Is Perfectionism Quietly Burning Out Your HR Team?
The Hidden Cost of Perfectionism in HR Leadership Perfectionism might appear as high standards, but in HR, it’s often a silent saboteur and one of the signs your HR team is burning out. Perfectionism: The Silent Saboteur in HR I’ve lost count of the number of HR professionals who’ve confided in me, sometimes laughing it […]
Why Traditional Leadership Programmes Aren’t Delivering Lasting Change
Leadership development training is often seen as the solution to creating confident, capable, and impactful leaders. For leaders, however, these programmes often fail to address the deeper issues driving burnout, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs. When I worked in HR, I saw thousands of pounds poured into these programmes, with very little to show for it. […]
Why Resilience Is Important for HR Leaders
Why Emotional Resilience is Crucial for HR teams When I first began to deliver training, one of the first programmes I created was emotional resilience training for HR teams. The reason for this was twofold. I’d worked closely with several forward-thinking HR leaders who had heard me talking about everything I was learning while studying solution-focused psychotherapy. […]
The Hidden Thoughts That Sabotage Women in Leadership
Limiting beliefs don’t just hold women in leadership back; they shape how they lead, communicate, and cope under pressure. As a woman in a leadership position, you’re likely familiar with the pressures and challenges that come with your role. Yet, underneath the demands of day-to-day leadership, many women find themselves facing a more internal battle: […]
You Are Already More Powerful Than You Know: A Love Letter to HR Leaders
I need to tell you something that might just change everything for you. You are already incredibly powerful. Not in some future version of yourself when you’ve “figured it all out” or when you finally feel “ready enough.” Right now. Today. In this moment. I know this because I see you. I see you showing up […]
Why Leadership Training Fails When Trauma Is in the Room
The Leadership Development Trap No One Is Talking About Organisations across the globe pour billions into leadership development every year. Coaching, 360 feedback tools, personality profiling, executive retreats, you name it, it’s being funded. And yet, despite all this investment, we still see leaders who: So what’s going wrong? It’s not that the tools don’t […]
Why Confidence Feels Like A Phantom
Is confidence something you build? Are people naturally confident? The topic of confidence has had people scratching their heads for many years, so if you’re wondering how confidence works, here’s our insight and wisdom on the topic. Having worked as a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist for more than a decade, confidence is one of the top […]
The Invisible Faces of Trauma in the Workplace
Rethinking Workplace Trauma: It’s Not Just About Big, Obvious Events When we hear the word “trauma,” most people think of major life events: car accidents, bereavement, abuse, war zones, and natural disasters. These are what society tends to label as “valid” traumas. But the truth is, trauma can be much more subtle and far more […]
Resilience for Leaders and the Link to Clarity
What if the biggest breakthroughs in business performance, leadership, and wellbeing don’t come from working harder, but from less on the mind? In this episode, I sit down with Sunday Times best-selling author Jamie Smart, the man who trained me in Clarity coaching and helped shape how I now work with leaders and organisations. Jamie has coached […]
HR Burnout in the Workplace – What it is and How to Prevent
Burnout at work is on the rise, and HR is one of the hardest hit professions. Most leaders don’t understand the physiological and neurological toll HR burnout takes. Least of all on the people absorbing everyone else’s. This is what HR burnout is. What chronic stress does to the body and the mind. And why […]