My proudest accomplishment of this year is how much more peace of mind I have managed to create for myself, and as a result also for others. You can only give to others what you have. So what's the secret?

If you’re missing opportunities for sheer exhaustion, know you can change this. I can help you create some headspace, some peace of mind. Set your own focus and your own momentum.

The Manage Yourself Masterclass is designed to help you keep yourself calm and focused so you can give a considered response when it matters.

How can you create a work environment where people are highly engaged? It turns out there is a magic ingredient.

Speaking up in a meeting with executives about broader strategy can be daunting. Learn to keep yourself on an even keel and engage in the conversation with my simple framework: ACE it!

Are you falling into the trap of solving your team’s problems? With the best intentions, most likely. Don’t. Learn to help your team develop and extend your reach.

Set the right kind of expectations to attract people to your vision.

How authentic shoud you be at work? How much of yourself do you share? Let me suggest a rather different way of dealing with this question.

Join me in an honest and practical conversation about addressing looming burnout in others and in yourself. Learn to spot warning signs and get practical ideas for how to stop burnout in its tracks.

Most of us have known for a while that we "should do [that]" but just can't seem to find a way to get started, for various reasons. Learn how to start doing what you want to.

I am celebrating that I have completed the course "The neuroscience of coaching". What I have learnt here has deepened my understanding of how we humans are wired and how incredibly adaptable we are when we put our minds to it. It has also given me new tools to help my coaching clients make progress with changes they've been wanting to make, but have been unable to break free from their default behaviours.

When you get hit by a curveball it may not feel like you have any say in what happens next. And some curveballs are so small you may not even recognize them as such. But you almost always have a choice in how you respond and what you do next.

Best wishes for 2024!

What do you want out of this year, and how will you make it happen?

Time to wrap up another year. Reflection on experience is where learning happens, so: What have you learnt this year that will help you the next?

Here's what I am taking away from 2023.

How can you get that calm clarity, so you can see what matters, where there is potential alignment when making strategic choices, and how you can keep a cool head when others and headwinds rattle you along the way? Because execution is, in the end, everything. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, as the saying goes. It's what you actually manage to do in the moment that counts. That is what my course is all about.

How much of the value you add could be handled well enough by AI within a few years?

Learn what skills you can leverage to keep your leadership truly human.

Pitching an idea or a request to a more senior person, let alone a room full of them, can be nerve wracking.

You can make it easier for yourself to speak up.

Take a good hard look at what is coming down the line, what you are trying to create, and how you are set up to get to where you want to go.

How do you execute your responsibility for resolving an issue, and be seen to be owning it, without taking over from the person whose job it actually is?

Emotions will rise. But you can learn to pause and redirect yourself in the heat of the moment.