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Coach - Consultant - Programme Designer

May 25, 2023

Cornish Flowers – Niall Woodward I recently read an interview with James Taylor where he talked about ‘the precarity of our emotional lives’. Nearly twelve months into a global pandemic we’re all … Continue Reading

Navigating Moods and Emotions and the Peril of Positivity

April 7, 2023

It was January and my new baby was four weeks old. I was besotted and so happy to be a mother of a beautiful baby boy. I’d started my MA … Continue Reading

Five things I wish I’d known before I started leading a team (and five things that helped me!)

September 1, 2022

The Heart Aroused is a great read for anyone grappling with what it means to keep humanity in the daily experience of work; what David Whyte calls the ‘preservation of … Continue Reading

Good Reads: The Heart Aroused by David Whyte

November 22, 2021

The Art of Innovation by Tom Kelley with Jonathan Littman. Jono Hey, Chief Product Officer at Zen Educate mentioned this book during a ‘Lunch and Learn’ for the team a … Continue Reading

Good Reads: The Art of Innovation

August 30, 2021

Successful leadership is about the impact we have on those around us, and the extent to which we enable those we lead to be the best possible version of themselves. … Continue Reading

Five Books I Wish I’d Read Before Leading a Team

April 21, 2021

There’s a Chinese saying; ‘Because the fish are the last ones to know about the sea’. The writer alerts us to the complacent state we can all occupy. Once immersed … Continue Reading

Why global connections and overseas professional development matter