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My favourite speech maker is Winston Churchill. He might not have been the best at articulation but he made up for it with his ability to speak like a leader. It was his descriptive language and strong emotion that created such a powerful impact. These days because of mobile phones and virtual meetings, unless you…
Malana Yousafzai was only a teenager when she spoke up for education for girls. That sort of courage is very rare, but we can still speak up and be courageous in a smaller way in our own world. It’s important to speak up in our work life, whether it’s to have a greater understanding, to be more effective or…
Glossophobia or the fear of public speaking is very common. In fact, some experts estimate that 77% of people get anxious at the thought of having to present. It’s not surprising then that having to speak in a new environment, such as a virtual presentation makes it even scarier for some. With in-person presentations, you…
I’m starting to write this week’s blog at 5 pm on Saturday knowing that my weekly email to my readers goes out tomorrow. It’s not that I’ve been overwhelmed by bigger priorities it’s because I’ve spent the rest of the week procrastinating about what to write. I know that everyone loses precious moments of time…
Introducing… “The Get Noticed And Promoted” Online Programme The ‘Get Noticed And Promoted In 2021’ Programme is an online programme aimed at providing world-class training for career women who are fed up with being undervalued… … and are frustrated at being stuck in their career. It features a complete series of step-by-step videos recorded by Jo,…
I was talking to a client this week about her ‘perfect’ expectations of herself and others. As we explored her pefectionism more, she recognised how this mindset was stressing and draining her. The realisation that she could stop being perfect and instead aim for good enough or excellence lifted the weight of pressure that her…
HOW DO YOUR COACHING PROGRAMMES WORK? 3-month Confidence Transformation Programme This is my most popular programme and has enabled all my clients to achieve amazing results!The results based programme involves working through agreed modules that are tailored to your needs whilst applying your new strategies and mindset to your role via ‘on the job’ coaching….
As you’re human, it’s highly likely that in some situations at work you have played one of these roles a rescuer, persecutor or victim. This drama triangle was first described by Stephen Karpman in 1961 and is used in psychology to describe the three ‘roles’ that we play and can get stuck in. When you’re…
If you’ve read my book Good Enough you’ll know from the first chapter that we are all born with innate self-worth. All babies are equal in value and worth and it’s only through our thoughts and experiences that we move away from it. Self-worth is the foundation to confidence and is the measure…
How often do you sit down to start a difficult task or research a boring project, only to find you can’t get going? Do you get distracted away by emails, scrolling on social media or other less important tasks? I know I put off overwhelming or dull activities with a ‘just’ distraction. “I’ll just get…