by Alison Reid | Feb 27, 2023 | Leadership
Doing nothing is really something Matt* arrived at our coaching session wondering how to get stuff done without feeling rushed all the time. A marketing lead in a global technology company, he was in a good place after a period of adjustment bedding into a new role....
by Alison Reid | Jan 30, 2023 | Leadership
Surf the urge Much as I appreciate you reading this post, did you open it intentionally, or did you find yourself clicking into it on impulse? As I write this, it’s just after 8am in the morning. Even though I meant to get straight down to writing when I got to...
by Alison Reid | Jan 16, 2023 | Leadership
What state are you in? I’ve been thinking about state, the phenomenon we often call “state of mind”. It’s interesting that we often talk about state in a negative sense. We describe someone who’s particularly agitated or anxious as being...
by Alison Reid | Oct 17, 2022 | Leadership
Lessons in curiosity from a naked hiker One day back in the summer, I was walking up a quiet path in nearby woodland, when I saw something that made me do a double-take. Coming along the path I was about to join was a naked man wearing nothing but a backpack. I was...
by Alison Reid | Sep 16, 2022 | Leadership
Care less I recently listened to a Desert Island Discs episode featuring the late Raymond Briggs, author and illustrator famous for The Snowman. One of his anecdotes in particular stuck with me. He said that a motivating concern for his mother, Ethel, was what the...
