Category Archives: Critical Thinking Skills

When ancient fears lurk…

I shouldn’t be telling you this but I freely admit that I’m a bit of a workaholic. I appreciate my ability to multi-task and balance competing priorities but I do sometimes get carried away. I get excited by new ideas … Continue reading

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Being in your element

I’ve feel like I’ve had a long and fascinating life, despite a wobbly and rather unpromising start. I’m now at the age when people are starting to ask when I plan to retire, or when I plan to give up … Continue reading

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Are you sitting comfortably?

At last September’s conference of the ‘The Women’s Business Forum’ Nancy Staisey, MD of Life Sciences at IBM shared her fascinating take on “It’s Time… to Realise Your Potential: the importance of support”. Nancy explained how she often gets asked … Continue reading

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Can you call time out?

Stress and challenge is everywhere. It’s endemic as we struggle to make a success of our lives, careers or our business ventures. I often get emails from folks wanting to fix the pain caused by their stressful full-on roles. Jobs … Continue reading

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Growing ‘virtual’ & other relationships

Over the last couple of months I’ve continued coaching and mentoring some wonderful people here in the UK, but also found myself using Skype more often to support clients as far away as San Francisco, Spain, Qatar, Brussels and Saudi. … Continue reading

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