It’s just over a year since I posed the question, “Where do you work happy?” and at that time it was to provoke a light-hearted conversation. Here we are just 12 months later and it’s a far more serious health conversation …

Let’s celebrate the fishermen, the growers and all the suppliers who are helping us to keep going.  Let’s encourage the innovators and the entrepreneurs who have adjusted how they work to keep others in business.

Baking, gardening, and writing, what more could a girl want?  Maybe a haircut and a new handbag, although if I’m not going out I can manage without the bag, but not my hairdresser.

Against the backdrop of employment uncertainty and work insecurity, many of us are coming to terms with new ways of doing things – from shopping and eating to exercising and relaxing.

I agree that this is a slightly odd combination though entirely necessary. Let me explain. It’s time to share our talents and it’s time to be kind to ourselves and to others.

Our aspirations aren’t always realised, although sometimes that’s out of our control … I help clients to be outstanding.

Right now, the winter stage is set and the excesses of last summer are centre stage. The overweight hydrangea heads are closer to the ground than ever …

Dream big. Be kind. Have fun. A simple approach to success although not so easily attainable …

Right now, I’m probably somewhere between reaching for the reindeer and still trying to find the unicorn.  I’m never quite sure when I should follow the advice to dream big. 

I’ve had a few Bridget Jones moments recently and one of them was when I reminded myself that Bridget Jones Diary was first published in the Independent 24 years ago. And then the following year we all rushed to buy the book.

Self-reflection is not selfish, it’s essential to our wellbeing.  More and more of us operate at full tilt, blurring the edges between at work and at home. We are pulled in different directions by …

I accept that technology has created efficiencies and that chatbots are here to stay. There’s much to learn about artificial intelligence …

Today I am on my positive communications soapbox.  Whether reading CVs or interviewing I’m frequently surprised by …

It’s tough when you believe that you’re getting it right and your customers tell you differently.

I’m pleased that there’s been much in the news recently to encourage us to get creative.  With mental health challenges getting greater prominence, I’m delighted that we’re being encouraged to …

An amazing 15 years of opportunity, new friendships and fresh challenges.  Most of the time, it’s been fun.  On the one or two occasions when it hasn’t, there’s been someone (or something) that’s made me laugh.

I created my first change story in 2001 to demonstrate how work and careers could develop to better reflect the needs of businesses and their people.  The story began as a brown paper montage …

It’s a hornets’ nest but after so many years of promoting feedback, I’ve made this decision to keep the conversation going. 

Some of the best conversations and business solutions begin in the office kitchen. It’s where you relax and say what you really think or feel.

Not known for sitting on the fence, I have views about clutter.  But doesn’t everyone these days?