Time. How do you find more of it in your working day? It really can feel like there aren't enough hours in our working days. Often the answer is to work more hours or miss out activities that would be a break from the to-do list and constant workload But digging a bit deeper and the question could be… Time. How proactive are you in making more of it? I sometimes hear from leaders about their calendars being filled by other people’s needs. Meeting invites for meetings they do

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I've had a couple of prompts over the past few weeks about bosses who were unreasonable and extremely difficult to work with. Both were clear examples of workplace bullying, with leaders who use their own particular style to undermine confidence and ensure they aren’t questioned or challenged. It triggered some thoughts for me too. I worked for a few bullies in the earlier years of my corporate career and still remember how they made me feel. With one in particular, I didn’t

Coach Experience Video I’m Sean Fitzgerald, your ally in leadership development and performance. For over 35 years I led high performing teams in Waitrose and for over 20 of those years I combined that with coaching. I bring all of that experience to my coaching to help people like you make a real impact in their working day. Leadership today is tough. Balancing innovation, stability and performance, whilst inspiring your team, isn't easy but that's where I come in. My appro

Ready for take off? Are you ready for take off? Destination unknown or maybe destination identified but just don’t know how to get there? Understanding your Personal Development Coaching Needs When clients come to me, it can be because they recognise they need some personal development coaching but they aren’t sure whether it’s leadership coaching or maybe career coaching. Sometimes it’s both and this may come out in our discovery call as we talk through their situation and u

LEGO Serious Play can accelerate discussion and surface opportunities to move forward on a personal and team level.

Before I talk about personal development coaching, be it executive coaching, leadership development or career coaching, are you clear on what you may need? Is it Coaching or Counselling? Coaching is forward focus with future outcomes, goals and plans to get there with support and maybe accountability from your coach. Counselling tends to focus on personal healing, personal exploration with looking backwards to resolve behaviours and patterns. So, now I’m assuming you are cons

How was your bank holiday? For those of you who weren't working, I hope you got some good rest and relaxation and maybe some ice cream in...

In my corporate world I found I had to take time out to give myself space to think about what was really important and where my Focus should be. I enjoyed talking to my team to understand their thoughts and opinions and these conversations could then feed into my own thoughts and decision process. But, I needed time blocked in my calendar to think and have free headspace. Not necessarily a lot but enough to consider different perspectives, approaches and longer term impact

Someone asked me that recently and momentarily I couldn't recall whether I had. It's funny but stress is something that for me is part of the ebb and flow of responsibility and also provides the motivation to move forward and meet the challenges that create stress head on. With further reflection I thought about when I had experienced real stress as a leader. Leading a large team whilst personally going through the breakdown of my marriage was up there but don't worry I'm not

‘What have I done?’ or ‘What am I going to do?’ Both questions that can be used when reviewing personal development. For me, the latter question will support moving forward more effectively. Getting clear on what you are going to do and a focus on future trajectory is a great start. Aligning this with business goals and identifying opportunities for different approaches and personal stretch will really support increasing skills and capability. So, with a pro-active future

3 Rs for Resilience - Reflect. Recognise. Reward. Reflect - Take time out to reflect on how you are doing. Think about what you have done...

Let's remove the 'Difficult" out of " Difficult Conversations"! Reframe! Set your mindset as 'just a conversation that needs to be had' Practise! Would you run a marathon without practise, training and building your skills? Develop, flex and stretch those conversation skills! Practise to make difficult less significant in your conversation stream Don't let the uncertainty build of how the conversation will go as frankly, you won't really know until you start. You can listen

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Comfort zone to growth zone... are you ready to move forward?!

Change happens when the fear of doing nothing overcomes the often paralysing fear of making a mistake. Working with me, my clients work...

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Talk to yourself like you would with a good friend! If things are not progressing how you would like and you feel like you should have...

The stages from your comfort zone, through the fear zone to growth zone explained in just over a minute https://youtu.be/nCTGXQ9gORg