by Alison Reid | Apr 10, 2023 | Leadership
First things first What do you do first in the morning? Have some quiet time to reflect and plan your day? Or check your phone and end up being sucked into a vortex of emails? A common challenge my coaching clients bring to our conversations is how to make time to get...
by Alison Reid | Mar 10, 2023 | Leadership
Get underneath the surface Many years ago, when I was a manager in corporate, I had a team member who changed from being cheerful and open to sullen and withdrawn. She’d sit at her desk with her headphones on and avoid eye contact, making it difficult to...
by Alison Reid | Feb 27, 2023 | Leadership
Doing nothing is really something Matt* arrived at our coaching session wondering how to get stuff done without feeling rushed all the time. A marketing lead in a global technology company, he was in a good place after a period of adjustment bedding into a new role....
by Alison Reid | Jan 30, 2023 | Leadership
Surf the urge Much as I appreciate you reading this post, did you open it intentionally, or did you find yourself clicking into it on impulse? As I write this, it’s just after 8am in the morning. Even though I meant to get straight down to writing when I got to...
by Alison Reid | Jan 16, 2023 | Leadership
What state are you in? I’ve been thinking about state, the phenomenon we often call “state of mind”. It’s interesting that we often talk about state in a negative sense. We describe someone who’s particularly agitated or anxious as being...
