
3 Crucial Qualities of Inspirational Leaders
Crucial qualities of inspirational leaders “Why did you quit your last job?” The tweet on social media has me thinking about all the projects...

Living Your Unique Purpose Is The Point
Purpose is the point Personality to Inner Self: What would you like to do in 2020? Inner Self: What I’d love to do is...

Why Networking As We Once Knew It Isn’t Finished Forever
Networking as we once knew it The traditional whirlwind of work-related Christmas engagements – parties, drinks, dinners and so on – has inevitably fallen...

It’s Ok Not To Feel Ok – And Shine Brighter In The Process
Shine brighter “How are you?” is such an open-ended question. Technically it invites all manner of responses. Yet we so often come back with...

Times Of Reflecting And Preparing Can Transform Your Life
Reflecting and preparing There are key times in a calendar where we will often take time out to review and to consider what the...

How To Use Technology To Improve Communication
Clear communication In our fast-moving world, we rely on technology more and more. Email, What’s App, and all social media. We live in an...

Santa’s Leadership Secrets Revealed!
Leadership Secrets After passing an extensive background check and being vetted by the CIA (Claus Intelligence Agency), I was granted an exclusive one-on-one interview...

How To Establish The Real Purpose Of Training
The real purpose of training I thought the real purpose of training is obvious, but apparently not. If an organisation is spending a lot...

A Gift of Hope: Creating Jobs and Opportunities Again
A gift of hope As a business leader, confronted with what essentially boiled down to business kryptonite this year, one goes through an equivalent...

Three Catchwords for 2020 and Beyond
Catchwords for 2020 and beyond Advent is a time of preparation. It is a time of anticipation. It is a time of reflection. 2020...

The Importance Of Empathy During This Festive Period
The importance of empathy This time of year, our thoughts turn to spend time with our friends and our families to celebrate the festive...

The Reality of Working From Home While Remaining Connected To Our Humanity
The reality of “woming” In 2019, in collaboration with a number of colleagues at the University of Nottingham, I co-authored Florence Nightingale at Home,...

Start Your Inner Leadership Journey To Unleash Your True Power
Your inner leadership journey Are you feeling like you’re riding a roller coaster these days? And you must have noticed that a massive change...

Opening The Door To Opportunity By Adopting A Growth Mindset
A growth mindset opens opportunities Mindset is a strong determiner of how successful and how satisfied you can be in your business and life....

The Meaning We Give To The Words We Hear
The meaning we give to the words we hear ‘Don’t run’. This was my Dad telling his 7-year-old son not to, as we unloaded...

5 Steps To Create Your Unique Personal Brand
Create your unique Personal Brand I have been talking about Personal Brand Leadership for over a decade now. It was a relatively obscure concept...

How To Make Friends At Work
Friends at work “Do you have a best friend at work?” The question did not surprise me when I first heard it. Surprising was...

5 Qualities of Highly Engaged Teams
Highly engaged teams As a leader, your number one job is not just to create an engaged team but a highly engaged team. This...

6 Ways To Achieve Inner Peace
The freedom of inner peace I can remember in my early twenties reading something about attaining inner peace and feeling threatened and scared. Being...

Craft A Personal Leadership Manifesto
A personal leadership manifesto As we come to the end of this extraordinary year, it’s fitting we end our Christmas Advent Calendar series with...