Ideas and tips blog. I write about making you - i.e. everyone who runs your own small/micro business - take time off for wellbeing, self development and some social responsibility.

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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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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.

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.

Holding great conversations on the telephone takes a few additional skills when you can't see the other person.  Work on your voice and physiology will bring good outcomes.

Tips and ideas on how to turn good conversations into great ones.  Making every conversation count.

Good news! Resilience skills are practical and can be learned.

Recognising the challenges in implementing performance management - helping managers with skills and confidence to hold effective performance conversations.

Ideas for how to manage the "R" of the GROW model when coaching along with some good questions to ask.

A report out today highlights some issues for managers' mental health.  Time to take some organisational actions.

Reasons not to make new year resolutions. Make goals, take action and  learn to be be optimistic instead.

Reasons not to make new year resolutions. Make goals, take action and  learn to be be optimistic instead.