by Alison Reid | Dec 15, 2020 | Leadership
A few months ago, I wrote a post called Befriend reality about how holding on to expectations about how things should be, rather than how they are, can cause us unnecessary suffering. As I write this, we’re waiting, at least in the UK, to see what Christmas will...
by Alison Reid | Nov 27, 2020 | Leadership
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 the tsunami in 2004. One particular story that...
by Alison Reid | Nov 6, 2020 | Leadership
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, here’s another that might help : Does...
by Alison Reid | Oct 23, 2020 | Leadership
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 prisoners bear the physical and emotional torment of...
by Alison Reid | Oct 7, 2020 | Leadership
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 and find the mark. Conversation closed. In life and work,...
by Alison Reid | Sep 28, 2020 | Leadership
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, participants often share something...
