I regularly publish posts and articles on science-backed tools, best practices, techniques, insights, strategies and knowledge. They’re all designed to make the “human” stuff a little easier.
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Recent articles
My mantra when life gets hard
Reading Time: 2 minutes The old saying “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” gets trotted out all too often when someone is going through a hard time. I don’t think it’s particularly useful. It’s trite and can come
Happy birthday to Unleash Your Awesome!
Reading Time: 4 minutes Happy birthday to Unleash Your Awesome! It’s hard to believe that my first book is now a year old! The first month was a blur of activity – from shipping out copies of the book
The joys and perils of working from home
Reading Time: < 1 minute “Work from home”, they said. “So few distractions”, they said. “Lots of opportunities for focus and deep work”, they said. This happens multiple times a day. Molly likes, no, DEMANDS attention, and she’s very good
My 5-star reads of 2022
Reading Time: 7 minutes After the success of my article about my 5-star reads of 2023, I decided to create this: my 5-star reads of 2022! I read a tonne of books every year, and track all of my
My 5-star reads of 2022 – list version
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here are my 5-star reads of 2022, in list format. If you’d like the pretty, picture-rich version with all the linky goodness, plus my reviews, check it out here. I read a tonne of books
My 5-star reads of 2023
Reading Time: 10 minutes I read a tonne of books every year, and track all of my reads, from 5-star to 1-star, on Goodreads (check out my profile and reading lists here.) And because I religiously track what I’ve
Series pages
Series: How to turn great ideas into great results
Reading Time: < 1 minute Welcome to my series on “How to turn great ideas into great results”. On this page, you’ll find links to the articles I’ve written detailing
Series: How to have great ideas
Reading Time: < 1 minute Welcome to my series on “How to have great ideas”. On this page, you’ll find links to the articles I’ve written detailing strategies for having
General posts
Leadership Toolbox: how to create a self-care plan
Reading Time: 7 minutes As leaders, we need a comprehensive toolbox to succeed in our roles. I’ll be publishing a series of posts on leadership tools in coming months, so keep an eye out!
How to use an emotion wheel to build your emotional intelligence
Reading Time: 6 minutes An emotion wheel is a great visual aid to help us identify how we’re feeling, and also to expand our emotional vocabulary. Being able to identify emotions is a key
Unrealised strengths: how to ignite your every endeavour
Reading Time: 5 minutes The world is slowing waking up to the idea that working with our strengths is a far more enjoyable, interesting and productive approach than focusing on fixing our weaknesses. For
Focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses
Reading Time: 6 minutes If you’re like me, you have sat in countless training sessions or performance reviews being told to identify your weaknesses and develop strategies to compensate for or overcome them. Did
Multitasking is a myth – how can you achieve more in less time, and feel better by single-tasking?
Reading Time: 8 minutes Once upon a time, “Multitasker Extraordinaire” was the big, shiny badge we all wanted to wear. We thought we could be super-human, combining conference calls with writing a report while
Goldilocks and a Pile of Salt – Why You CAN Have Too Much of a Good Thing
Reading Time: 5 minutes ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ was one of my favourite fairy tales growing up. Salt is one of my favourite condiments. It seems weird to put those two sentences together.