Someone asked me the other day “Who are the top three teachers you have had in your life, Kate?”. I loved this question because I have never really thought about it! I have lots of people that I have learnt from in all sorts of areas over the years, so to actually narrow it down…
Read More“But I will look like a plonker!!”
I deeply believe that feedback is the “breakfast of champions”. So often, people shy away from giving genuine feedback because they are worried about offending someone or not being liked. I get it. I still fall into that trap too sometimes. When I was younger, I very rarely gave feedback if I thought it could…
Read MoreYour Greatest Strength
We are all born with a set of strengths. These strengths sometimes come to us so naturally that we don’t recognise them as strengths, or perhaps we don’t credit them as strengths. Some people are naturally good at communicating – they have no particular education or training around communication yet they have a real talent…
Read MoreFive Strategies for making friends with FEAR
In last week’s blog I talked about fear and how it can really cripple us if we don’t learn how to have a healthy relationship with it. Fear is a part of life – we cannot avoid it – so the best way forward is to make friends with it and utilise it as a force…
Read MoreThe Paradoxical Commandments
Being a lover of the arts, music, theatre, literature and poetry, I am always on the lookout for pieces that move me – that stir up my soul. In my experience, when artists express themselves through these different mediums (and when they do it well) they become powerful storytellers and inspiring leaders. In fact,…
Read MoreThe Power of Philanthropy
How much of your time, energy or resources do you give to others purely to help the world around you be a better place? Last night I watched an excellent TED talk with Bill and Melinda Gates. It was about their Foundation – The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – and what it is currently…
Read MoreIf plan A doesn’t work there are still twenty five letters left in the alphabet
I was with my nieces on the weekend and we were talking about “The Plan”. We are off on holidays soon and were brainstorming ideas about what to do and how to get around. I was questioning one of the plans because of time and location and my niece said to me: “If Plan A doesn’t…
Read MorePerseverance, where are you my Friend?
Why do some people give up while others just keep on pushing through? Is perseverance a learnt behaviour or is there an innate predisposition to it? I recently returned to yoga after a couple of years off. Yoga for me has always been more about the mental exercise rather than the physical exercise. I do…
Read MoreExtreme Ownership
Have you ever been in a situation where things go wrong – really wrong – and nobody is prepared to step up and take total ownership of the situation? Sometimes the leader will deflect on to their subordinates, blame the equipment or the systems, or even just deny that they have had any part in…
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