Blog - Leadership & Management
The Quiet Thoughts That Shape Leadership
During one of my Elevate leadership sessions recently, I asked a group of experienced professionals a simple question: “What thoughts run quietly in the background when you step into leadership situations?” The room went quiet for a moment… and then the flipchart started filling up....
Small Habits, Big Impact: How Sustainable Leadership Really Begins
Leadership isn’t about becoming more confident, assertive, or more polished overnight... For many of the team leaders we’ve worked with recently, from those stepping into leadership for the first time to those with years of experience, confidence has grown in much quieter ways. Not through...
Why Coaching Skills Are Becoming Essential in Modern Management
Across industries, we are hearing the same tension expressed in different ways. Managers talk about younger team members who want purpose, feedback, flexibility and faster development, but who may lack confidence, resilience, or foundational workplace skills. At the same time, more experienced professionals hold deep...
From Peer to Leader: Navigating the Moment Everything Changes
One of the most challenging leadership transitions isn’t taking on more responsibility, it’s leading people who used to be your peers. When we speak to delegates at the start of our Forefront programme, a common theme emerges across some of the team leaders. Many describe...
Breaking the Hidden Barriers: How Women Can Transform Networking into a Power Tool for Leadership
This lunchtime, I hosted a Women in Leadership webinar where 70 incredible women signed up to explore the Centred Leadership Model, a powerful framework we’ll be diving deeper into when my Women in Leadership: Elevate course returns this September. In my work with female leaders,...
Clear is Kind: Assertiveness within our Insights Discovery Colour Preferences
I recently delivered an Assertiveness Training session here at Jarrold Training that sparked a lot of honest reflection and lively conversation, especially around what assertiveness feels like and how it’s often misunderstood. One of the most ideas we explored came from a quote from Brené...
Surrounded by Problem Solvers: The Insights Discovery Perspective
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is often framed as the domain of the data-minded analyst—meticulous, methodical, and logically rigorous. As my colleague in L&D Ed Wells often says RCA ‘has traditionally been seen as the preserve of the ultra-logical thinker, the Mr Spock of the team’....
From Text to Talk: Overcoming Phone Anxiety in a Digital World
In a recent training programme, I had the privilege of working with a talented team facing a challenge that’s becoming increasingly common in today’s workplace: fear of picking up the phone. While digital communication tools such as Email and Whatsapp may appear more convenient, they...
The Importance of Feedback to Improve Performance- Part 2
Many people might think of the word feedback as a negative thing, but feedback can and should be both positive and constructive. Every conversation, email and discussion we have with anyone at work or outside of work will contain feedback and it is valuable in...
The Importance of Feedback to Improve Performance- Part 1
Many people might think of the word feedback as a negative thing, but feedback can and should be both positive and constructive. Every conversation, email and discussion we have with anyone at work or outside of work will contain feedback and it is valuable in...
