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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...
Matthew Davies
Jun 29, 20224 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Jun 22, 20225 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Jun 15, 20224 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Jun 8, 20224 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Jun 1, 20224 min read
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Maverick
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...
Matthew Davies
May 25, 20224 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
May 18, 20224 min read
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Them and Us
Arguments are everywhere. Perhaps more than anything else, the advent of the internet and especially of social media has increased the...
Matthew Davies
May 11, 20224 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
May 4, 20226 min read
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Ripples
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...
Matthew Davies
Apr 27, 20224 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Apr 20, 20224 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Apr 13, 20225 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Apr 6, 20225 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Mar 30, 20224 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Mar 23, 20227 min read
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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...
Matthew Davies
Mar 16, 20226 min read
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Delegate Better
As you become more established in your career, your responsibilities change, as do the expectations that others have of you. Most people...
Matthew Davies
Mar 9, 20227 min read
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Get Things Done
One of the most common things I get asked about by leaders who approach me to enhance their team and their business, is 'how can I help...
Matthew Davies
Mar 2, 20225 min read
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The Success Intersection
Throughout the early part of February I shared a series of blogs which which had their roots at a time in my career where things weren't...
Matthew Davies
Feb 24, 20225 min read
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The Death of Dreams
" In everyone it dies, this sense of their vast and mysterious significance. But then it is a gradual process. Time administers to us...
Matthew Davies
Feb 22, 20224 min read
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