When you are in a difficult or significant situation, it is natural to feel powerful emotions, either positive or negative. What I notice, in myself and others, is that the intensity of these emotions grows along with one’s attachment to a particular outcome. If we...

Ambition is the outcome of the war between conflicting beliefs. What is ambitious to some, is frankly pedestrian to others. The ambitions you hold indicate the level of belief you hold about what you are capable of achieving. Your ambitions say a great deal about the...

Extract from the Positive Influence for Women research. Workplace bullying is a problem, whichever way you look at it. And it seems to be a bigger problem for women than for men. One survey from 2014 found that an estimated 9.6m US workers had been the target of...

From a very early age, especially in the West, we are conditioned to seek recognition.  We learn how to be a good boy or girl, and get a pat on the head for our trouble.  That makes us happy. Moving on through school and into life, we are told to attend to our...

Given all that has happened in the last 18 months, what is coming next in your life? I can't believe there is anyone who has not paused for thought about what the future (now) holds for them. Yet relatively few seem to have done more than ruminate on it, and push it...

"Well, I wouldn't exactly call him an enemy, but…" This was a comment I overhead during a workshop when two of my delegates were doing an exercise to analyse the position of a stakeholder. For me, it sparked a chain of events that have shaped the work I do, and how I...