23 Apr 2026
Resilience is often talked about as if it means being tough all the time. As if resilient people don't feel pressure. As if they don't wobble. As if they simply push through, keep going and bounce back without the messy middle. But real resilience is much more human than that.
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16 Apr 2026
Encouragement is one of those management skills that can sound soft on the surface. But in reality, it is one of the things that helps people keep going, take ownership, try again, speak up, and believe they are capable of doing the work in front of them. And that matters. People...
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09 Apr 2026
Over the last few weeks, I attended two education-focused conferences: the M.E.E.T. Conference and The Future of Academies Show. They were different events, with different conversations, but I left both thinking about the same thing. Education is not short of ideas. It is not sho...
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02 Apr 2026
The return to office conversation hasn't gone away. If anything, it seems to be getting louder. More organisations are tightening expectations, more employees are questioning the reasoning, and more managers are being left to interpret, communicate and enforce decisions they may ...
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26 Mar 2026
When the Inner Voice Gets Loud I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Gemma Hogan for her Unmasked: Women, Leadership & the Inner Voice series, where we talked openly about imposter syndrome, confidence, career progression and what it really feels like when your ...
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19 Mar 2026
Most development planning starts with a simple question. What does this person need to work on next? The challenge is that this question is often answered from one perspective. It might come from the manager’s view, the individual’s own self-assessment, recent perform...
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12 Mar 2026
The 12-week Management Mistakes series explores the everyday management behaviours that shape employee experience, team performance and workplace culture. Each week focuses on a common challenge managers face, from avoiding difficult conversations and micromanagement to inconsist...
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06 Mar 2026
There are easier ways to spend your birthday. A quiet morning. A long lunch. A day off. Cake before 10am with absolutely no explanation required. Instead, I spent mine standing in front of a room full of people, delivering my first speaking gig at an International Women's Day eve...
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26 Feb 2026
Insights Discovery is often described as a colour profiling tool. But that description does not really do it justice. Yes, it uses colour energies to help people understand behavioural preferences. Yes, it gives people a language for communication, working style and team dynamics...
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24 Feb 2026
Exciting morning tomorrow! I'm chatting with BBC Radio Leicester about my skydiving journey and the incredible honour of winning the Mike Forge Trophy - British Skydiving's New Skydiver of the Year 2025!
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19 Feb 2026
A real team has rhythm. It has trust. It has shared understanding. It has people who know how to communicate with one another, challenge respectfully, support generously and pull in the same direction when the pressure is on. But team cohesion does not happen automatically. It ne...
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12 Feb 2026
Active listening is not the same as waiting for your turn to talk. It is not nodding along while your mind quietly prepares your next sentence. It is not hearing the first few words and jumping to the conclusion you think the other person is heading towards. It is not scanning th...
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05 Feb 2026
This whole experience has left me thinking about something we don't always stop to challenge in education: when did learning become something we think we finish?
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29 Jan 2026
"How are you?" isn't a check-in. It's a habit. And habits don't build relationships. "How are you?" is one of the most commonly asked questions in the workplace and one of the least useful. Not because it's a bad question, but because it's rarely asked with any real intent.
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21 Jan 2026
What makes an exceptional employee in today's workplace? Discover the behaviours that drive performance - and why management capability matters more than ever.15 minute read
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