Empowering Women in Leadership: Breaking Barriers and Transforming Business Strategies
On International Women’s Day we recognise the transformative potential of women in leadership roles and how training, coaching and mentoring can support them.
Summer FOMO
The alarm goes off at 5am, reminding you that you’re booked into a circuit training class at the gym before heading off to work. You reach over for your phone, switch off the alarm and open up Instagram. Despite all your efforts to cultivate a cool, minimalist persona on your grid you have 67 followers […]
The Power of Connection
When I became pregnant by accident at the age of 40, it was a colossal shock, and turned my comfortable, independent life upside down. My life had centered around my career, my love of fitness and my group of wonderful friends, and I was enjoying a blossoming relationship with a new partner. I was happy […]
Returning to the workplace
For the past two years, people all over the world have eagerly waited for the pandemic to end. As we’ve adapted, innovated, and persevered, life and workplaces are now starting to look a bit more ‘normal.’ However, many organisational routines and processes might not fit our new normal. And that’s okay. In fact, recognising this […]
Mental Health First Response in the workplace
Mental Health is a much-neglected aspect of business life that can significantly impact the efficiency and effectiveness of any workforce. In this post, we will look at why mental health is an essential factor for businesses to consider and what they can do to help their employees remain mentally well. The importance of developing awareness […]
Learning the Lessons of Self-Kindness
Anti-Bullying Week takes place this year from the 15th to the 19th November and this year’s theme is ‘One Kind Word’. What is kindness? It’s a question I have considered deeply. Not because I was initially interested in the topic, but because life brought me circumstances where I had no choice but to look more […]
World Menopause Day: supporting women in the workplace
Menopause is a diversity issue. Companies lose women at senior levels if they don’t have menopause support built into their policy. Every year on October 18th, World Menopause Day is observed. The goal of the day is to increase awareness of the menopause and the resources available to help women improve their health and wellbeing. […]
Emotional Intelligence: understanding and managing our emotions
Isn’t it fascinating to see how differently we’ve all dealt with living in a pandemic? I know many people who still choose to avoid meeting anyone indoors, and then there are others who are happily dining out and attending a variety of events. The real challenge in this is managing not to judge others who […]
First time ever I saw your face: notes from our first ‘real life’ team meeting
We held our first face to face meeting since substantially growing our training team. We normally meet once a month virtually, but we thought we’d take advantage of eased restrictions and a beautiful venue in the heart of the city to munch on bacon rolls and for some of us, to meet each other in […]