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My #FemEdTech Years and what’s next

It’s International Women’s Day this week, and this has coincided with the closure of the original femedtech account on Twitter. Looking back at my engagement over a number of years made me pause and reflect on how I can now continue championing equality and how this shows up in my work. Leadership One of the things I gained during my years as a CEO was a bigger perspective, and a focus on the systems and…

Permission to be unproductive

Today is a slow day. I am feeling uninspired and un-motived. My energy levels are low. In my years as a CEO I had plenty of days like that, but very rarely gave myself permission to be unproductive. CEOs, and people in positions of power in general, like to think of themselves as too busy to pause, as indispensable. Being busy is a badge of honour for others to take note of. And so, as…

A thank you… for 2024

It’s been quite a year. My first full calendar year running my own micro business. My year of getting back into running. Of travelling more, and working a little less. My year of counting days spent on the beach and following the golden seam of creativity to wherever it may lead. Amidst all the ups and downs in my own life, my professional communities and the world at large, here I am at the end…

Holiday ‘reflect-along’: What’s YOUR measure of success

Last year I released the first of these popular ‘reflect-along’ resources, designed for you to see how a particular tool is used in practice and to reflect along with me as we progress through the accompanying podcast episode. This year, I am sharing a resource all about defining YOUR own measure of success and reflecting on impact. It’s been a stand-out resource for many of my coaching clients this year, and I hope it’ll be…

Celebrating 100 podcast episodes and other ‘centuries’

In just a few weeks the 100th episode of Leading Virtual Teams is due to air. I’m delighted that an experiment I started a two years ago to mark the publication of my first book has grown into a weekly podcast featuring special guests on a regular basis. The format is still audio only (sorry, Youtube fans), but the podcast is now available via more platforms, including Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast and Pocket…

Reflect, reframe, regroup. Inspiration for when life is messy.

I struggled to find a title for this post, because describing what it is about will lead to expectations it is not likely to meet. This post is about how to stick with things, be they new habits or intentions, plans or commitments. In my work as a coach I often read and share books about habits and how to stick to them, and there is a huge wealth of information out there about how…