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Be a Great Leader – Without Even Being There 

Working from home is great, isn’t it? No commute (or a train delay, or traffic jam) to spoil your mood before you’ve got to your desk; no worry over missing the Amazon delivery; and you can even wear your slippers for that video conference. But when you work closely with a ...
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The Isolated Leader

In my recent article; National Tea Day and the Art of Fika, I wrote of the importance of maintaining a sense of being part of a team and belonging during these times of social distancing and working from home. As we know, it is the responsibility of each and every ...
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The Anxious Conversation

Whether the Prime Minister’s latest announcement gave us clarity or otherwise, for those who can’t work from home, the prospect of returning to the workplace has raised anxiety levels for many. What is clear, is that if we are to invite colleagues back to work, we need to do so with ...
Acts of Kindness

Acts of Kindness

Back in January I was working in Birmingham, delivering another ted Learning Special Assignment, as I have been on and off over the previous couple of months. I was struck by the number of homeless people in the city centre. As do many other people, I walked on by. I suppose trying ...
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Working from Home

For many of us still working, the kitchen tables is our new office, the sofa our new break-out area. It’s a strange time and we’re learning to navigate the joys of sharing overloaded wi-fi with socially-starved teenagers, furloughed partners participating in endless Zoom quizzes and sugar-laden tweens begrudgingly star-jumping with ...
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National Tea Day & The Art of Fika

Last week in the The Blessing Revealed? I wrote about the recent YouGov Poll which found that only 9% of people want life to return to ‘normal’ once we come out of the lockdown. Some of the benefits emerging suggest that over the last 29 days we are placing greater value ...
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The Blessing Revealed?

Last week I wrote about a ‘thought for the day’ which had struck a chord with me, only a few days before the lockdown when all our lives were to suddenly change: There's a Blessing in the Storm. I talked about creating my two lists which help me to identify those ...
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The Challenge: Managing Yourself

If you’ve read our article Doing the Best by Yourself you’ll know that self-management doesn’t mean pushing yourself to do more than you can. Just as you would try to create the optimum conditions for your team to succeed, it’s worth thinking about the things you can do to help ...
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There’s A Blessing in the Storm

In the far-away days when we were able to travel, I used to stay, every now and then, in hotels in London. In the far-away days when we were able to travel, I used to stay, every now and then, in hotels in London. In one particular hotel, a giant scrabble board ...
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Why You Should Be Worried About Worry

Every year, in November, we have National Stress Awareness Day – a good way to raise awareness for what is becoming an epidemic in the working world. This week we’ve been thinking about what might be the cumulative impact of worry on productivity. How can tackling worry on an individual level ...