Yesterday I caught up with my good friend and former colleague Liz to chat through some material she's designing and share our...

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...

I've written before about the importance in putting energy and effort only into those factors which we have control over. Steven Covey's...

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...

Last week in the UK saw three days of train strikes. Industrial action to this extent is not particularly common, with around 15 major...

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...

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...

In the last few years, trust, truth, honesty and integrity have been through the ringer, courtesy of politicians on all sides of the...

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...

One of the advantages of being self employed, is the opportunity to manage your own diary, working when you'd like and taking time off...

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...

Arguments are everywhere. Perhaps more than anything else, the advent of the internet and especially of social media has increased the...

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...

At the beginning of last year when I started going out for my long morning walks, I listened to a lot of music and podcasts as I wandered...

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...

This weekend I was lucky enough to spend three fantastic days in the Perthshire countryside with the East Kilbride Pirates Women's...

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...

A couple of weeks back I delivered a leadership session to a business who were really keen to learn about different leadership models. We...

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...

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...