Resilient Thinking part 2

As I mentioned in my previous blog, I recently attended a webinar led by Anne Burton where she talked about emotional resilience, and I wanted to share some of my reflections since that webinar with you. I am by nature a reflector – I like to think things...

Resilient Thinking

Last week I attended an online workshop about Building Emotional Resilience, organised by East Midlands Chamber of Commerce and led by the brilliant Anne Burton.  What I learnt on that workshop has really resonated with me, and I have been thinking about it for the...

Adapting to the new normal

Many of you will be familiar with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ change curve and, whilst I have used this model for many years when delivering workshops on change, it is just dawned on me that I am currently experiencing the emotions she talked about in her model. Like...

Enforced working from home – the benefits!

Like many people, I am now confined to working from home due to the Coronavirus outbreak.  These are very scary times for lots of people, and we need to look out for each other. Normally, I spend much of my working time with people – coaching them, running...

The danger of having a job I love!

I recently read an article from Jennifer Moss in the Harvard Business Review talking about the danger of doing a job that you love. Now, this sounds counter intuitive but bear with me.  As Moss identifies, the old quote of ““if you do what you love, you’ll never...