Who was the 9 to 5 designed for?
A few years before the pandemic, I was recruiting for a head of HR role. I had headhunted the candidate, so I was selling. The company, the scope, the money. She listened. Then she told me something I have never forgotten. Her employer let her close at one o'clock to...
Psychological Safety: The Hidden Driver of High-Performing Teams
Have you ever kept quiet in a meeting that you had something to contribute to or needed some clarification on? Let's just say you may have been battling psychological safety.2 days ago this was my focus facilitating a workshop with a leadership team.So, psychological...
The Adventure Called My Work
My work is an adventure...in my early years, I used to smile in anticipation of it.In any given week, I never know for sure which organisation I will be working with and who I will be meeting. Even with work planned in advance, I never know what call I will be...
When Teaching Becomes Learning
My work is very humbling. Even if I wanted to live my life unchecked, I can't. Whether as a business owner or as a leadership trainer, I have to face my fears and self reflect whether I want to or not.My life is busy, I am often under pressure. That means that I am...
The Best Investment You Will Ever Make Is in Yourself
When I was 29, I paid out of pocket for a summer school course, a diploma in psychology at Middlesex University. I have always been intrigued by the mind and what makes people tick.When I resumed work, the MD asked me where I had gone on such a long holiday. I...
Followership: The leadership conversation we don’t talk about enough
My recent experience in an association I belong to made me dig deeper into an aspect of leadership we do not talk about enough: followership. Leadership books abound. Leadership programmes are everywhere. One of the first things you learn in leadership training is...
A Lesson in Action, Curiosity, and Opportunity
So, it was one of those days that I decided to take a walk in the mall and to my surprise I saw the Body Shop plastered on one of the shop spaces under renovation.The store window glass had body shop posters from ceiling to floor indicating the store was not yet open,...
What Are the Chances?
So, it was my daughter's bestie's birthday yesterday and I dropped her and her brother off. The plan was to come back for them by 6pm. But in my not so unusual fashion, I decided to sit for a few minutes to make small talk with some other parent guests, mummies to be...
When Grief Broke Me Purpose Carried Me
5 years ago, in the thick of the pandemic, a phone call on the night of Easter Monday would change my life. My father, who was in London at the time, was pronounced dead by the plague that ravished the earth. I howled a scream as the deep sorrow shattered the...