If you were at The BWN in January you will have seen my performance with Lisa Hardy from Responsive roles. In a room of 30 business owners only 3 people were in on the act and the rest of the audience behaved in a remarkable and incredibly powerful way. (Tell you more about that after…
A new client sat down opposite me and offloaded (nothing new there). But what was different was that no matter what I said or what coaching tools I used this person did not want to look at the things that they said was they wanted to work on! How can you help someone achieve more…
I’ve presented hundreds of presentations on powerful public speaking and communication skills although today took a slightly different angle and wow was it powerful! The irony is never lost on me that 15 years ago I couldn’t (and wouldn’t!) speak to a large audience. I was the person pretending she had a call just as…
I have just finished my tax return and that should be something to celebrate however one receipt made me sob. I had an emergency, you know those weeks when life is good and then you get thrown a curve ball that makes you wish you could reverse one week and just hold on to what…
So many of us get distracted by new ideas and opportunities and what can be even more scary is we often don’t even notice that! Clients may start coaching with me to fix a problem, grow a career or business or to build confidence however they stick around as retained clients because I keep the…
So as me and Hubby had that special moment before bed (stop it!) you know the time where the jobs are done, the plans and progress for the whole family has been discussed and you can just be 2 people that love each other having a chat and being together before you snuggle up to…
For all of my adult life I’ve had role models, although I had no idea I did or the impact they were having! As a child my role model was Ms Carter. My history teacher, my school mentor (we used to have those and that was awesome!) and introducer to Annie Lennox (which then followed…
Every year my inbox is full of questions around new year’s resolutions; Mandie should I set them? How do I stop myself from failing my New Year Resolutions? Is it a good idea to set new years goals? Does it make your more likely to succeed? What do I need to do to ensure I…