This is a tricky one. As leaders, we want good staff who are team players rather than mavericks. A team player who enjoys being of service is an absolute asset. However, if they have the ‘disease to please’ and are terrible with boundaries, this can lead to burnout...

If you’ve read, ‘The Inner Critic (part 1) - what it is and what are the first steps to managing it,’ you will have an understanding of what the Inner Critic is, and recognise it needs to be managed, if we are to grow and experience more of our potential and...

A must for leaders, business owners and anyone wanting to experience their potential is working with and managing the Inner Critic! If you’re new to understanding what the Inner Critic is, it is an internal voice or narrative that critiques us. It’s the opposite of...

  Being the visible figurehead of my business is something I’ve grappled with. To be so out there has always been something I deemed braggadocious and egocentric. At the same time, I enjoy watching so many inspiring leaders, innovators and creatives, bravely...

The secret sauce to creating an inspiring workplace culture. Neuroscience tells us, similar to our fingerprints, that no two brains are the same. Every single person on this planet is the result of tens of thousands of years of evolution and thousands of their...

Two key aspects of business success are systemisation and innovation. If you look at your own business – how well and how often do you think you are innovating and, if the answer isn’t what you would like it to be, what is stopping you? One often untapped resource for...

Coming from an Irish background, my experience is that over apologising, for anything and everything, is rampant and real for many of us. It can be a cultural thing. Some research I have seen show people in the UK do it twice as much as Americans, and research also...