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A friend said it to me last year, just before I was about to talk myself out of posting my first ever blog. Just be 10% braver and do it. Ten percent. I sat with that for a bit before thinking, why not? So I sat down to write my first ever blog post. And almost immediately the voices in my head piped up - who's going to read it? What do I actually have to say? What if it's terrible? I posted it anyway.  The world didn't explode, nobody told me it was rubbish (to my face, anyw

I got asked a question in coaching today that stopped me in my tracks: Where do you want to be at the end of the year? My answer wasn't neat or polished. It took me a moment to find the words. But when they came, they felt true: I want to feel like I'm walking in my own shoes, not trying to fill someone else's. What Does That Actually Look Like? You know those moments when you catch yourself thinking: Well, so-and-so would do it this way or That person has it all figured out.

Sometimes the most brutal feedback I ever receive isn't from colleagues or staff…it's from my kids.

Have you ever asked your team for honest feedback and immediately felt your defenses go up, ready to explain, justify, or dismiss what you hear?

Ever find yourself in a 15-minute negotiation over mismatched socks? Ever noticed how much energy we spend on things that don't really matter?

I can't tell you the number of times I've heard: "That's what we've always done."

After a brief LinkedIn exchange with @SianCarter about learning from experience, I've been reflecting on something from my own practice.

I recently read a post about the Drexler/Sibbet Team Performance Model, and it really made me pause and think: “Why continue?”