Don’t worry, be happy ♫
Preparing for the newspaper review on Sky on Saturday, I came across an article in The Times which talked about how much women worry. To the point that they worry about worrying. Many women seemed to be in a constant state of heightened anxiety. Men it would appear,...Where are all the women?
At White Water Women, we are spending a lot of time and energy working with women to help them reach leadership positions in the corporate world to ensure more balance, stable representation of diverse views. Then we got to thinking. Some women find that corporate...Who will carry your coffin? – The story of Jorge Da Costa
Actually there are two contrasting stories: it starts with one of my clients delivering his philosophy on work-life balance – “I know it is not my work colleagues who will carry my coffin, so it is important I devote fair time to the special people in my life”. I have...
When Keith is in Flow…
I have spent the last few late nights devouring Keith Richard’s autobiography: Life. Keith is the real thing and as a post-war narrative of UK-US politics and social evolution, Life is both unique and hugely entertaining. I am not the first one to pick on this: The...
And the Networked Ones will inherit the earth…
A couple of weeks ago BBC Radio reported a conference trying to understand how to manage Generation Y workers. Findings were interesting, yet not easy to interpret or put into action. We have a broad understanding of what distinguishes the 15-30 year-olds from their...Book Review: Leadership Coaching, ed. by J. Passmore
We promised you some book reviews so here is the first one! Feel free to contribute your own or to point us towards other good reads by commenting on this post… It is always tricky to review a book written by a colleague: if you enthuse about it you can be accused of...Champagne!
On Thursday we received a couple of plain looking boxes without any content indication. A few minutes later screams all-round: our latest book had finally been published! So on Friday we trotted to London’s National Portrait Gallery for a Champagne Tea celebration....
Transforming People
When I am asked what I do as a Leadership Psychologist, I often say, ‘I transform people’. Regularly, people in a variety of social situations will reply with the statement, often framed as a question, ‘Yes, but people don’t really change, do they?’ Inside, I wonder...