Just because you’ve said it, doesn’t mean they’ve heard it. Clear, courageous conversations are the key to performance shifts, not crossed fingers. When Feedback Fails to Land
A Leadership Reflection Wrapped in Motherhood Today, my youngest child graduated from Year 12. That sentence is much smaller than the feelings behind it. What I’m sitting with today is a raft of emotions - pride, joy, relief, excitement, and a reflective sadness that’s h...
When Your Productive, Efficient Colleague Loses Her Mojo
The Hidden Impact of Untalked-About Menopause at Work You walk into the office. Something feels off. The team meeting is tense. Your usually calm colleague snaps. Another person ducks into the bathroom for the third time that morning. You assume it’s stres...
When You’re Listening Deeply… and No Question Comes
The other day, I caught myself wondering:
“Why didn’t a question pop into my head just then?” I was in deep listening mode, fully present, genuinely engaged and yet, no clever follow-up, no lightbulb moment, no insightful question sprang to mind. For a mome...
Boundaries, Bosses and Becoming Myself: What I’m Still Learning About Leadership
“I’m great at helping other people have difficult conversations. Just not always my own.” It’s been true for most of my life. From my first boss, to my first husband, and, if I’m being honest, my larger-than-life mum. My mum was magnetic. Fiercely capable...
“I Was Just Listening”: When Presence Gets Misread as Psychoanalysis
The other day, I was sitting with two people I really love and respect. Two smart, thoughtful leaders I have a lot of time for. They were in the middle of a rich, honest conversation. And I wasn’t leading, facilitating, or analysing. I didn’t have my work hat on at a...
Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about impostor syndrome. And just as many about menopause and perimenopause. Two very different topics—or are they? The more I read, the more I wonder: How many women are quietly experiencing both… and not connec...