by Alison Reid | May 23, 2022 | Leadership
How to handle frustration Frustration is a topic that often comes up with my coaching clients. Either they struggle to contain feelings of frustration and end up having an emotional outburst, or they hold them in. Neither works well for them or for others. For...
by Alison Reid | May 11, 2022 | Leadership
Do you over-prepare? Face your fears and find the middle ground I’ve been coaching a leader – let’s call her Mo – who wants to be seen as strategic and ready for the next level rather than just a safe pair of hands. However, Mo is working on a...
by Alison Reid | Apr 25, 2022 | Leadership
Procrastination : the ultimate in perfectionism? I’ve been thinking about writing this blog on procrastination for a while, which feels quite appropriate given that procrastination is about putting something off. I love the fact that the etymology of the word...
by Alison Reid | Feb 28, 2022 | Leadership
Are you leading your team, or parenting them? Empathy and care are essential qualities for leaders in the best of times. In the past two years, they’ve been needed in spades as the pandemic has taken its toll on the mental and emotional health of employees and...
by Alison Reid | Feb 7, 2022 | Leadership
Embrace the struggle In the last few months, I’ve been doing cryptic crosswords again, inspired by a post written by an old mentor of mine, Col Fink, entitled Is that Frustration or fun you feel? Col observed how, when we’re grappling with the difficult...
