by Alison Reid | Jul 3, 2020 | Leadership
Don’t take the monkey May I introduce you to Alex. Alex is a finance manager in a tech company. She’s struggling to keep her head above water at the moment as she fields demands from all directions – her boss, her colleagues, her clients, not to...
by Alison Reid | Jun 18, 2020 | Leadership
Listen to your body The other day, I went off-piste. I’d been feeling groggy all week and woke up tired again. However, after I did my usual 20 minute meditation, rather than just going up to my desk as I would usually, I curled up on the sofa with a blanket and...
by Alison Reid | Jun 2, 2020 | Leadership
Be your own No 1 fan When my husband and I first met, he used to joke that he was my “No 1 fan”. He buoyed me up with words of encouragement and celebrated what went well for me. He even came and cheered me on at a tennis match. (He’s still very supportive though, 10...
by Alison Reid | May 13, 2020 | Leadership
Why seeing people isn’t all it’s cracked up to be Are you suffering from the Covid-19 phenomenon of Zoom fatigue? That feeling of, “not another Zoom meeting/quiz/virtual drinks” (delete as appropriate)? According to experts, the reason we find...
by Alison Reid | Apr 22, 2020 | Leadership
Practise possibility The other weekend, I was on a creativity course. One of the exercises was in pairs and involved one person talking for 10 minutes about something they wanted to create whilst the other person listened. The “listener” had only two interventions...
by Alison Reid | Apr 9, 2020 | Leadership
Making the most of your time Last week, I hosted the first of 4 weekly conversations about how to rise above lockdown. One of the challenges that emerged was how to make the most of our time over the coming weeks, and possibly months. Whilst we all have the same...
