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How to Stop Being a People-Pleaser at Work – My Book in Stylist Magazine

Worried that you might be a People-Pleaser at work? 😟👩‍💼 Here's how to ditch the habit! 🚫 @StylistMagazine article 📰

Why People Become Difficult at Work

Ever experienced someone being really difficult to get on with at work, and wondered WHY? 🤷‍♀️ Check-out this article to discover the 4️⃣ key reasons.

My Book in Stylist Magazine: 9 types of difficult people you’ll come across at work

Great article in @StylistMagazine, my book, 9 Types of Difficult People. Really good overview + super tips for great working relationships!

The Most Committed Managers Are the Most Difficult: The Challenge of the Workplace Martyr

How to walk the tightrope of high standards and uncompromising values set by a judgemental and critical Martyr at work

Checkmate – why your brightest colleagues try to keep you in the dark

Throw light on dealing with a difficult Dark Strategist at work and turn manipulation and flawed execution into productive collaboration

Worst Enemy at Work – or Best Ally? How to thrive alongside a Scary Specialist 🤨

Worst Enemy at Work or Best Ally? How to deal with a difficult colleague who is a Scary Specialist 🤨 #difficultpeople

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Influence – or Crash and Burn

A personal story: All managers need to be influencers too. Otherwise you can't win approval and support for the things you want to do.

When Asking, Telling and Suggesting Still Don’t Get Results

Deciding what to do when someone persistently doesn't deliver at work is actually quite difficult!

The Hierarchy of Soft-Skills

According to Forbes, soft skills have now become crucial success factors at work. But did you know there's also a *hierarchy* to soft-skills?

Six warning signs that your leadership is dangerously boring!

If pressure to deliver has made you a boring leader, don't turn staff and clients into zombies too! Six warning signs to look out for; and what to do about them.

A coaching question

Quite possibly my all-time favourite coaching question: What kind of person are you - at your *absolute* best?

Which Team are YOU on?

Managers and Leaders should be a teammate at work on the RIGHT team - and not confuse Leadership with Team Membership

Self-Accountability not Self-Criticism

Four simple questions to develop more self-accountability and avoid falling into the trap of self-criticism

Asking in the Right Way

Creative step-by-step ways for Leaders to successfully ask people to do stuff without hitting a problem.

Slower, Lower, Weaker

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8 ways to deal with managers who aren’t top performers - and what that says about your organisation

The Intersecting Tracks

To make progress, great coaching runs on two intersecting tracks: Understanding - expanding what's possible; and Doing - creating practical results

Thinking is more painful than electric shocks!

Why people often don't get clear about their desired outcome or choose the best approach to take, before they act

Six Things that Great Time-Management is about NOT doing

Six Things that Great Time-Management is about NOT doing "#1 Will Surprise You!" (It won’t; #1 is about NOT getting distracted.)