Claire writes “In the autumn, I found myself looking out of the window at the birds on the feeder. I recognised that it was the first time in weeks that I had looked outside. There was stuff going on. Stuff at home, looking after my Dad; stuff at work with...
Claire writes: ‘When Dad died in the autumn, the first person I told face to face said: ‘I’m sorry for your loss’. I felt like that phrase distanced us. I’d have liked him to say ‘I’m sad to hear that – he was a good man’. That would have been about him...
Su writes, “‘Bad management has prompted one in three UK workers to quit’ the headline reads. This CMI research is so depressing! Lots of reasons for this, but what caught my eye was that 82% of new managers in the UK are ‘accidental managers’. From a previous life I...
Su writes, “When I have worked on enabling women in leadership in various contexts there’s always lots that I bring away with me for pondering. One thing that I’ve noticed a few times, is when there hasn’t been a requirement to be a particular way as a woman in...
Su writes, “ As I’m writing this we’re still in the run up to Christmas mayhem: Christmas lights, Christmas songs and Christmas everything. Soon enough (by the time you’re reading this) that particular season will have been packed away and taking its place will be...
Su writes “I’m interested in the various ways people have been describing their stuckness that I’ve heard in the last couple of weeks ….there’s this cloud…. I feel lost…. I don’t know where to start…. It’s a mess in my head…. Just can’t figure the way...
