Category: Advice

What Should We Worry About?

Worry is like rain in Manchester – part of what you accept and adapt to as the price of living here. Worry is the price of being human! Worries will
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Lesson 1: Anything Worth Doing Well Is Worth Doing Poorly First

Lessons From My Masters Study Sometimes I ask myself if I was going mad when I signed up for a Masters in Psychology earlier this year. I started the course, part-time, in September.
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How I Have Created a Walking Habit through the Covid Crisis

This morning I was woken by my alarm at my now normal time of 5.30am but something felt different. It was dark, cold and I felt lethargic. I didn't want
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In my opinion, one of the great challenges for leaders has always been how to work with leadership paradoxes. Perhaps the greatest paradox is successfully managing an organisation today while
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Leadership lessons from Goalkeepers

Penalties are a goalkeeper’s rare chance to shine. Making a penalty save that turns the game, or wins the penalty shootout, is a keeper’s ultimate moment of glory. But the
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How to regain your lost focus and the ability to concentrate

At this strange time, we can’t deny that there’s LOTS of things causing us anxiety. I have spoken to a number of clients about their biggest concerns - unsurprising are
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Leading in a Crisis – 5 Questions to Consider

Reflecting on my conversations with clients during the COVID-19 crisis, I am reminded more than ever of the need to balance management and leadership. All companies and leaders are working
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What advice would you give yourself as a 16 year old?

Simon Sinek is one of the best in his space, with the ability to challenge the way we think about ourselves and the organisations we work for. I’d invite you
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8 tips on how to be a great leader

In a recent blog, we discussed who we think are the world's greatest leaders. What was it that about their personalities that enabled them to inspire nations and lead people,
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What do better people make?

If you were asked the question "would you like to be a better person?" then how do you think you would answer? You would probably answer instinctively, like so many
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When was the last time you asked for feedback?

Last week I was with a Director client discussing his objectives for our coaching assignment. Ahead of a comprehensive 360 feedback mechanic, he candidly and articulately gave me his views
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Terror attacks – living with fear

The Incredible Thinkers are proud Northerners, and the atrocities in Manchester on the 23 May 2017 hit us hard. We were a country still reeling when terror hit our nation
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