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Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash I once was interviewing a candidate for a design engineer role and I was really struggling. The candidate was trying to explain their final year project thesis and, from words alone, I couldn't follow. Without thinking, they picked up a pencil and started drawing on a nearby notepad, and their dialogue immediately stopped. They needed to communicate visually in order to explain more clearly. Words for them was not enough. A visual c

Photo by Charles R on Unsplash My sister absolutely revels in this time of year; it’s gifts galore. She uses her almost uncanny ability to find the perfect present, then quietly delights in watching the reaction when it’s opened. The care she puts out bounces straight back to her. If you’re nodding along, you might already recognise that gift giving is one of your love languages. For me, it’s the opposite. Gifts are probably the thing I care about least. What matters most to

Photo by Andrey Larionov on Unsplash A friend of mine, dipping her toe into people management for the first time, was having a hard time. She’d been working with a virtual assistant, and despite good intentions on both sides, it just hadn’t worked. Tempers had flared. Assumptions were made. It was exasperation at dawn! When she talked it through, she wasn’t asking how to be a better manager in a textbook sense. She was asking something much simpler: " What do I need to look

Photo by Daniele Franchi  on Unsplash I think about authenticity as a leader all the time. It absolutely breaks my heart to see how hard...

Once I made the decision to launch my business on International Women's Day, everything was go-time. I jumped into building my website...

When I was thinking about starting my own business, through coaching I realised I was facing a limiting belief; that it is not possible...

I never wanted an ordinary life. I never wanted to 'make do' with what was given to me. I grew up in a crappy council estate in Central...