Everywhere I see certainty pushed and promoted, chased and revered. “If you want to capture audience attention, increase your certainty.” I’ve never felt more uncertain. However, the stretch it contains when you lean into this uncertainty with support will produce growth and insight. What is produced from certainty instead? The past and memory…? No thank […]

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“Everything, everything, everything is waiting for you.” David Whyte I was sent this poem by David Whyte on my last day at Citi. When I first read this poem, I thought it meant everything in the outside world was waiting for me. New contacts. New opportunities. New experiences. etc. And these have all happened for […]

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Lost & alone. The hardest place to be, especially when you’re a leader. When you’re the one who is meant to have the answers. This path is well known. It feels like you’re on your own. But you’re in the company of everyone who has gone through or is going through this right now. You […]

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The world tells you to maximise your life and it’s ruining your happiness. Instead, focus on optimising. This shift has made such a difference to me and I hope for you too. Maximising: “To make something as great in amount, size or importance as possible.” Maximising is why you think you have to: Maximising is […]

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It’s easy to be swayed in the storm when you’ve not placed your anchor. In a world that tells us to be different, or chase the next thing.. ..it’s so easy to get lost and overwhelmed. Instead, here’s specific examples I’ve noticed feeling lost in & what I try to help me navigate: “Here’s the […]

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When I qualified as a coach one of the things I was told is to be present, ask questions and allow silence. 3 secret weapons of coaches: presence, questions and silence. I thought this was all I needed to bring to the conversation. Years later, I had been collecting tools and strategies, tactics and tips […]

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Who is doing change and transformation well and how are they doing it? I think there’s at least 2 audiences at play within this: – Employees who are resistant to change– Employees who want more responsibility but without the leader stepping in don’t follow through Beyond money, purpose, autonomy and mastery are noted as drivers […]

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I coach on a mastermind who meet quarterly, some notes and takeaways from this quarter’s meeting – which takeaway did you need to hear? Takeaway: If you want to upgrade your results, surround yourself with people on a similar path. Takeaway: Create enough certainty, get an accurate map of reality objectively and always back yourself. […]

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Finale. Ending. The question people ask when they are dying is: Will I be remembered? What they’re asking is “Did I matter?” What would you like to be remembered for? This question will guide your life if you let it, and you should. Otherwise, you’ll be guided by other people’s answers to that question, wondering […]

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