Do I Even Want To Be A Leader?

Do I Even Want To Be A Leader?

I hear this question more often than you’d expect for someone who specialises in coaching leaders. What causes the doubt? I’ve observed that it comes down to one of two things: Don’t know what you’re doing as a leader Some person(s) in the team...
Even Small Teams Need Team Building Days

Even Small Teams Need Team Building Days

One Friday I got a call from an NGO asking me: we’re looking for a facilitator but first we need to know, are you free next Thursday? Fortunately I have been keeping my calendar closed for coaching appointments on Thursdays. Why? So I could keep a big block of...
Hopping Onto My Soapbox

Hopping Onto My Soapbox

While it’s getting better in the corporate world, there’s still something that companies are doing, and it makes no sense: Promoting people and not giving them support to succeed in that role. Nobody would ask a surgeon to do a new kind of surgery without...
Leadership 101: Create a Vision

Leadership 101: Create a Vision

A key part of leadership is knowing where you are going aka having a vision. This applies to teams, as well as for your career path or your life. You know that you can create high performance when you have a vision, yet this is one thing that I see team leaders up to...