Education and Career

We all aim for career satisfaction, to be secure, challenged and productive in our workplace. That is not the case all the time. Some of my coachees have either outgrown their roles or are no longer in the right organisation to suit their skillset and career plans. We all may...

A college education is vital since it is a tool that improves the quality of life. Individuals attain knowledge and skills to set up sustainable businesses or seek employment in lucrative organizations. Either way, enrolling in college is a life-changing achievement for many people. That is why it is advisable...

Chronic work-related stress is linked to health issues such as depression and coronary heart disease and directly impacts workplace productivity, retention, job satisfaction, and personal and professional relationships. A certain amount of pressure is good for you. When you experience the right amount of challenge and interest, your brain releases...

Before stepping up to the podium, facing the camera, or firing off an email, there is one essential element every successful communicator must have: a well-thought-out message. And when communicating in a crisis situation, the importance of getting your message right is magnified tenfold. Messaging is everything. It is the...

Metaphors can be powerful. “She has a heart of gold.” “All the world’s a stage.” We hear a good one and like magic an image or idea from an entirely different zone can suddenly shed new light on a challenge or opportunity we face in our own zone that has...

Can you hear that train a coming? It’s the U.S. economy and its roaring ‘round the tracks within a stimulus ring of fire. Amped-up on stimulus checks, vaccine shots, and an easy Fed, U.S. economic growth has been red-lining beyond capacity limits. Personal consumption expenditures on goods and services grew...

We live in a busy world. Just ask anyone and they will tell you! How are you? Busy they say. But it’s not just busy, it’s crazy busy, soooo busy or out of control busy. It seems this is how we identify ourselves these days. I’m a busy mum. I’m...

Is your team smarter than the sum of its parts? In his influential book on organisational learning, The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge noted that you can put together a team of people, each with an IQ of 120, but as a group they may have a collective IQ of 63....

Imagine for a moment that you've finally entered a new phase of your career or perhaps you've decided to dive into an entirely new entrepreneurial adventure. Either way, a master’s degree can give you a significant advantage on your new path. And with technology making it easier and more convenient...

Deadlines approaching, to-do lists that don’t end and back-to-back meetings. Argh! The arrival of overwhelm at work is more a case of when it is going to happen ... not if it will happen.  Few people get to work overwhelm-free; we all have pressures and expectations to deliver reach targets,...