and call. How to become an authentic leader was a common theme in these conversations. This...
View ArticleWhy authentic leaders foster authentic followers
My January 2014 post is about how to become an authentic leader. Authentic leadership is about your self-concept and the relationship between your self-concept and your actions as a leader. So I was...
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Manage your emotions better: Replace your musts and shoulds with wants and...
For leaders it is important to replace your musts and shoulds with wants and wishes. Every truly effective leader senses this, yet too few recognise that this simple formula empowers them to respond...
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