Leadership Archives - Alison Reid - Leadership and Confidence Expert

Competence needs confidence

by Alison Reid | Nov 4, 2019 | Confidence, Leadership, Women in leadership

Home » Women in leadership I’m not a baker but I do enjoy the annual entertainment that is The Great British Bake-Off . In case you’re not a follower, this year’s winner was not the bookie’s favourite, Steph, winner of Star Baker 4 times in the series, but David. ...

Feed the positive, starve the negative

by Alison Reid | Sep 25, 2019 | Confidence, Leadership, Women in leadership

Home » Women in leadership I was recently introduced to the current affairs magazine, Positive News, which reports on the good things that are happening in the world rather than the bad. For example, the latest issue features rewilding in Sussex, a Canadian doctor...

What’s your Missing Conversation?

by Alison Reid | Sep 19, 2019 | Confidence, Leadership, Women in leadership

Home » Women in leadership When I’m working 1-1 with professionals, I often discover a Missing Conversation. For example, there was the finance manager who wanted to know her prospects for promotion yet was afraid to have the conversation with her manager...

Attention out

by Alison Reid | Aug 21, 2019 | Confidence, Leadership, Women in leadership

Home » Women in leadership Sitting in a traffic jam in town the other day, I saw a friend walking past on the pavement close by. I called out to him several times, but he was lost in thought, walking along head down, seemingly unaware of the world around him. Being...

Why give meditation a second chance

by Alison Reid | Aug 5, 2019 | Confidence, Leadership, Women in leadership

Home » You searched for “courage” I’ve been meditating almost daily for over 6 years. Now let me qualify that : I assume the position on the sofa first thing every morning then set InsightTimer for 20 minutes – it marks the start and end of my session and every 5...

Making mistakes means you’re human

by Alison Reid | Jul 23, 2019 | Career, Confidence, Leadership, Women in leadership

Home » Confidence Last week, a technical issue resulted in me losing almost all registrations for my current webinar series twice in 24 hours. It was bad enough asking people to re-register the first time it happened, but when I needed to ask people to re-register a...