What I call the “too hard” box has been coming up a lot in coaching conversations recently. The Finance Director who knows he needs to get started on a project as soon as he’s had the stakeholder meeting. But the deadline’s a month away so it feels so much better to put it off. The…
If you’ve opened this article, I’m guessing that, like so many of the leaders I work with, you’re afraid of letting people down, whether it’s your boss, colleagues or team members. I’m thinking of one new Operations Director I worked with – I’ll call her Val. Val wanted to prove to The Powers That Be…
How do you feel about delegating? It’s something that comes up a lot with the leaders I coach, particularly when they’re new in role. Paul*, a recently promoted Finance Director I worked with, is a good example. Stepping into the FD role, he felt overwhelmed by the volume of work. His tendency to people-please didn’t…
When I started working with Steph*, a Finance Director, every day felt a struggle to get through the volume of work on her plate. She was always feeling behind or as if she was missing something. Steph ended up working late and often at home in the evenings, anxious to try to keep on top…
I’ve recently taken up mountain biking because of this man, Phil, and his coffee stand.
I’m a firm believer that we are all in choice. We have the power to think, feel or do what we want in any given moment.
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?
Jack* approached me for coaching because he’d recently been promoted to Head of Finance and was feeling overwhelmed.
As August turns to September, I’m guessing you’re likely to be sitting in one of two camps.
May I introduce you to Alex. Alex is a finance manager in a tech company. She’s struggling to keep her head above water at the moment as she fields demands from all directions – her boss, her colleagues, her clients, not to mention her team. Alex has a large team and finds her time constantly hijacked by their queries and requests for help.