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Leadership isn’t a title or a rank. It isn’t badge of honour you can put on and off whenever the mood or audience changes. Leadership is the way you show up every day. It is reflected in the values you espouse, the actions you take and ultimately the way you treat yourself and the people […]
“Some guys they just give up living, and start dying little by little, piece by piece…” -Bruce Springsteen, Racing in the Streets When, in the 1960s, President Eisenhower received, on behalf of the American people, the gift of a rare and stunning white tiger named Mohini, it was housed in a 12’ by 12’ cage […]
The five regrets of the dying… Bronnie Ware, an Australian palliative care nurse, wrote about the five top regrets of the dying that she had heard most often in her work. These were – I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, rather than the one other’s expected of me […]
Over the years, working in the area of leadership and executive coaching, one topic that regularly presents, is the area of self-care. Many of the people with whom I’ve worked acknowledged that they are too busy with work to find any time for themselves. They neglected their health, relationships got minimum investment, children, where they […]
Ellen Keane won Ireland’s first medal of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, claiming gold in the SB8 100m breaststroke with the best performance of her life. Competing in her favoured event, in her fourth Olympic games, Keane had set expectations high when she blazed through her heat, winning the race in a personal best […]
Never waste a day… A contact of mine has the tagline “Dead fish go with the flow” on his WhatsApp profile. The line got me thinking about life and how easy it is to drift from one day to the next without steering yours (life) in any direction. Have you ever wasted a day (or longer) […]
Outcome change While working with clients, I regularly hear them list things they would like to change in their lives. These changes can relate to challenges in their personal or professional lives. Usually, the focus of these initial conversations is on the outcomes they want. This level of change is primarily concerned with changing their […]
Pretending to listen…. You are at a lunch with a colleague and casually ask what kind of weekend they had. While half listening, you fail to notice they have just shared a serious health issue which came to light, and they have asked you a question in relation to it. The silence catches you off […]