Posts Tagged ‘Stress’
Throw Me a Rope – I’m Scaling a Procrastination Mountain Here
I’m currently experiencing the worst bout of procrastination of my entire life. It’s excruciating, it’s embarrassing, and I think it has the potential to sabotage the most significant goal of my professional career. Let me explain: I’m travelling to New York at the end of May to undertake research for the book I’m writing. In order for this trip to be a success, I…
Read More9 Missing Ingredients Of Successful Leadership
What strikes me almost every day in my coaching practice, is how heavily the following traits are valued in organisations: Action Doing Competitive drive Goal focus Intellectual fortitude The logic. The linear. The analytical. And this is a good thing. After all, these activities do contribute to productivity and results. But, I’m starting to get a bit…
Read MoreThe power of perception
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” ― Epictetus Ah, the wise words of Epictetus. How we perceive a situation and ergo respond to it, will make all the difference to the outcome. Although this may seem blindingly obvious, when we are in the thick of what appears to be a ‘doozie…
Read More5 Ways to Become More Resilient
I have hesitated to write a blog post about resilience for some time. It seemed like everyone was writing about it. But the resilience theme continued to appear everywhere I looked. In every corner, at every turn and in every fold, until finally it was facing me head on. That was when I knew the…
Read MoreWhat to do with burnout
In my last blog post I talked about my personal experience with burnout, and how to identify it – in ourselves, and in team members. However, acknowledging and accepting burnout is only half the battle in conquering it. Burnout is insidious, and if left unchecked, it can surreptitiously erode our health, well-being and general ability to function at full…
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