Matthew Davies
Grandad's Hedge
I grew up in the North East of Scotland and my grandparents, Fiona and Ian, lived in a village not too far from us, called Edzell. Edzell...
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Matthew Davies
Aug 23, 20234 min read
Vincent vs The Fish
During the summer, Harper and I flew down to London for a Daddy/Daughter trip to do some typical touristy things and to make some...
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Matthew Davies
Aug 18, 20233 min read
Service
Several times over the last few weeks, I've had conversations with coaching clients about being in service of others and the value that...
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Matthew Davies
Aug 4, 20234 min read
Gameday
Tomorrow afternoon, after a year's preparation, the GB Lions Men's American Football Team will play it's first home game in 4 years when...
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Matthew Davies
Jul 27, 20235 min read
Penny Falls
This week, as part of her bumper summer of adventures (spreadsheet created by Mrs Davies!), my daughter was scheduled to spend five days...
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Matthew Davies
Jul 19, 20236 min read
More That Unites Us
On Monday of this week I spent the day in Southend on Sea, a place which, I'm informed, has the longest pleasure pier in the world and...
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Matthew Davies
Jul 7, 20238 min read
The Death of Customer Service
For readers of my blog who have been with me for a while, you'll be well aware of some of the woes I've had with regards to travel....
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Matthew Davies
Jun 23, 20235 min read
Find my Faults
Chatting to a client last week and they were discussing their relationship with their line manager (you won't be surprised to hear that's...
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Matthew Davies
Jun 9, 20234 min read
It's Not Your Job
I've met some Teflon leaders in my time, who do very little, take no responsibility for anything, take the glory for successes and...
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Matthew Davies
Jun 1, 20233 min read
Forty
This week has been nice and relaxed, as I took a few days off to spend with family and celebrate my fortieth birthday! I've never been...
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Matthew Davies
May 26, 20234 min read
Thorny Questions
This week has been a very busy but incredibly rewarding one, flying to London on Tuesday morning to run a session on how leaders can...
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Matthew Davies
May 17, 20234 min read
Take My Advice, I'm Not Using It
Much of the work I do is as an executive or team coach and when I embody those roles, one of the fundamental tenets is that the client or...
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Matthew Davies
May 5, 20234 min read
Things are Better when they're Worse
I came across a short video recently in the reels in Facebook, of a guest on the Joe Rogan podcast, talking about a concept called the...
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Matthew Davies
Apr 20, 20233 min read
Spring Clean
I had a lovely couple of weeks with Harper on her Easter Holidays and a few little family breaks, giving a chance to get away from work,...
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Matthew Davies
Apr 13, 20234 min read
Captain's Class
Last weekend I was invited along to coach at a day-long training camp for the East Kilbride Pirates Women's American Football team. The...
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Matthew Davies
Mar 31, 20233 min read
All My Tomorrows
This week I had a long train journey down to Welwyn Garden City and back, to run a session with the NHS. I absolutely love train travel...
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Matthew Davies
Mar 23, 20234 min read
Poseidon
Another week, another set of leadership challenges discussed and considered, but the more leaders I work with and the more sectors and...
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Matthew Davies
Mar 17, 20234 min read
Tell Me Who You Are
This week I've been delivering the first week-long module of a course for a bank, which takes technical experts (software engineers and...
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Matthew Davies
Mar 8, 20235 min read
Community
When I set up my business back in 2021, I knew exactly the types of work I wanted to do; coaching, leadership development and speaking...
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Matthew Davies
Mar 5, 20234 min read
Treat Them Like They're Leaving
On Saturday morning I took my daughter swimming at Portobello pool, right on the promenade in the coastal suburb of Edinburgh. It's a...
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