by Alison Reid | Dec 15, 2020 | Leadership
Not-so-great expectations? A few months ago, I wrote a post called Befriend reality about how holding on to expectations about how things should be, rather than how they are, can cause us unnecessary suffering. As I write this, we’re waiting, at least in the UK,...
by Alison Reid | Nov 27, 2020 | Leadership
Decide to choose The other day, I watched a talk by Peter Baines, a former forensic specialist and founder of charity Hands Across the Water, a charity set up to help children in Thailand who lost their families and homes as a result of the tsunami in 2004. One...
by Alison Reid | Nov 6, 2020 | Leadership
And breathe… Where is your breath right now? When I ask my coaching clients this, they’re often a bit perplexed. “My nose? My mouth? I’m not sure what you mean.” If you’re also a bit confused by my question, here’s another...
by Alison Reid | Oct 23, 2020 | Leadership
What sort of “ist” are you? In her latest book, Dare to Lead, Brene Brown talks about the Stockdale Paradox. Admiral Stockdale was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for 8 years. He was tortured more than 20 times, yet still helped other prisoners bear the...
by Alison Reid | Oct 7, 2020 | Leadership
Have the courage of your convictions Since they introduced clay courts at our tennis club, it’s much easier to make a line call. If you call the ball out and your opponent disagrees, you can actually go over to the spot where the ball landed and find the mark....
