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How Learning About Transitions Can Help Get Through Lockdown: Seven Things You Can Do
Change is situational: a new ‘office’, new processes, new policies. Transition is the psychological process people go through to come to terms with new situations. Change is external. Transition is internal. Most people around…
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Three Ideas to Connect With, and Own, Your Personal Power
I wore one of my favourite (and expensive, designer brand) dresses to present a workshop a couple of years ago. A participant commented casually, at the airport later that evening that they liked it…
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The History of ‘Silencing’ Women and Ideas for Redefining Power
In classical Greek and Roman history oratory was by definition a male pursuit and the deeper male voice a prerequisite. A woman who spoke publicly, if it happened at all, was, by definition, not…
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A Great Way to Kick Off Giving Feedback
In an earlier blog I wrote about the importance of seeking feedback for your development. It’s also helpful to know how best to give feedback to those you lead. The feedback sandwich, in which…
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Māori Women Leadership Styles
I presented earlier in September with a Māori clinical psychologist and colleague of mine, Dr Pikihuia Pomare, at the New Zealand Psychological Society’s Jubilee conference in Auckland (NZPsS). We presented some ideas on navigating…
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How to Get More Feedback. And Yes… You Really Do Want It
Women can sometimes miss out on development opportunities because they are less likely to be offered feedback due to an assumption or fear that women will get emotional or upset about constructive feedback or…
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7 Ways to Make Networking More Enjoyable
The idea of networking prompts anxiety for many of us. And yet it is so important. You have to build relationships no matter what industry you are in. Lois Frankel author of Nice Girls…
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Why Work? Part 3: Its Good For You!
Working is good for you too. I left this to last, to Part 3 of 3. Do you do that? Think of others first? Leave yourself to last? That’s what nice girls do. I…
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Why Work? Why 50:50?… It is Good For Your Relationship
Last week I wrote about how, when it gets tough blending both work and family, we need to connect with the reasons why we are working. The reasons for working are different and personal…
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