Why putting too much pressure on your team will backfire on your results leadership self-awareness well-being at work Jan 05, 2023

With redundancies, employees who have kept their jobs will be expected to produce more with less resources.

The problem with asking too much from your team all the time, is that they will eventually burnout, lose motivation and energy. And when you need them the most, they won't have anything...

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4 steps to set yourself up to make a change successfully by forgetting everything you know changing work self-awareness Oct 04, 2022

Why?! Because it isn't working. Is it?

(1) Stop blaming your situations or others for not making this change.

It isn't helping you. It is simply giving all your power away and puts you in the position of seeing yourself as a victim.

Seeing ourselves as a victim stops us from accessing our will power...

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4 Ways to shift your emotional state to reduce stress emotions peace power self-awareness self-development Apr 12, 2022

We are not designed to be in a constant fight or flight response. Our emotions are our bodies' way to tell us  to calm our nervous system!

Option 1 - Breath-work

Our breath is the cheapest and most effective and immediate way to sooth our nervous system to access a state of calm when we need...

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4 Ways to reduce stress mindfulness peace self-awareness stress management Mar 30, 2022

We are not designed to be in a constant fight or flight response. Our emotions are our bodies way to tell us how it wants us to calm our nervous systems!

Option 1 - Breath-work

Our breath is the cheapest and most effective and immediate way to sooth our nervous system to access a state of calm...

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IWD2022: Could gender balance be a question of masculine and feminine energy? gender balance leadership self-awareness Mar 08, 2022

Gender Balance is often discussed at organisational level. In this video I focus on Gender Balance at an individual level.

What is your energy balance within yourself? Can you access more masculine traits as feminine traits? We can also refer to this as more Yin and Yang energy.

Often the debate...

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Why high-performance comes from a place of well-being high-performance coaching life coaching self-awareness self-development wellness in the workplace Feb 08, 2022

The truth is that performance and well-being today are treated separately in organisation while they are intrinsically linked. The problem with this is that well-being interventions are often not treated seriously and not linked to increased performance. People often wonder, how will it help me...

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Find more compassion for yourself, to be more compassionate with your team leadership peace power self-awareness self-development Feb 02, 2022

 "Treat others as they want to be treated”.

The more popular quote is “treat others as you want to be treated". However, having different personality types means we will have different preferences. What brings us peace and a feeling of safety will vary for all.

This article...

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Why The Process Communication Model® matters leadership pcm peace power purpose self-awareness self-development Sep 21, 2021

“Instead of constantly adapting to change, why not change to be adaptive?”

Fred Emery, Psychologist (1925–1997)


I love this quote because this refers to the notion of leaders adapting their internal world, rather than trying to change the external world around them....

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4 steps to connect performance and well-being high-performance coaching leadership life coaching self-awareness self-development thesuccessparadox well-being Jul 29, 2021

“Yes, lockdown poses its own mental health challenges. But can we please stop pretending our former world of working long hours, stressful commutes, hectic crowds, shopping centres, infinite choice, mass consumerism, air pollution and 24/7 everything was a mental health utopia?” ...

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Lockdown Leaders: A journey to Conscious Leadership leadership pcm self-awareness self-development Mar 01, 2021

Back in April 2020, when everything was uncertain, I invited a group of SaaS Leaders and high achievers to join a 90day group and individual coaching experience to support them in this period of adaptation. What they all had in common? They all had something in coming they were ready to step into...

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Being Perfectly Imperfect: Self-acceptance to become a more compassionate leader leadership power self-awareness self-care Dec 15, 2020

Last month I wrote an article about how our true power lies in our vulnerability. I am continuing on this theme because this is often part of the journey of the leaders I coach. At a time, where our patience is being tested, uncertainty is becoming normal and our stress levels are increasing;...

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Why change starts with you leadership purpose self-awareness self-development Aug 05, 2020

“Instead of constantly adapting to change, why not change to be adaptive?” – Fred Emery, Psychologist (1925–1997)

I love this quote because this refers to the notion of leaders adapting their internal world, rather than trying to change the external world around them....

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