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...
by Alison Reid | May 1, 2019 | Leadership
How not to be disappointed News emerged last week that the Mona Lisa, painted by Da Vinci in the 16th century, has been rated the most disappointing sight in Europe by British tourists, who regard it as a “let-down”. Holidaymakers were also underwhelmed by...
by Alison Reid | Apr 24, 2019 | Leadership
Are you being too accommodating? When I was a little girl, my eldest brother used to borrow from my piggy bank to help fund a night out. As a 7 or 8 year-old where my parents provided everything I needed, I didn’t have much of a case to put up to my...
by Alison Reid | Apr 9, 2019 | Leadership
Fear of failure? Success isn’t a perfect journey. Alex Honnold is an American rock climber best known for what’s called “free solo” ascents of intimidating rock faces which means that he climbs without any safety equipment. I’ve recently...
by Alison Reid | Mar 13, 2019 | Leadership
Courage before confidence Over the past year, I’ve been setting up my stall as a speaker to share my messages with more people and grow my leadership and career coaching practice. I’ve done alot of training, facilitating and presenting in my time, but I’ve found that...
