For a while now, I’ve been noticing how many women I work with seem to lack confidence in their abilities. When I ask in the early stages of coaching female clients, or even in development reviews “What is it you would like to achieve?” I often hear answers like “I...
I see lots of business owners focusing a huge amount of attention on their brand. It’s understandable and important - how we are seen by the world is key for attracting clients, talent, and communicating what you and your business stand for. Brand is all about how the...
It’s that time of year when we’re all looking at budgets for next year. What’s coming in, what we’re spending, where can we cut costs, how many new clients we need to attract. But are you considering your time budget for 2024 with as much discipline? What time do you...
What are you assuming that is stopping you from retiring? As human beings, we learn by assuming things. Once we have done something once, we assume it will work again next time. It’s how we embed learning - and if we didn’t we would have to learn every small thing...
This blog considers team engagement, how leaders often stifle it without realising, and what simple steps we can take to improve it. I have a couple of questions that I ask when I’m preparing to work with a team, or give a talk: “What do you think would be a great...
The challenge of replacing myself! Last year it became clear (to others before me) that I could no longer do my job. A couple of years before, I had reduced my working hours at financial planning firm, Emery Little, to give time to another project. I had started my...
Have you ever considered HOW you meet? Really stopped to notice and think about the dynamics in your meetings and whether they are serving you, or working against you? If your meetings aren't inspiring you and everyone in them, perhaps you need to have a rethink. I...
Research shows that only 15% of people speak up about issues and concerns in their organisations. That’s a shocking statistic for any Leader or Business owner that none of us can afford to assume doesn’t apply to us. This blog considers why this might be the case, and...
Consumer Duty, the latest regulatory initiative for the Financial Services Sector has been finalised. We have timeframes to implement it, and I’m seeing lots of fabulous guidance and advice coming from some great sources. But how do we lead teams through this change...
Financial advice is facing new competition. Advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) means that it really won’t be long before we can tap our situation into an app, and it will tell us how to invest our money to meet our objectives tax efficiently. In fact, I heard...
For a while now, I’ve been noticing how many women I work with seem to lack confidence in their abilities. When I ask in the early stages of coaching female clients, or even in development reviews “What is it you would like to achieve?” I often hear answers like “I...
I see lots of business owners focusing a huge amount of attention on their brand. It’s understandable and important - how we are seen by the world is key for attracting clients, talent, and communicating what you and your business stand for. Brand is all about how the...
It’s that time of year when we’re all looking at budgets for next year. What’s coming in, what we’re spending, where can we cut costs, how many new clients we need to attract. But are you considering your time budget for 2024 with as much discipline? What time do you...
What are you assuming that is stopping you from retiring? As human beings, we learn by assuming things. Once we have done something once, we assume it will work again next time. It’s how we embed learning - and if we didn’t we would have to learn every small thing...
This blog considers team engagement, how leaders often stifle it without realising, and what simple steps we can take to improve it. I have a couple of questions that I ask when I’m preparing to work with a team, or give a talk: “What do you think would be a great...
The challenge of replacing myself! Last year it became clear (to others before me) that I could no longer do my job. A couple of years before, I had reduced my working hours at financial planning firm, Emery Little, to give time to another project. I had started my...
Have you ever considered HOW you meet? Really stopped to notice and think about the dynamics in your meetings and whether they are serving you, or working against you? If your meetings aren't inspiring you and everyone in them, perhaps you need to have a rethink. I...
Research shows that only 15% of people speak up about issues and concerns in their organisations. That’s a shocking statistic for any Leader or Business owner that none of us can afford to assume doesn’t apply to us. This blog considers why this might be the case, and...
Consumer Duty, the latest regulatory initiative for the Financial Services Sector has been finalised. We have timeframes to implement it, and I’m seeing lots of fabulous guidance and advice coming from some great sources. But how do we lead teams through this change...
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