It’s been a while

… Ages and Ages since I’ve done a blog post! I’ve been taking time to enjoy my family, yes, just us, and identify more with my role as a mother, a parent and a wife. I’ve been teaching myself to take it easy and not to try to plan all detail to the nth degree.Continue reading “It’s been a while”

Remembering your why

Recently, we took a pause on all of our hobbies / extra-curricula activities. It gave us more time to spend together and the freedom of unstructured play. During that time, I noticed that I was more relaxed and could see the benefits of both time in hobbies and out on our development. However, during theContinue reading “Remembering your why”

Pop goes the weasel

With leadership, we always advise to look at your individual team members and their own thoughts and perspectives. Despite all this, we have more similarities than differences. We are all drawn to natural light no matter how bright everything is around us. Even small children have this natural instinct. We have a natural magnetism toContinue reading “Pop goes the weasel”

Sweet and Bitter

The good times will just be normal if they happen all the time. The same with the bad times. A leader is someone who understands that they can’t make their team happy all of the time, neither can they deliver on time to spec all of the time too, neither can you celebrate at everyContinue reading “Sweet and Bitter”

Cool mornings

With three children, rarely is it a quiet morning getting ready. They all have differing needs and wants. Some are morning people and others are not. It’s the same as leading a team. The larger your team gets, the more you need to have consideration for. The main difference is having children means you knowContinue reading “Cool mornings”

Compare and Contrast

As much as we say we don’t, we are business leaders and we spend time ranking and comparing our team members to see who comes out at the top. This is something that really contradicts what we say we do- appreciate diversity in all of its forms. Comparing will exclude diversity, but let’s consider whetherContinue reading “Compare and Contrast”

Sometimes…

Sometimes we have a set perception of who we are and what we are meant to be doing at a particular time. However, the circumstances mean it just isn’t possible… As a business leader, you know that the priority is to achieve that customer deliverable. Sometimes, there is so much discord and distraction within yourContinue reading “Sometimes…”

The right timing: Frost

Although it’s been approx. 1.5 years since I left work, walking my children to school is still a luxury even in this cold weather. The frost has made the pavements slippery this morning and the girls were enjoying sliding around on it. I was still in the moment with them, but then I did whatContinue reading “The right timing: Frost”

End of the Holidays

We start back to school next Monday but we are now winding down all of our activities. School uniform is all purchased ready to be labelled and will be put into PE bags before the weekend, just to enjoy our last Saturday and Sunday as a whole family before the school run starts. When youContinue reading “End of the Holidays”

Scrolling mindset

We all have moments where we scroll our various media channels thinking we have read or engaged with everything; but we haven’t. Sometimes I check the weather app 3x before I have really taken it in. It is a lot of data at once but as it is aimless scrolling, we don’t always go inContinue reading “Scrolling mindset”