Fast Company: 6 Ways Great Leaders Step Up in the Moment to Inspire Their Teams
Publication: Balanced Autonomy | Confident Vulnerability | Healthy Dissent | Personal Growth | Team dynamics
Thanks to Fast Company, Michelle highlights 6 ways great leaders step up by reassessing team dynamics during change and fostering a culture of confident vulnerability, balanced autonomy, healthy dissent, and personal growth to strengthen how teams work together. The lingering impact of COVID-19 on working relationships continues, along with shifts in societal trends, both of which […]
Seven tactics to use underestimation to your advantage
Publication: Challenging self | Personal Growth | Underestimation Tactics
In a working world where impressions can shape perceptions and promotions, being underestimated can feel discouraging and demoralising. Underestimation often stems from biases, preconceived ideas, limited information, or a need for more awareness about an individual’s talents and capabilities. The good news is if you’re being underestimated, you can use it to your advantage. The fabulous […]
Have you found your learning mantra?
Publication: Daily Practices | Learning Mantra | Mindset Matters | Personal Growth
My laundry list of books to read seems endless. When I go into a bookstore, I rarely leave without a few purchases, and my Kindle is full of books I am waiting to read. Yes, I am one of ‘those people’ – a book hoarder. As you can appreciate (also given my work), I love […]
What will you gift yourself?
Publication: Life Priorities | Mindful Living | Personal Growth | Self-Development
I love this time of year. It brings back happy memories and, even better, the opportunity to create many more happy memories. It’s also a great time to ponder what gifts you want to give yourself to set you up for an awesome 2023. Now, this isn’t a new wardrobe, an expensive holiday or anything […]
Are you still on track?
Publication: Boundary Setting | Personal Growth | Proactive Mindset | Self-Recognition
The Aesop’s fable – The Ass and his Driver – centres (as the title would suggest) on a Driver and an Ass. The story goes that the Ass was being driven along a road down the mountain when he “took it into his silly head to choose his own path”. The driver (who was also his so-called ‘master’) […]
What rules do you need to break?
Publication: Breaking Rules | Mindset Shift | Personal Growth
I was chatting with a musician recently about how he learned to play jazz. He told me that one of the most complicated aspects is that your playing gets worse as you learn more technical skills before you get better. He explained how one of the critical parts of successful jazz playing is improvisation, but […]
Wrapping up your year
Publication: Personal Growth | Year Reflection
When 2020 kicked off with the usual new year festivities no one was predicting that the year would unfold as it has. It’s been a year of uncertainty, change and thankfully, also hope. It was also a reminder that despite great intentions, concrete plans and strategic foresight, there are always going to be things you […]
Do you need to change your diet?
Publication: Information consumption | Learning diet | Personal Growth
Before you hit the delete button wondering why I am writing about food, stop! Don’t be confused. I’m not talking about what you eat. I’m talking about the type of information you consume, and ultimately what and how much you learn. As we all currently spend more time indoors, it’s the perfect time to focus […]
What’s on your learning hit list for summer?
Publication: Learning Habits | Personal Growth | Summer Learning
The upcoming Christmas holidays are a great time to catch up on the learning you haven’t had the chance to do during the busy-ness of the working year. It’s also a good opportunity to think about the health of your learning. That is, how much learning are you consuming and what’s the nature of that […]
Why self-compassion can be unhelpful
Publication: accountability | Personal Growth | Self-Compassion
We hear a lot these days about the importance of being kind to yourself and not being overly critical of our challenges and failings. But are there times when being kind to yourself isn’t the best approach? When you are being kind to yourself you are showing self-compassion. This is a term that has been […]