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Team Trust and Confidence
Who do you trust? Family? Friends? Your co-workers? How far does your trust extend? Even more widely to community members, local and national governments or perhaps some global organisations? Reflecting upon this question myself gives rise to some conflicting feelings.

Circle of Concern, Circle of Influence
Never before have Covey’s Circles of Concern and of Influence been so helpful to me in managing my feelings. My circle of concern is pretty overwhelming currently – and perhaps yours is too?


Bright Lead - ‘Bright Thought’ Introduction
Sharing insights from some of those who have inspired different aspects of the Leadership Development workshops and Group Coaching Programmes I run

Leadership and the Menopause
This #IWD2022 I aim to #BreakTheBias, to overcome the barriers of #UnconciousBias and a #NarrowViewOfLeadership towards the peri/menopause for those in the workplace.

Leadership lessons from sport – rethinking ‘failure’
One missed goal, messed-up project or set of A level results does not define you as a person.

Six Months on and #ChooseToChallenge – IWD2021
Six months into my new challenge of launching Bright Lead Ltd, I felt it was time to let everyone know what I’ve done and achieved. That this coincides with the upcoming International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8th March is fitting, with this year’s theme being #ChooseToChallenge. Those who know me very well, know I much prefer having, developing, and writing about new ideas to writing about my achievements, so this is a #challenge for me!

Oxygen masks on!
Like myself, many people didn’t make the transition they might have expected to this summer.

Take a deep breath… all change…
Is it really only just over 2 months since our ‘normal’ became completely abnormal?!


Outside my comfort zone…
This week was an exciting one, and one in which I felt tested, challenged, and at moments completely outside my comfort zone

Menopausal Musings
What to expect as a Senior Leader with the menopause (in response to the TES article ‘what to expect as a Senior Leader with pregnancy’)