Sharing insights on mastering work and life.

Feeling triggered can be an unpleasant and frustrating experience, and often leaves one feeling guilty and out of control. How can we learn to deal with this difficult but very human experience constructively?

One of the challenges that managers face in the complex businesses we have now, is how to connect the “lone wolf` or specialist, into a team. I define a lone wolf simply as any individual who is by nature solitary, independent and prefers to self direct.

Just "do things properly, or not at all!" How often do you hear this or find yourself saying it? So what does "doing something properly" look like to you? Or does it seem like it should be obvious?

Facts first. Life is hard.Hard is anything that challenges your resolve. Hard is anything that forces you to stop growing. Hard is anything that makes you give up. Hard is anything that tempts you to become bitter.

In a 2019 article featured in Forbes the following 10 skills were identified as being essential to develop in order to thrive in this new economy...

When you go to bed at night you want to go to bed at night feeling that you have had a fulfilling day.

Isn’t it amazing how different people react so differently?

These are uncertain times. These are challenging times. These are even fearful times.

There are those who are delighted that the world has finally woken up to their way of working; who have been saying for years that working from home is the way to go!

What you see is your truth and represents the exceptional value you bring. But it is not the full picture.

Considering that ‘actively disengaged’ employees are considered to be actively undermining what the organisation is trying to achieve, these stats remain of huge concern.

How do we find balance when home is also the office, and when what was a well-segmented day of work, errands, home and leisure is now a quagmire of all of the above, in one place? Is work-life balance really possible in these times, and if so, how?

It seems many people are talking about boundaries at the moment. And they mostly seem to be talking about saying "no" more often. So, are boundaries just about saying no? What do good boundaries look like, and how do we have them more often?