by Alison Reid | Aug 5, 2019 | Leadership
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 minutes inbetween with a rather lovely...
by Alison Reid | Jul 23, 2019 | Leadership
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 second time, as...
by Alison Reid | Jul 4, 2019 | Leadership
Recently, I co-facilitated a leadership programme that I hadn’t delivered before. The programme had already been designed so, after the other facilitator and I had agreed what sessions we were going to lead, it was just a matter of familiarising myself with them...
by Alison Reid | Jun 10, 2019 | Leadership
A road sweeper is one of the individuals nominated for and recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Thomas Ardle, a 61-year-old street cleaner, received his British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Liverpool, where he is known for his...
by Alison Reid | May 30, 2019 | Leadership
Do you have a voice in your head? A rather unpleasant one that tells you things like you’re not good enough, or you could have done something (presentation, meeting, report – fill in the blank) so much better? Or you don’t deserve something (like a...
by Alison Reid | May 1, 2019 | Leadership
News emerged last week that the Mona Lisa, painted by Da Vinci in the 16th century, has been rated the most disappointing sight in Europe by British tourists, who regard it as a “let-down”. Holidaymakers were also underwhelmed by Checkpoint Charlie – a...