I laughed, but it felt right, when the Managing Director of my first client organisation described me as gritty. It felt like a back to front compliment, but I knew it was true. For him, working with me meant there was a persistence to see the project through, to keep the quality high and to genuinely search for the best…
Brexit is beginning to feel like an April Fool, isn’t it. It twists and turns; who knows what the ending to the story will be. Probably only one thing is guaranteed, it cannot be what all of us want. How can we cope in a time like this? However we see our careers developing in such a turbulent context, how can…
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? (part of a poem by Mary Oliver). Earlier in my life I was very good at living out goals for other people: For my parents I had to achieve and be “successful”, although my father did not have a very clear idea about what…
Are you ever tempted to behave like this with your boss? When you feel that you have no other option and all you can do is silently disagree? I saw this flag in my recent visit to Budapest. By taking out the middle of the flag, the picture of the hammer and sickle, Hungary was able to signal discontent and…
Do you remember the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, back in 1986? You may remember that after the fire fighting, a sarcophagus was placed over the reactor to contain the radiation and stop it spreading. Did you also know that, thirty years on, a second, additional enclosure was needed? There was an increasing risk that the tomb would collapse and fail….
Am I this person? “I think Gill How is not the trainer suitable for our company. Her manner is too slow, I felt she is not interested in the topic herself. The session was extremely boring.” Or this person? “Gill is the best trainer I have ever seen. She is a good motivator. She is very patient, understanding and helps…
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