Matthew Davies
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Yesterday I caught up with my good friend and former colleague Liz to chat through some material she's designing and share our...
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Matthew Davies
- Jul 19, 2022
- 5 min
Heatwave
With today set to be the hottest day of the year, topping yesterday, where temperatures were pushing 40 degrees in parts of the UK, we're...
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Matthew Davies
- Jul 14, 2022
- 8 min
Impotence
I've written before about the importance in putting energy and effort only into those factors which we have control over. Steven Covey's...
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Matthew Davies
- Jul 7, 2022
- 4 min
Fun at Work
This week my wife and daughter are on holiday in Italy, leaving me and our menagerie of pets to our own devices! Harper has finished...
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Matthew Davies
- Jun 29, 2022
- 4 min
On Strike
Last week in the UK saw three days of train strikes. Industrial action to this extent is not particularly common, with around 15 major...
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Matthew Davies
- Jun 22, 2022
- 5 min
Lessons from Beavers Camp
About a month ago, my daughter Harper joined the local Beavers troop. As an only child, she has quite a lot of time where she's the sole...
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Matthew Davies
- Jun 15, 2022
- 4 min
Emotion Drives Motion
Over the past eight months, I've added a lot of strings to my bow, but perhaps the most enjoyable of these has been dipping my toe into...
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Matthew Davies
- Jun 8, 2022
- 4 min
Considering Trust
In the last few years, trust, truth, honesty and integrity have been through the ringer, courtesy of politicians on all sides of the...
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Matthew Davies
- Jun 1, 2022
- 4 min
What do you do when it all goes wrong?
A little while ago, I spoke about addressing the elephant in the room when you're in meetings, and getting those big things out on the...
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Matthew Davies
- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
Coach Yourself
When I first started coaching, like many people new to the practice, I loved a model or a framework! Maybe more than loving them, in...
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Matthew Davies
- May 11, 2022
- 4 min
Them and Us
Arguments are everywhere. Perhaps more than anything else, the advent of the internet and especially of social media has increased the...
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Matthew Davies
- May 4, 2022
- 6 min
Hard Work
With my post last week, I crept over 5,000 individual views since I started this blog in December. It's a nice milestone and having...
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Matthew Davies
- Apr 20, 2022
- 4 min
Switched Off
Over the Easter weekend I took some weekdays off for the first time since Christmas. The beginning of 2022 has been really busy and I'm...
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Matthew Davies
- Apr 13, 2022
- 5 min
The Magic of Training Camp
This weekend I was lucky enough to spend three fantastic days in the Perthshire countryside with the East Kilbride Pirates Women's...
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Matthew Davies
- Apr 6, 2022
- 5 min
They're Out To Get Me
I was in the gym this morning, getting hench, and I was feeling a little flat. When this happens, the only real solution I have available...
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Matthew Davies
- Mar 30, 2022
- 4 min
Is that a Reason or an Excuse?
A couple of weeks back I delivered a leadership session to a business who were really keen to learn about different leadership models. We...
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Matthew Davies
- Mar 23, 2022
- 7 min
All Hail the Post-It Note
Chatting with a friend over lunch about our working practices, I got onto some of the habits I've developed over the year that I find...
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Matthew Davies
- Mar 16, 2022
- 6 min
It's Jenga Time!
In many of the business meetings I attended over fifteen years in financial services, either as a participant, or as a coach, both and I...
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