How to handle difficult questions.

How to handle difficult questions.

You’ve just finished your presentation and come to the part you silently dread: Q&A. You don’t mind the questions but what if someone throws you a curveball? The Challenge In your professional life you’ll encounter difficult questions and conversations all the...
Three lessons from my coaching clients.

Three lessons from my coaching clients.

One of my coaching clients told me he feels overwhelmed by all the work on his to do list. The tasks just keep piling up and he dreads going to work on a Monday because there is never enough time to get everything done. So we sat down, talked through his list and...
Put your technical skills to the test

Put your technical skills to the test

How do you rate your technical skills, e.g. writing SQL code or creating calculations for your next dashboard? How do you feel about the things you build and the frameworks you rely on?This week I’m sharing my favourite way to test your knowledge, because we should...
Start your weekend without worrying about work

Start your weekend without worrying about work

Today’s newsletter is for you if you often head into the weekend without switching off from work. You’re still thinking about your unfinished tasks on a Friday night, checking emails on Saturday and starting to respond to them on Sunday night.It has to stop and you...
How to get your stakeholders on the same page

How to get your stakeholders on the same page

Manage discussions more effectively and achieve real outcomes…Welcome to my summer series where each blog post contains my favourite tip or idea for one aspect of your professional life. Today, we’ll tackle the challenge of getting people with different...