Let’s talk about feedback.  I was afraid of feedback for the longest time. I feared if I asked people for their thoughts, they would just jump at the chance to tell me that I was awful at my job! I also felt feedback was the quickest way for me to want to close my business: […]

If you find yourself in a leadership position, whether you’re leading a team, leading your family or leading people in your community, communication is a vital skill set and one that I’m constantly working on as a leader myself.  When I say communication, I don’t just mean talking in front of people and telling people […]

A quick note before we get started on this week’s blog post… It will make a lot more sense if you’ve read last week’s post first! You can catch that HERE and then come back and join me.  So today we’re talking about once we’ve got “the right people on our bus”, are they “in […]

Today, I want to talk to you about building your ideal team. In Jim Collins’ book Good to Great he uses the metaphor of “getting the right people on the bus” when talking about teams, and it’s a concept that really resonates with me. Think about it: When you’’ve got the right people on the […]

There are two time management techniques that have made an incredible difference to my productivity and the quality of work I get done when it comes to running my three businesses. I know if you took the time to implement these techniques, you’d see a big difference too—so let’s get into them! The Pomodoro Technique […]

Today, we’re talking about something close to my heart—my to-do list. It may sound a little dramatic, but without my to-do list, I can’t function. Whether it’s been part of my life since my teens or something that kicked in during my thirties, my to-do list is the daily structure that keeps me grounded. Hopefully, […]

If you were born in the 80s like me, you were probably told that you could have it all.  “Do what you want to do, be what you want to be, yea-eah!” (You definitely just sang that like I did, didn’t you!) You probably grew up with your mum telling you “You can be anything […]

Have you heard of Parkinson’s Law? It’s the idea that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. So, if you give yourself three hours to write a press release, it’ll likely take three hours. But if you only have 40 minutes—you’ll get it done in 40. This applies to so much in […]

Something my mum used to ask me all the time was, “Are you looking after yourself?” So now, I want to ask you the same question: Are you? Are you actively making time to fill your cup and recharge? Scheduling “me time” might feel counterintuitive, but let’s be honest—no one’s going to step in and […]

I call these three things the downward spiral: Many of us—especially mothers—experience deep feelings of guilt. We feel guilty when we’re at work, thinking we should be at home. We feel guilty when we leave work early to pick up the kids, while our colleagues stay until 5pm. Too much guilt often turns into overwhelm. […]