I am sharing some practice ideas following working with some managers who are delivering in a flexible and remote working environment. Here I identify some helpful manager practice and what has been evidenced and how.

Gaining commitment AND compliance when working with small business owners on regulatory matters is achievable.

Finding the right location and space for a coaching meeting is vital. Here’s how to go about it.

The second in my series of daily blogs for National Mentoring Day on 27th October. A practice share and some ideas on reflective practice in mentoring.

The first in a series of daily blogs leading up to National Mentoring Day on 27th October. Today I am focusing on the subject of boundaries. Image from Unsplash by @yuskii

As National Mentoring Day approaches, I’ll be offering some daily blogs on mentoring practice sharing, books & articles, skills and tools and more.

Practice sharing about working to support learning and development around remote and flexible learning.

Using resilience skills help people cope with VUCA - volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity - at work.

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Increasing personal resilience for some people involves increasing their confidence. My experience as a trainer and coach has revealed more learners want to be more confident than other aspects when it comes to boosting their resilience. Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash

Boosting your resilience by avoiding habitual thinking traps. What are the common thinking traps we have that undermine our resilience and how can we overcome them?

Learn how to hold honest conversations. Deal with conflict when it arises. Some suggestions and a checklist.

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Trust involves building it within oneself as well as a dependency on others.

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Work is making demands of us to do more, better and quicker.  We need to be productive with time and have a healthy relationship with it.  Here are some time hacks.

Latest surveys continue to show work is the number one stressor for us.  The biggest factor is how we view it.  Our perspective plays a huge part.  And thus much of the solution is in our control.

Reflective practice is something we should all learn as a skill for life.  It's especially a must do for mentors and coaches.

From an early age we are curious and ask questions.  And we are encouraged to give answers too.  But we are rarely taught how to phrase and ask the 'right' question.

On International Women's Day I've picked the theme of 'standing up for yourself' as a relevant topic for work and life, for men and women.  Women stood up for my rights in the past.  I'm responsible for finding the courage to do the same.