by Alison Reid | Aug 21, 2019 | Leadership
Attention out Sitting in a traffic jam in town the other day, I saw a friend walking past on the pavement close by. I called out to him several times, but he was lost in thought, walking along head down, seemingly unaware of the world around him. Being lost in thought...
by Alison Reid | Aug 5, 2019 | Leadership
Why give meditation a second chance I’ve been meditating almost daily for over 6 years. Now let me qualify that : I assume the position on the sofa first thing every morning then set InsightTimer for 20 minutes – it marks the start and end of my session and every 5...
by Alison Reid | Jul 23, 2019 | Leadership
Making mistakes means you’re human Last week, a technical issue resulted in me losing almost all registrations for my current webinar series twice in 24 hours. It was bad enough asking people to re-register the first time it happened, but when I needed to ask...
by Alison Reid | Jul 4, 2019 | Leadership
Choose progress over perfection Recently, I co-facilitated a leadership programme that I hadn’t delivered before. The programme had already been designed so, after the other facilitator and I had agreed what sessions we were going to lead, it was just a matter...
by Alison Reid | Jun 10, 2019 | Leadership
The path to recognition is paved with confidence A road sweeper is one of the individuals nominated for and recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Thomas Ardle, a 61-year-old street cleaner, received his British Empire Medal (BEM) for...
by Alison Reid | May 30, 2019 | Leadership
Disarm your inner critic Do you have a voice in your head? A rather unpleasant one that tells you things like you’re not good enough, or you could have done something (presentation, meeting, report – fill in the blank) so much better? Or you don’t...
