I have been reflecting recently about our role as colleagues and leaders in enabling good mental health. There are opportunities at all levels, from team mates through to the Senior […]
How can I work inclusively when people are annoying me?!
Okay, I admit it, it’s a little tongue in cheek but hopefully it got your attention!
How can I embrace the new when I’m struggling with the everyday?
Last week I was at a conference for people development folk, like me. Inevitably much of the chat was about how we support leaders and teams with navigating uncertainty. This […]
Leadership: What happens when you are not there?
Reflecting on how much time, by which I mean how little, I spend directly with my team (and I’m not just thinking about the pandemic, but before then too), it […]
Circling Around Leadership
That shifting sand of the leadership landscape right now is a thing, yes, you feel it too? Ideas about the world of work and leadership that have been bubbling up […]
Welcome Back
We’ve had a bit of a blog break as we needed time to do some thinking and planning and, of course, enjoy the summer! But now the energy of the […]
Inclusive Leadership
What does inclusive leadership actually mean? There are so many unwritten rules about being at work, it can be hard to navigate them: the team norms, the different preferences for […]
Leadership: Now and Next
Colleagues reading this who have some kind of leadership function in the University may be feeling a weight of responsibility beyond their previous expectations. Risk assessments, virtual team discussions, complete […]
Learning is Clumsy
I heard this phrase from a speaker at a conference recently and was struck by it. When we envisage learning we perhaps have utopian ideas that we will positively embrace […]