Presence is the thing we’re aiming for but it’s not just presence.

It is presence while successfully navigating our way through life.

[This Is Not About More Women In CXO positions, but it Could Be]

There is this story of masculine and feminine that applies really well to business.

7 Signs Of Wealth

1. You can stop thinking about

FREE REPORT: WHY CEO’S FAIL

Something really troubling happened about 3 months into Covid

My inbox lit up with founders and CxO’s wanting my help.

This wasn’t the troubling bit.

I like that… more please.

The troubling part was the

Do you live and die with your business ups and down?

Strange when you think about it.

I’ve definely done my fair share of living and dying with mine over the years.

Business is good, you make some good calls, the timing is right, you make some good sales, some great hirers and a bunch of stuff falls into place…

The stars align.

All of a sudden

Lessons I've learned from being a parent

Don't keep saying 'be careful' - let them fall while you're there. Then afterwards ask, "what will you do differently next time?" Nobody will benefit from being taught they are fragile, least of all girls.

Try instead -

I don’t want this to sound like a meaningless platitude.

I’ve worked with hundred of leaders and entrepreneurs many of which are perhaps unsurprisingly neuro diverse but many not.

And something that re-occurs over and over again.

12 Questions Great Leaders Have A Good Answer For - Are you Ready to Test Yourself?

Ultimately great leadership is all about the…

The biggest mistake leaders make in their leadership approach is to assume authority OVER those they are leading.

I’m not saying deliberately, there is a lot tied up in the history of leadership that helps to create this unconscious supposition.

The brain is constantly on the look out for

Telling somebody who’s stressed and living on adrenaline and hustle to meditate is just a fancy way of saying relax or even, calm down.

It’s like, “Great, problem solved, thanks for the great advice. I’m not sure why I didn’t think of that.”

As advice it’s patronising, unhelpful and ignorant.

That’s not to say that

I grew tired of living on
adrenaline.

Needing double espressos,
drama, deadlines and
urgency just to feel normal.

Tired of seeing

15 Principles of Growth I Have Learned During My 15 Years of Working With Leaders

⭕️ We know with much more clarity what is bad than what is good. Do not treat others the way you would not like them to treat you.

⭕️ You will never fully

[The Way We Approach Stress is All Wrong]

Mediation works
Exercise works
Rest works
Time management works
Talking to someone works
More consistent sleep works

In fact the Harvard Business review put together a manual for “Stress Management” and “Burnout” on all the things that work and it’s good, really good.

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This is my version of goal setting.

The two most important skills to master as I see it are: (1) enjoying the present moment and (2) creating a compelling future.

The great thing is that

You Are More Powerful Than you Realise

The people closest to you decide in (large) part how loveable they are based on the love you show them.

Business moving too slow?

Check the 3 P’s

How does your business stack up?

50% of CEOs report feelings of loneliness

60% of first time CEOs report loneliness to the degree that it negatively impact performance.

Not surprisingly really

I see this play out in men and leaders in particular all the time.

Deferring relationships until stability or success is achieved.

Focusing on the mission at the expense of relationships.

I did GCSE PE at school. I think it was the first ever year it was available as a subject

It was good fun and at least one of its intensions was to teach us to teach people to look after their health.

I went on to do…