by amber | Jun 21, 2023 | Leadership |
When I was a demand planner at Philips, the problems I was trying to solve were: getting the right quantity of electronic goods to the right European warehouse at the right time. managing my quarterly and year end stock targets making sure we didn’t have any old...
by amber | May 9, 2023 | Leadership |
When I was a teenager I worked in my parent’s shop. It was the village store and I learned so much about people and life in that job. People will tell a young lady standing behind a shop counter anything and everything. Seriously, everything. During this job I picked...
by amber | Mar 14, 2023 | Leadership |
As a leader, people aren’t going to follow you. There is resistance to you, your ideas, your vision. And those voices are loud. And these people take up so much of your time. It’s slowing down your progress of making those really vital changes that the organisation...
by amber | Oct 25, 2022 | Leadership |
I met a horse named Cally, and I fell into admiration. I want to be like her. I want to be her. She’s the lead mare of a small herd of horses. (did you know the lead mare leads the herd?)She has a slightly sunken back, jet-black hair, and immense power. And this...
by amber | Oct 25, 2022 | Leadership |
One of the challenges for anyone in any type of leadership position is getting honest feedback. We just don’t get it. And of course we don’t. Inherent in the workplace relationship is that power imbalance. How openly honest and direct will I be to you when...
by amber | Oct 4, 2022 | Leadership |
I know these references are going to date this post to a specific moment in time, but ok. The UK government tanking the pound, all by themselves and unprovoked, is going to go down in the history books as one of the spectacular WTF moments of 2022. But this...
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