Thriving Times

What Are You Building This For?

The most committed founders can spend years building something that doesn’t quite match what they actually wanted. Working night and day, always...

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From the outside, Rhona was immaculate. Great hair.  Good tailoring.  The kind of quiet elegance that made other women pause and men...

The Hidden Cost of Running on Empty

Running a business while feeling constantly stretched, tired, and behind often gets labelled as a revenue problem. But more often than not,...

Fake Values vs Real Values

The leadership values piece is done, words adorn the walls and the coffee machine chat is all about being a values led...

 I Meant “No”, But Said “Yes”

She was the kind of Managing Director people describe with that half-envious admiration.   She was brilliant, calm, always smiling and very commercially...

Listening Slowly Creates Lasting Impact

Speed is seductive.  It looks like competence.  Quick answers.  Quick decisions.  Quick pivots. But speed can also be a control pattern in...

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I’m watching a strange little epidemic spread through smart people.   And, it’s a hidden emission of personal peace, power and profit leak...

Has Stress Stolen Your Peace and Profit?

When you’re determined to get the year off to a flying start, yet you’re already wondering where the revenue will come from...

When Joy Left, Business Became Harder

Joy is a leading indicator of capacity, clarity, creativity, clean decision making and ultimately profitability and success. Joy isn’t soft skills speak,...

Power & The Beach Scene

Three women meet picking up where they left off, even though it'd been more than a year.  Warm hearts, warm drinks and...

The Broke Expert

She was brilliant. Not “Instagram brilliant”, but the kind of brilliant that makes messy problems go away. Her name was Anna.  She...

Return To The Light

There’s a certain kind of hush that only arrives in late December. It is the quietest turning point of the year.  The...