Playing With Fire

This post is all about how to handle stressful or difficult situations. It has been triggered by a recent conversation with a senior executive in a global organisation. He asked me for some tips on how to handle colleagues who appeared to be indifferent to his ideas. What he found particularly … Continue reading

Do You Live In Black And White?

Imagine you’re watching old film, with people moving around in monotone. Do you, like me, get drawn into thinking that these people actually lived in a world that was black and white? Of course, their reality was just as colourful as ours. The sky had a thousand hues of blue; … Continue reading

You Cannot Be Serious!

If you are of a certain age, you may remember tennis champion John McEnroe and his famous protests against the umpire’s decisions – ‘You cannot be serious!’ Of course, McEnroe did not challenge every decision, only those he considered to be against his best interests. Now, even if you have … Continue reading

The Last Gasp of Winter

As I write it’s snowing so hard I wonder if the universe has a sense of humour –  this time last year the UK was basking in unbroken sunshine with temperatures in the twenties! The weather right now is so unseasonal that somehow I can’t take it seriously. If it … Continue reading

It’s Never Too Late

Sometimes it seems that it’s too late to change. Even when we long for something new, something refreshing, we can feel defeated before we begin. Life can take us so far down a certain track that retracing our steps seems impossible. After all, we’ve invested much time and energy reaching … Continue reading