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Reminder: You're Awesome
This episode is a little different. I'm recording from my allotment, surrounded by the buzz of the bees, and I wanted to take a few minutes to remind you of something you might have forgotten.Â
You're awesome.
Summer...
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Have enough information to manage the situation
Sometimes the thing holding us back isn’t confidence or courage. It’s information.
In this episode, I explore a simple question that has come up repeatedly in coaching conversations recently: do you have enough...
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Getting ready starts earlier than you think
When should you start preparing for your next role?
Many people only begin thinking about career progression when they’re frustrated in their current job or urgently looking for a way out. In this episode, I explore...
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What if it's not a skills problem?
In this episode, I explore an idea that has shaped much of my coaching over the years: what if the challenges you're experiencing as a manager aren't really about skills?Â
Many of us spend years reading books,...
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Why does habit change feel so gross?
In this episode, I step back from the individual leadership thresholds I’ve been exploring recently and talk about something that sits underneath all of them: why changing the way we manage can feel so...
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New Manager Threshold
In this episode, I wrap up my series on the leadership thresholds managers encounter as they progress through their careers by returning to the very beginning.
I explore one of the most significant transitions of all:...
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Quiet Communication
In this episode, I explore a question I hear regularly from thoughtful, capable professionals: how do you get your voice heard when you’re surrounded by louder, faster, more extroverted colleagues?
I talk about the...
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Why isn't anyone else leading? | Permission to Lead
There's a threshold I see often in my coaching work with senior women in HE Professional Services. The moment when you look around expecting someone else to lead, and find a vacuum. Or worse, the moment when you...
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The Confidentiality Threshold
In this episode, I explore one of the more uncomfortable transitions that can happen as you move into senior management.
It is the moment when you find yourself holding information that your team does not yet have....
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The podcast is getting a new name
Hi gang, The podcast shall hence forth be known as Management Matters. This is just a quick episode to say a bit about why and what to expect coming up. I hope you enjoy. As always, you can find ways to work with me...
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When things go wrong in someone else's team
In this episode, I explore a leadership pattern that often appears once managers have become more established in their own role.
Your own team is functioning well, things feel calmer, and then something starts going...
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When waiting to be picked stops working
In this episode, I move back into more traditional career progression territory and explore a pattern that many capable professionals eventually encounter.
It is the moment when working hard and doing good work no...
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