I grew up in the Yorkshire Dales, where every village green is also a cricket pitch and despite attending a State School, cricket was played in the Summer. Just not by girls. However, my Dad liked to watch all sports and somewhere along the line I learned about cricket. So, when I started watching the World Cup in 2019 I did actually understand what was going on! And I got completely hooked. Here's why do I love this weird sport so much?

I’ve been thinking a lot about teams and why we need to work in teams. It’s a common feature of most workplaces, that each person has a role and also belongs to a team. Sometimes we refer to all the people who report to one manager as being a team, even if their work doesn’t overlap. However, most teams involve working together to some extent.

I can’t help wondering how many people have learned NLP as a personal development tool and haven’t realised how valuable it is in business.

In social situations it's not always appropriate to blow your own trumpet. But when it comes to securing the job you’ve always wanted or a prestigious contract, it’s important that you are the star of the show and that your value is easy to communicate. It’s also relevant for performance reviews and any kind of audit.

Now that most business have returned to a ‘normal’ level of work, albeit partly from home now, the number of meetings going on seems to have risen alarmingly. In recent weeks I’ve had several clients and contacts confide in me their stress at having days of back-to-back meetings.

When we think about leadership, it’s often related to an individual. The word conjures up a person who provides direction, who inspires and encourages others and who gets results. Many people in leadership roles find it a daunting prospect. It’s easy to get caught up in the idea of famous and fabled leaders and to find oneself wanting in the comparison. This is where the value of a leadership team comes in.

I never met the Queen and it wasn’t something I felt a great desire to do. Nonetheless, I found much to admire in her and in certain other members of our Royal family. While the lives of royalty may be far removed from the lives of we ‘ordinary’ folk, there are still ways in which we can learn from their successes.

Well-being is a term that is familiar to most people. That hasn’t always been the case, though. There was a time when, especially in the workplace, nobody talked about how anyone felt. The focus was on what we did, how efficient and effective we were and whether we were capable of performing at a higher level.