by Alison Reid | Nov 27, 2020 | Career, Confidence, Leadership, Resilience
Home » Archives for Alison Reid Decide to choose The other day, I watched a talk by Peter Baines, a former forensic specialist and founder of charity Hands Across the Water, a charity set up to help children in Thailand who lost their families and homes as a result of...
by Alison Reid | Nov 6, 2020 | Career, Confidence, Leadership, Resilience
Home » Resilience And breathe… Where is your breath right now? When I ask my coaching clients this, they’re often a bit perplexed. “My nose? My mouth? I’m not sure what you mean.” If you’re also a bit confused by my question,...
by Alison Reid | Oct 23, 2020 | Career, Confidence, Leadership, Resilience
Home » Resilience What sort of “ist” are you? In her latest book, Dare to Lead, Brene Brown talks about the Stockdale Paradox. Admiral Stockdale was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for 8 years. He was tortured more than 20 times, yet still helped other...
by Alison Reid | Oct 7, 2020 | Career, Confidence, Leadership, Resilience
Home » Resilience Have the courage of your convictions Since they introduced clay courts at our tennis club, it’s much easier to make a line call. If you call the ball out and your opponent disagrees, you can actually go over to the spot where the ball landed...
by Alison Reid | Sep 28, 2020 | Career, Confidence, Leadership, Resilience
Home » Resilience You are not alone When I run webinars, I ask participants at the end what their top takeaway was from the session – their golden nugget. When I’ve been talking about the challenges of dealing with negative thoughts and impostor syndrome, ...
by Alison Reid | Sep 10, 2020 | Career, Confidence, Leadership, Resilience
Home » Resilience Dispelling 4 myths about confidence Confidence has a bad press. It’s often dismissed as not being a serious contender in what helps or hinders high-achievers from unleashing their leadership potential. In this post, I share a sneak-peek from...
